renbar
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ok ive built the bug that's cool the bmw that's even cooler time for a change this time I need water to run good job I live on the coast hey
meet miss evie this thing is huge nearly 5 foot long,,I got this for fathers day hence the boats name [after my little girl] this was a ex race boat setup for one thing speed,,been after a boat for years but there not cheap this was it cost £150 ready to go just had to fit a rx and go but nothings that easy right
first outing was fun but for all the wrong reasons it had no clutch so you chuck it in and go yeah right first splash I filled the hull 1/4 full of water it was more of a submarine than boat we had it go but just chucking it in the drink and hoping aint fun and not to safe the prop is knife sharp
so I got a clutch but to fit that I had to change a few things the rails didn't let me fit one so I removed the rails and remade them to 5" as most boats use this at some point this had 5" rails but one had been broken and bodged so I started over again
the engine was ok but a old g230 pum with just 2 ports so that got sold on and I got a mint g260 pum of ebay much better and much more power I needed new engine mounts plus the clutch/waterpump ect I also fitted a new flexy shaft stuffing tube with Teflon liner and t bar with oil cup to lube the shaft fitted turn fins and new water pickups basicly ditched everything but the hull fuel tank rudder and radio box everything else is new
now I know how much cars cost for parts better than most both my cars stink of money, but this boat is great the parts aint that bad for example a new stainless steel exhaust complete £45 posted if that was a car £140+ its the same with most the other fittings
ive not yet used this since the first outing and refit but hopfully this weekend it gets wet
now for some pics :w00t:
how it was
one rail out the bodged one still in
old 230pum
new 260pum wt257 carb
mock up of new rails engines been lowered as much as possible
rails bonded in and clutch fitted
how it looks now
and one for size compared to the fg on road
more to come got big plans for this boat I want more power maybe another engine if I can find a way of joining 2 zens plus im looking at powerspark ignition setup
http://www.power-spark.de/index_en.html
meet miss evie this thing is huge nearly 5 foot long,,I got this for fathers day hence the boats name [after my little girl] this was a ex race boat setup for one thing speed,,been after a boat for years but there not cheap this was it cost £150 ready to go just had to fit a rx and go but nothings that easy right
first outing was fun but for all the wrong reasons it had no clutch so you chuck it in and go yeah right first splash I filled the hull 1/4 full of water it was more of a submarine than boat we had it go but just chucking it in the drink and hoping aint fun and not to safe the prop is knife sharp
so I got a clutch but to fit that I had to change a few things the rails didn't let me fit one so I removed the rails and remade them to 5" as most boats use this at some point this had 5" rails but one had been broken and bodged so I started over again
the engine was ok but a old g230 pum with just 2 ports so that got sold on and I got a mint g260 pum of ebay much better and much more power I needed new engine mounts plus the clutch/waterpump ect I also fitted a new flexy shaft stuffing tube with Teflon liner and t bar with oil cup to lube the shaft fitted turn fins and new water pickups basicly ditched everything but the hull fuel tank rudder and radio box everything else is new
now I know how much cars cost for parts better than most both my cars stink of money, but this boat is great the parts aint that bad for example a new stainless steel exhaust complete £45 posted if that was a car £140+ its the same with most the other fittings
ive not yet used this since the first outing and refit but hopfully this weekend it gets wet
now for some pics :w00t:
how it was
one rail out the bodged one still in
old 230pum
new 260pum wt257 carb
mock up of new rails engines been lowered as much as possible
rails bonded in and clutch fitted
how it looks now
and one for size compared to the fg on road
more to come got big plans for this boat I want more power maybe another engine if I can find a way of joining 2 zens plus im looking at powerspark ignition setup
http://www.power-spark.de/index_en.html