Ok heres the deal, saw a neat contraption down the road and had to have it. Its a 14ft tin boat with some flavor of kawi jet pump and a sled engine driving the pump.
Figured i would buy it just for a laugh, the guy that owned it had never fired it up let alone run it so i hadnt much clue what i was actually getting. apparently the guy that built this was an old timer, steam engine mechanic!
It does look pretty rigged up but it is actually a solid setup.
Anyways, the thing does run well but it is definately lacking. It tops out at about 'canoe' speed with 2 of us in there! Good enough to go down the lake a little bit to have a beer but not much fun!
Im new to the whole PWC jet pump scene and i dont know if its the pump thats too small of if its driving the pump too fast or too slow. With the belt drive setup thats on it now, it should be theoretically be spinning the pump at 15-16,000rpm since the belt drive is at a 2:1 ratio of the driven pulley of the engine(lil 294cc pos)
Heres what i have for pics at the moment. Let me know if their is something specific you would need to see...
Figured i would buy it just for a laugh, the guy that owned it had never fired it up let alone run it so i hadnt much clue what i was actually getting. apparently the guy that built this was an old timer, steam engine mechanic!
It does look pretty rigged up but it is actually a solid setup.
Anyways, the thing does run well but it is definately lacking. It tops out at about 'canoe' speed with 2 of us in there! Good enough to go down the lake a little bit to have a beer but not much fun!
Im new to the whole PWC jet pump scene and i dont know if its the pump thats too small of if its driving the pump too fast or too slow. With the belt drive setup thats on it now, it should be theoretically be spinning the pump at 15-16,000rpm since the belt drive is at a 2:1 ratio of the driven pulley of the engine(lil 294cc pos)
Heres what i have for pics at the moment. Let me know if their is something specific you would need to see...





