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75 Tique
Grand Poobah Joined: August-12-2004 Location: Seven Lakes, NC Status: Offline Points: 6130 |
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Very nicely done, guys. Looking forward to a ride in it this spring.
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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Jonny Quest
Grand Poobah Joined: August-20-2013 Location: Utah--via Texas Status: Offline Points: 2981 |
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Love the Creamsicle colors. Very nice resto job gents. Well done.
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2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
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Donald80SN
Grand Poobah Joined: January-12-2009 Location: Denver, NC Status: Offline Points: 3896 |
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She is a beauty for sure. Nicely done.
What's next? LOL !!!
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1980 Ski Nautique SOLD Back to Cypress Gardens
2002 Sport Nautique, GT-40, FCT2, Cover Sports, Tower Bimini, Inc., Wet Sounds Audio System, Star Gazer Wake Edition S. 1968 Ski Nautique, Project. |
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1980SN2001
Senior Member Joined: August-01-2022 Location: Rocklin, CA Status: Offline Points: 109 |
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Wow, very impressive, looks better than new!
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1980 SN Project
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Been a tough couple of weeks/months in regards to the Skier. Got the engine in and had a very bad vibration at around 2000rpm. We troubleshot everything we could (unbalance weights, disconnect tranny, run on engine stand, etc etc.). Long story short the engine shop has it back apart and we are waiting on a call. Always something with this one.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Picked up the engine this morning. Balance was off. They fixed. We are hoping to start reassembly of external parts tomorrow evening. Fingers crossed. Slight chance it hits the water this weekend but weather isn't looking too good.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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The engine is back together and ran nicely on the hose. All aligned etc and ready for water test this weekend.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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phatsat67
Grand Poobah Joined: March-13-2006 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 6157 |
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Let’s go, only got to drive one orange boat in NC but I won’t hold it against you.
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75 Tique
Grand Poobah Joined: August-12-2004 Location: Seven Lakes, NC Status: Offline Points: 6130 |
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“So, how was your weekend?” “Well, let me see…sun burn, stiff neck, screwed up back, assorted aches and pains….yup, my weekend was great, thanks for asking.” |
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Take 2...Other than a prop issue, we put her in the water and ran all weekend. Felt good to get this one running. Thanks to all who fielded questions over the process...special thanks to Keno, Zach and Tim, sorry for my texts when things were going wrong...much appreciation for the responses. And to Reid for selling this one to us, we wanted to join the orange boat club. It threw curve after curve and took triple the time we were hoping but it turned out well. Still some odds and ends to tackle but hoping to get to enjoy it this summer. If anyone is ever on Badin Lake, stop by and say hello.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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KENO
Grand Poobah Joined: June-06-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11125 |
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Heard an old Beach Boys song on the radio today that made me think of your project .....some of the words were
I'm pickin' up good vibrations She's giving me excitations They're both classics
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Toeboat
Groupie Joined: December-16-2009 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 84 |
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You did a fantastic job! Enjoy your summer.
What did you use to cover the trailer guides? |
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Toeboat
89 BFN w/454 bought new and still love it. 06 Ski Nautique w/ZR6 72 Promo |
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Rubber water hose. Ordered online. Cut it longer than the metal upright.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5781 |
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Man that’s a great looking boat. Awesome work as usual.
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You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails
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Riley
Grand Poobah Joined: January-19-2004 Location: Portland, ME Status: Offline Points: 7954 |
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Beautiful boat, great job!
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67 ski nat
Platinum Member Joined: July-19-2018 Location: Santa rosa Status: Offline Points: 1194 |
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Well done. Beautiful job. Your bildge is very nice.
I’m curious if you can tell straight metal pipes are louder than rubber 3” hose. Bet sounds great Enjoy |
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Our ski tique has fiberglass mufflers. I thought the pipes would be significantly louder. I can’t tell but haven’t had them side by side. Plus those old mufflers may only be glass pipes at this point. Haven’t had rubber hose. Others can prob answer your question better.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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Riley
Grand Poobah Joined: January-19-2004 Location: Portland, ME Status: Offline Points: 7954 |
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I've found mufflers are a little quieter, but only noticed when sitting in the back seat. I haven't put them side by side, but haven't noticed any difference between copper, stainless steel and all rubber. I once had a guy from CT tell me he wouldn't ski behind a boat without mufflers as it would hurt his ears. A gross exaggeration.
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TRBenj
Grand Poobah Joined: June-29-2005 Location: NWCT Status: Offline Points: 21186 |
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Have had several muffler-less boats and can confirm skiing behind the loud ones for long durations on a regular basis can suck! I don’t put them on my 16’ toys but boats doing heavy pulling duty all get them. Been there, done that.
The difference is not huge from the drivers seat, can be noticed a little more from the back seat. Where the difference is really noticed is behind the boat and from shore- if youre looking to alert your neighbors then deleting mufflers will do the trick! Can confirm that the more metal in the exhaust track, the louder the results. Compression ratio is also a factor, as is exhaust manifold material (cast iron seems to dampen a little more). The little boats do sound great with straight pipes for sure. |
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67 ski nat
Platinum Member Joined: July-19-2018 Location: Santa rosa Status: Offline Points: 1194 |
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Good to know. If I ever run across 3” copper tubes cheap might switch just for looks and coolness factor
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Still seems to be running well. Changed the oil at 10hrs. Had break-in oil and now have Mobil 1 15w50. Note: This thread is not an oil debate.
47mph on an app on my iphone running an ACME 1210. If anyone has a used ACME 1210, we could use a second one. Or if anyone has a good 12x14 prop for a great deal we would think about that too. The prop that came on this was out of round and don't think it is worth having fixed.
We are going to try to 4200 the crack/seam where the hull meets the top cap from the inside of the boat. I tried last winter while the rub rail was off and it was very tight and obviously didn't work well. We are getting water in the boat when turning or going over wake. Bought a flexible spout/hose to attach to 4200 caulk tube. We will see.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5781 |
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Sent you a message on the prop
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You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails
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63 Skier
Grand Poobah Joined: October-06-2006 Location: Concord, NH Status: Offline Points: 4269 |
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Glad to hear it's running well! What is the length of your boat, is that a 16 1/2' hull? 47 is getting near ejection speed.
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'63 American Skier - '98 Sport Nautique
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samudj01
Gold Member Joined: March-10-2009 Location: NC Status: Offline Points: 974 |
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Yes, 16.5ft.
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78 Ski Tique, 72 Skier w/302's, 93 SN w/351 & 17 GS22 w/zr409
Previous - 99 Sport Nautique w/GT40 and 87 Martinique w/351 |
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