Shit box 308 powered jet boat project

[73crownwagon]

A set of hustlers should be ok with a ton sitting on them right? @cletus

 

[73crownwagon]

Another good night in the shed. Have now fully realised the level of work left to do in the 2 week window I've allowed myself to get it done in is very tight. 

Found a stainless but unusual shaped header tank at work that I'll try adapt to work. And have come up with a plan with the heat exchanger. Such a pain the closest shops with necessary adapters and pieces is a decent drive away.

 

[73crownwagon]

Two steps forward three back today lol. Made a few fuck ups but did get a few other things completed and bought a whole pile of parts I needed. 

Exhausts back in, rear of hull primed 

[HighLUX]

Man I cant wait for vids of this hooning round mangrove shallows

[73crownwagon]

Had to call for back up today. @sentra smashed out the header tank which was a proper cunt of a job! And @retep130 made a mess of my wiring and complained of his Wu Tang hangover. Was a solid day

[73crownwagon]

Got motor running yesterday. Took a bit of mucking around with wiring to get it to pop since the coil was dead and a few other issues. But she runs which is great news! Video on my Instagram 

[73crownwagon]

So had a slight set back today. New studs and nuts showed up for the cheviot hustlers and that's when I realised the stud pattern isnt correct for the hub... I'm guessing the rim must be 5x110? Hub 5x114 falcon. 

[73crownwagon]

Did get the wiring working today tho which was good took a couple hours messing around since someone had it wired up funny. 

Other then that I got this stainless grate that I'd like to sink into the engine hood to get some air flow. Should I put it on the front or on the top?

[73crownwagon]

Situation with wheels sorted. Ran them in the milling machine this morning to slot them out 1.5 mm then whipped up some press fit centering rings.

 

[73crownwagon]

Cut hole for air inlet. Looks cool too. 

Going to be really noisy when I add some gilmer belts later on 

 

[sentra]

we were discussing not seeing an accelerator - you going to drive by reacharound?

[73crownwagon]

Theres one there. It runs under the seats etc. I always prefer reach around 

[peteretep]

but is it hand or foot throttle? 

[73crownwagon]

Foot control. 

[73crownwagon]

Shoddily tig welded on the work machine a quick stainless t junction for a tell tail line out the back of boat. Having a night off boat tonight going to use the time to clean the garage this past week I've made a pretty solid mess in there need to put all my tools back on their places to carry on next few days

 

[73crownwagon]

Was solid good decision to have night off and clean garage. Can crack back into final calibration tomorrow night 

[73crownwagon]

Had the boat running up to temp today just to check for leaks etc. Ran real nice.

Will take it out to Lake Tomarata tomorrow afternoon to do a water test. Looking forward to it!!!

[73crownwagon]

Today went well in my opinion. There is definitely work to be done. 

Running to hot at 3/4 throttle around 100c (new motor so not going to limiter bash it) I believe it's the pressure valve feeding heat exchanger which I'll remove and attempt again.

Needs a good tune by someone who actually knows carbs well (not me). Was taking to long to get on a plane once up was reasonable but once bogged down it took to long to regain that speed. 

Pics cos they cool as.

 

 

 

[Mof]

Where's your fuel tank? 

More weight in the nose would help get it up

[shizzl]

Atleast it looks fast.. I like it