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1996 Speedster Rebuild

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gravitydrno said:
After a water test that showed the boat hauled ass and handled well I bought mine for $2000 (going for $5-6K when I bought 8 years ago-damn has it been 8 already? LOL), hull has damage that is repairable...PO hit a dock twice learning how to drive and it has a long crack on starboard side rear and punched a bolt on a dock through the port side (visible in picture) Brought it home and went to show wife and fire the engines...starboard would not start..being new to boat I decided best was to take it to the dealer and have them fix the issue and go through the boat- $2000 in new stator, 7 broken motor mounts and a few other minor issues. I later found that as she sat oil leaked into engines (info found here) and that a re-build was the only way to solve so I began chipping away at the PO created issues, he had no clue so when something failed he cut the wires or put duct tape on it. Being an electrician all wiring was cake.
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Dang, sounds alot like mine, but i already new the engine was out haha. I need to do some fiberglass repair on it, but i'm holding off on all the cosmetic stuff until i have it running and get it on the water. I absolutely HATE wiring. I'll do it, and I like doing new wiring, but i hate chasing down gremlins, or fixing PO crap. I did like the nice touch of using residential wire nuts on the 'new trailer wiring'... come on haha
 
That is not a seadoo switch, it could do anything from activating the afterburners to nothing.

Only thing you can do with that is flick the switch and see what happens and if that doesn't help you will need to trace the loom and see where it goes and what it does that way.

Andy
 
Andy4k6 said:
That is not a seadoo switch, it could do anything from activating the afterburners to nothing.

Only thing you can do with that is flick the switch and see what happens and if that doesn't help you will need to trace the loom and see where it goes and what it does that way.

Andy
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Hmm it might be the stereo.... or to arm the NITROUS!!!! :willy_nilly:... I gotta play around with it some more.
 
ohtenwillys said:
I read as much as i could about both and I didn't really find a reason to not go with SBT. They have a faster turnaround, and the lower compression doesn't seem to be an issue. SES is said to take an unreliable amount of time and plus, with the broken off bolts in the jugs, SES won't take them as cores but SBT will. I'm probably going to do SBT 1yr warranty so i can have it in 3 days haha.
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My boat came with a sbt motor and it runs good however I don't like that they lower the compression because thats lost power :bs: and the only reason I see to lower compression is because of inferior parts to save money, but they have a good warranty and quick to get it to you. When the time comes I'll do hotrods cranks and pro-x pistons because I beat the ever living shit out of that combo in my kx250 and it does very well. :thumbsup:
 
snikwad003 said:
My boat came with a sbt motor and it runs good however I don't like that they lower the compression because thats lost power :bs: and the only reason I see to lower compression is because of inferior parts to save money, but they have a good warranty and quick to get it to you. When the time comes I'll do hotrods cranks and pro-x pistons because I beat the ever living shit out of that combo in my kx250 and it does very well. :thumbsup:
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Yeah I guess my concerns right now are convenience and reliability. I just wanna get the boat on the water and explore. Maybe I'll go hot rod speedster after a couple years
 
From what I have read they do it for reliability....Nothing wrong with that if you are OK with it. I have not heard anything bad about the motors they provide but there are other companies that will not work on motors built by them unless they know about it up front.
 
gravitydrno said:
From what I have read they do it for reliability....Nothing wrong with that if you are OK with it. I have not heard anything bad about the motors they provide but there are other companies that will not work on motors built by them unless they know about it up front.
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Yeah I know SES won't rebuild and SBT engine without getting an unmachined head. But if It's good, then I'd prolly stick with SBT anyway.
 
Woo ordered the engine on Friday! SBT is on backorder this late into the season and i should be getting it by July 29th.. Fine with me since my online class ends the 26th. Ive got 'team building' outing with my coworkers August 12 and everyone is taking their boat, so hopefully i have it running and tested by then.
 
Update: Engine shipped early! Should be here by the end of the week.. still gotta finish my term paper before I can do anything so prolly wont touch till next Wednesday.
 
Update: Got the new engine in the boat!!! I deleted oil injection so I had to do the same on the port engine. All I have left is to hook up the starter cables and finish up some odds and ends and see if she fires!!
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I have that exact same boat. Try the heat gun trick on the dash/cover. I bought the cheap heat gun...2 speeds at Harbor Freight and did my dash...looks like new and looks like you are spray painting it as it turns bright yellow again...same for steering wheel spokes.
 
Cablebandit said:
I have that exact same boat. Try the heat gun trick on the dash/cover. I bought the cheap heat gun...2 speeds at Harbor Freight and did my dash...looks like new and looks like you are spray painting it as it turns bright yellow again...same for steering wheel spokes.
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Oh sweet, i actually got the same heat gun to get the flywheel off. I remember people doing that with stock jeep fender flares and was thinking about doing it to the reverse buckets.
 
ITS ALIIIIIIIIIVE!!!

Took her out on the water on friday for a co-worker boat outing and she did great, except for the cavitation on the STBD pump. I did notice alot of water coming in through the carbon seal right after we stopped. I'm tallying up the parts i need to rebuild both pumps. And I do need a bimini top to keep the lady cool and not sunburned haha.


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The little black switch it probably a kill switch mine has it aswell instead of individually shitting down each Motor you flip the switch down and it shuts them both off
 
brenthenny said:
The little black switch it probably a kill switch mine has it aswell instead of individually shitting down each Motor you flip the switch down and it shuts them both off
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I think its for the mystery stereo system i found under the console bucket with an amp. Flip the switch and nothing turns on though, so we'll see. Its on my list of things to do.
 
Also, took a trip this weekend from Bushy Park near the Naval Base down to Shem Creek (~50 miles roundtrip).. used a whole tank of gas. Pretty ridiculous, but eh.. 20 GPH isnt too bad right!? haha.. Im sure once I fix the pump and can plane in faster than 10 seconds, itll also improve on the top end. I was going 40 down the river but its hard to go any slower haha. I might do solas impellers and full-on rebuilds on both pumps. We'll see... the list of things-to-do is growing.

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And a shot of my Fiancee holding on for dear life

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My 96 speedster runs 45-47mph gps for reference on stock props. Doing the zip tie mod helped my cavitation/planing a ton until i installed new seals.
 
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