Rootsy
04-13-2003, 07:00 PM
With such wonderful weather this afternoon and having run on the hose yesterday i was convinced it was time to shake her down to make sure there were no bugs...
Ranman this one is for you... will you ride with me now? :(
http://www.donzi.net/photos/jaroot110.jpg
at 5:30 pm Sunday evening it all went down... about 50ish here today.. not a cloud in the sky, my lake has just a bit of a ripple... it's 3/4 of a mile of pure dragstrip... not another soul on it... PERFECT
so here i sit idling along on the lake... 25 cleaver i bought off of ebay and 370 or so (who knows really cept god???) hp under the hatch... and god only knows what for a gear ratio in the SS... have to get after it
she has a bit of a vibration about 2000 - 3000 rpm... i replaced the u-joints.. maybe i just don't have one centered cause she also vibrates turning a bit... and likes to blow out coming on plane when you give her some gas - trim all the way in... prop? i donno... but HOLY FREAKIN WHA when she grabs... who strapped the rocket to the transom when i wasn't looking? talk about acceleration! from 2500 to 5500 rpm in well under 10 seconds... or just a hair over 3/8 of a mile from a dead stop... trim trim trim... give her all the trim i want and she is just ROCK SOLID... not a twitch of instability...
I found out right away that 5500 rpm on the rev limiter wasn't gonna be enough... so i turn the dials to 6K...
after the third pass i turn around for #4... vibration turning... yep has to be a u-joint dammit... smash the throttle... fast as i can trim she just keeps gaining speed so i just trim her til she won't trim anymore... 6000 rpm by half lake easily... just gaining speed like a mother... i shut her down at the end cause i was just waiting for her to toss her cookies at 6K... no fighting it... no chinewalk... no squirrly, no instability.. just point her straight and go... i even crossed my own wake at 70+ and all you felt was a bit of a bump bump bump... whatever this is I LOVE IT!
and the final results... and i call it a night... cause i am FREAKING GEEKED! it can only get better!
http://www.donzi.net/photos/jaroot111.jpg
i need more prop, 6K is just too scary for my poor cast crank, unbalanced sbc.... now where'd i put that 27P 4 blade Quad IV? :D :D :D
Ranman this one is for you... will you ride with me now? :(
http://www.donzi.net/photos/jaroot110.jpg
at 5:30 pm Sunday evening it all went down... about 50ish here today.. not a cloud in the sky, my lake has just a bit of a ripple... it's 3/4 of a mile of pure dragstrip... not another soul on it... PERFECT
so here i sit idling along on the lake... 25 cleaver i bought off of ebay and 370 or so (who knows really cept god???) hp under the hatch... and god only knows what for a gear ratio in the SS... have to get after it
she has a bit of a vibration about 2000 - 3000 rpm... i replaced the u-joints.. maybe i just don't have one centered cause she also vibrates turning a bit... and likes to blow out coming on plane when you give her some gas - trim all the way in... prop? i donno... but HOLY FREAKIN WHA when she grabs... who strapped the rocket to the transom when i wasn't looking? talk about acceleration! from 2500 to 5500 rpm in well under 10 seconds... or just a hair over 3/8 of a mile from a dead stop... trim trim trim... give her all the trim i want and she is just ROCK SOLID... not a twitch of instability...
I found out right away that 5500 rpm on the rev limiter wasn't gonna be enough... so i turn the dials to 6K...
after the third pass i turn around for #4... vibration turning... yep has to be a u-joint dammit... smash the throttle... fast as i can trim she just keeps gaining speed so i just trim her til she won't trim anymore... 6000 rpm by half lake easily... just gaining speed like a mother... i shut her down at the end cause i was just waiting for her to toss her cookies at 6K... no fighting it... no chinewalk... no squirrly, no instability.. just point her straight and go... i even crossed my own wake at 70+ and all you felt was a bit of a bump bump bump... whatever this is I LOVE IT!
and the final results... and i call it a night... cause i am FREAKING GEEKED! it can only get better!
http://www.donzi.net/photos/jaroot111.jpg
i need more prop, 6K is just too scary for my poor cast crank, unbalanced sbc.... now where'd i put that 27P 4 blade Quad IV? :D :D :D