**Long time lurker but new poster***
About a month ago I picked up a 96 sporster because I figured it'd be nice to have a few more seats over my SPX.
First time I had it out (4 adults) the thing wouldn't even plain out. With just 2 adults wide open I'd hit about 30/31 and if I put the heaviest up front I could eventually plain out with 3 adults. Although it would take forever. So as I've always done I searched seadoo forum and read Dr. Honda's thread about replacing your wear ring. I installed a new wear ring and impeller as the old one was chewed up. Still can't get the thing On plain with 4 adults and still maxed out at 30 via my gps. So again more research leads me to my carbon ring/ ss ring which I have replaced and again top speed 30 mph. A immediate 90* turn almost slows me to a crawl. Now if it wasn't for hearing about other members boats pulling tubes and hitting 40 mph I would have just thought that this is all a boat with a single 717 is capable of.
Anyway I'm running out of ideas and not really sure what to try next, is this still a cavitation issue?
Thx in advance if anyone has any ideas.
About a month ago I picked up a 96 sporster because I figured it'd be nice to have a few more seats over my SPX.
First time I had it out (4 adults) the thing wouldn't even plain out. With just 2 adults wide open I'd hit about 30/31 and if I put the heaviest up front I could eventually plain out with 3 adults. Although it would take forever. So as I've always done I searched seadoo forum and read Dr. Honda's thread about replacing your wear ring. I installed a new wear ring and impeller as the old one was chewed up. Still can't get the thing On plain with 4 adults and still maxed out at 30 via my gps. So again more research leads me to my carbon ring/ ss ring which I have replaced and again top speed 30 mph. A immediate 90* turn almost slows me to a crawl. Now if it wasn't for hearing about other members boats pulling tubes and hitting 40 mph I would have just thought that this is all a boat with a single 717 is capable of.
Anyway I'm running out of ideas and not really sure what to try next, is this still a cavitation issue?
Thx in advance if anyone has any ideas.