TFreeman

9 hours ago, jtryon said:

sh#t dude, that looks better than mine!  how did you secure it to the output flanges?  and did you use PVC cement between the pipes?  i ended up drilling a pilot hole in each pipe then screwing in a couple short stainless screws where each pipe meets to keep them from coming apart.  worked great.

I actually like that black pipe look on the black boat, looks sick ?

So it's white pipe spray painted black for what it's worth. I had cement to use but I ran a 3 stainless screws in each joint and felt like it was solid. The idea was to test then add it, I may skip it. 

I will I'll have to re tool the output flanges, mine are 3" and the OD of the 3" pvc is closer to 3-1/2". I used the flexible coupling for 3" pvc. To make up the difference I used another coupling that was wrapped in a thin piece of stainless, I cut out the excess. I was going to add a couple screws to those and ended up breaking my bit. Anyway it popped off the flanges and I lost those parts, I'm going to come up with something else. 

I did not get to do any testing tonight, with weight in the boat so I can't comment on the spray at surf speeds. At higher speeds I noticed a fair amount of spray , but looked to fall closer to the boat then where a rider will be. 

Im thinking of heating and forming the pipe more like the shape of FAE. 

On 5/3/2018 at 9:26 AM, jtryon said:

i love the sound of my 351, but the benefit of no fumes while surfing greatly outweighs the cool factor of the sound of the motor IMO.

i'll snap some more pics this weekend for you as well.

I went ahead and made one. Haha

1 hour ago, jtryon said:

i will get you one this weekend including measurements, though your application may be different depending on how far your exhaust pipes are apart.

I wouldn't mind seeing another finished pic also, I'm so torn about doing this, quieting down the motor would be nice almost, but I also love the noise. 

Solid write up. It amazes me how all the boats of that era were almost identical in terms of construction and their current conditions. 

Nice mod. I use that krypt rack on my boat as well, for what it's worth, my wakeboards are more stable on it then the other cheap wakeboard specific rack I got. I'll probably end up replacing the board rack for another surf rack.  

Nice project

1 hour ago, ryan said:

Nice job.   I love the part about "then I knocked out the stringers and junk" like that's no big deal.  lol

I'm with you on the prop guard... smart upgrade for sure!     Definitely would feel more comfortable.

Your welds are more than adequate... I did want to point out my buddies in custom fabrication always tell me it's better to weld at an angle on channel, so your cuts could have been done at a 45 and then your outside plate would be a diamond shape...  so it never has direct vertical welds.    Just throwing that down if anyone else wants to look into it.   But your solution should not crack, is bullet proof, and looks good.    And like you said, the weight distribution didn't even change.    

Looks good dude!   

Thx for the feed back. I'm definitely an ameture welder, I've got a Lincoln 180 power mig, I feel like the metal was joined as well as it needed to be, I just was lacking in the visual department.

As far as the plates go when I was into Jeep's and off-roading I saw a lot of frame jobs, they all used a diamond shaped plate at the joint. Probably for the reasons you mentioned. I feel like the trailer will see much less stress and I'd be fine with the ones used. But I think you're absolutely correct. 

"Knocked out the stringers and stuff" was referencing the time between mid march and the end of May. But yeah no big deal.  Hahaha that list kept getting loner the more I finished. 

Appreciate it. Looks a lot different now. But I did dig those old school stripes. I wasn't a fan of the wood grain dash tho.