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I'm starting to like Jet drives

Sank One

He didn't crash, it seems that the suction housing of the pump failed from shock loading it. Said he was just getting on the gas and POW the water rushed in. It went down really slow with the nose up and motor down :yell:

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rooster

ToP_Enticer said:
Nice roost!! Good to see a couple action shots.
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Heck that's a lil one!
I'm installing a droop snoot with about 7 degrees of up wedge. That should give me better lift and less wetted hull all the time and the kicker will be a way taller rooster when I'm just fooling around :thumb:
 
rooster

Check This Out! My buddy Josh has a Sidewinder with a 500 horse roller motor, his boat shoots a crazy big rooster.
Look how much hull lift his boat has, he said the boat totally came to life after he installed the droop snoot.
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wickedrister said:
He didn't crash, it seems that the suction housing of the pump failed from shock loading it. Said he was just getting on the gas and POW the water rushed in. It went down really slow with the nose up and motor down :yell:

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Sweet...Boat looks great moving and sitting still!!! Gotta love those rooster tails...and that one is awesome !!:drool:
 
Droop snoot should help you out. You might want to think about a place diverter. Can try some different size nozzle rings also.
 
Hull Lift and Thrust Line

Jetmate said:
I like the ability to trim the boat up or down. Would that not help you out?
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The way my pump is set up in the boat the 7 degree wedge that's in there now only brings the straight snoot up to about level. My diverter controller is of no use any lower than the center setting. If you pull it back reawerd to a lower gate the diverter will start to point downward. The droop should create hull lift because of the way it changes the thrust line and the pin placement on this droop has another 7 degrees of wedge built into it. That should give me a better useable range on my diverter controller. In other words the nozzle should be nearly leval with the diverter controller pulled back in one of the reward most gates and the up angle of the diverter should be much much higher when the controller is moved forward. The boat should run much better with less wetted surface at all times after adding the droop and the rooster should be way higher when I move the controller forward to full up. That's what I'm told so we will see how it does when I change over to the droop.
 
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wickedrister said:
The way my pump is set up in the boat the 7 degree wedge that's in there now only brings the straight snoot up to about level. My diverter controller is of no use any lower than the center setting. If you pull it back reawerd to a lower gate the diverter will start to point downward. The droop should create hull lift because of the way it changes the thrust line and the pin placement on this droop has another 7 degrees of wedge built into it. That should give me a better useable range on my diverter controller. In other words the nozzle should be nearly leval with the diverter controller pulled back in one of the reward most gates and the up angle of the diverter should be much much higher when the controller is moved forward. The boat should run much better with less wetted surface at all times after adding the droop and the rooster should be way higher when I move the controller forward to full up. That's what I'm told so we will see how it does when I change over to the droop.
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Gotcha, I thought you meant you were only going to run the wedge. Sounds like the wedge and diverter will do the trick. Bow up... Mo speed!!!
Enjoy!!!
 
Jetmate

What I really need is Way-Mo oil pressure at WOT!
Think I have a lil problem there but looks like I caught it in time. I'm told to loose the twin remote filters and the oil cooler. I don't have the oil pressure I'm looking for at WOT when the oil is hot. I yanked the last pair of filters after 2 hours of hard running, cut them open with a tubing cutter, put the oil that was in them into clear container and had my engine builder take a look at them. He said that everything was looking A-OK so far at 4 hours total run time. Not really sure but I may be running the wrong oil pan. If so I have no problem changing it out but I need to make one or two small change first to see if that gets the problem solved. I can't afford to smoke the mains or the crank in this brand new motor :shakehead:
 
wickedrister said:
Jetmate

What I really need is Way-Mo oil pressure at WOT!
Think I have a lil problem there but looks like I caught it in time. I'm told to loose the twin remote filters and the oil cooler. I don't have the oil pressure I'm looking for at WOT when the oil is hot. I yanked the last pair of filters after 2 hours of hard running, cut them open with a tubing cutter, put the oil that was in them into clear container and had my engine builder take a look at them. He said that everything was looking A-OK so far at 4 hours total run time. Not really sure but I may be running the wrong oil pan. If so I have no problem changing it out but I need to make one or two small change first to see if that gets the problem solved. I can't afford to smoke the mains or the crank in this brand new motor :shakehead:[/quote

I run one remote reusable Oil filter. The guy who rebuilt my engine sells and recommends this particular oil filter, it is a System 1 filter. He showed me how most of the new screw in filters are very restrictive in the oil passages. Also they all have a one way rubber flap to retain the oil in the filter and keep the oil pumping system primed when the engine is off as so many newer cars have filters that are mounted sideways. He also checked the ports on my remote mount to see if they were large enough... he said mine looked OK but to grind an debur some of the left over metal at the edges of the ports due to poor casting. And finally he said not to high mount the remote filter, but to keep it close to oil pan level. Hope maybe this helps, If you want more info on System 1 let me know and I'll find out for you. :thumb:
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System One Filter

Thanks Jetmate,
My engine builder also suggestd the System one filter, may just break down and get one :thumb: I'm told they cost about $125 bucks, OUCH!
 
Recovery Pic

Jetmate said:
Glad no one got hurt!!!!! I'll be lookin' for the pics. Hope it didn't hurt the boat to much...:bigthumb:
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Finally got one recovery pic. The boat on the right is the one that sank. As you can see the Southern Hotboater gang will make the best of any situation :banana:Good job yall, as I said before "thank god for good friends and a floating dock"

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That is one way to turn a terrible situation into a good time!!!

Sorry about your buddy's boat....I am sick thinking about it...:sick:
 
wickedrister said:
Finally got one recovery pic. The boat on the right is the one that sank. As you can see the Southern Hotboater gang will make the best of any situation :banana:Good job yall, as I said before "thank god for good friends and a floating dock"

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Don't see any tears.. Glad all was well!!! :D
 
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