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81nautique 
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Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5781 |
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 Posted: May-10-2007 at 5:31pm |
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Tim,
The clamp is just a spring loaded type, looks sort of like a clothes pin. Clamped on to the pushrod. You might also be able to use a small c clamp. Looks like we'll finally drop mine in the water sunday for it's maiden voyage. Can't believe it's been ready for a month and there's just no free time to play with it. |
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p/allen
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Posted: May-12-2007 at 11:55am |
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Good luck Alan . Cant wait to hear how it went .
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81nautique
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Posted: May-13-2007 at 9:15pm |
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Well the rain came and went and we finally made it to the river. Our test drive went flawlessly. I am blown away by the holeshot the boat has and we only had the 13x13 oj on today. Can't wait to get some more hours on it so we can start playing around with props and see what it's got for top end. So far the package we put together seems to be a winner. The boat jumps out of the water and climbs to 4000 very quickly, that was as hard as I pushed for today but it wants to run. The throttle response is awesome, can you tell I'm stoked.
Here's a few pics, to top it off the river was like glass and we basically had it to ourselves. 
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jbear
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Joined: January-21-2005 Location: Lake Wales FL. Status: Offline Points: 8193 |
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Posted: May-13-2007 at 10:52pm |
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Wow does that look sweet! What a job you have done on the whole project. Musta been so cool to get her in the water. Really like the look of the white dash and silver windshield.
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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p/allen
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Posted: May-13-2007 at 11:29pm |
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Good job Alan I was watching the sky for you this morning . Hopeing you were going to make it to the water . Glad to hear it all went great .
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MaddMarxx
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Posted: May-13-2007 at 11:48pm |
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Awsome job Alan. you set the bar high for the rest of us to make our boats look good, now it looks like I'll have to spend more money..thanks
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81nautique
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Posted: May-14-2007 at 7:17am |
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Thanks for the kind words, advice encouragement along the way guys. I wouldn't even have attempted this if not for this site. This was a very rewarding (and Ambitious) project for me and I was still nervous until we actually got under way yesterday.
All's left now is to get some hours on it, a little fiddling with carb and tuning, and some experimenting with props later on. Pat, we'll see you saturday. Jbear, we'll get down to see you some day. MM, Gotta get some pics of our boats side by each. I'm thinking she'll be green by July? Have a good week all. |
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JoeinNY
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Joined: October-19-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5698 |
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Posted: May-14-2007 at 8:28am |
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Looking good Alan,
I wouldn't go too long without some one minute long wot runs up to full speed to set those rings, proper break in is crucial and its always fun to see what she will do, just make sure she is up to temp first and after your 1 min at wot reduce to just under 3000 or so... repeat as necessary at least once a half hour for the first five - 10 hours. -Joe. |
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jbear
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Posted: May-15-2007 at 12:24am |
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Alan: If ya got the time, shoot me a phone number to my e-mail (on my profile); senior moment, lost your number.
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"Loud pipes save lives"
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ononewheel
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Posted: May-21-2012 at 6:18am |
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Sorry, nothing new here, just reading this thread and meant to post in mine.
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If we let the professionals do everything it takes all the fun out of youtube
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ononewheel
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Posted: May-21-2012 at 6:22am |
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I don't know why i did that twice, well, 3:30am.
Bump for a good read I guess. |
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If we let the professionals do everything it takes all the fun out of youtube
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