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They say "there's two types of airboaters. Who's who have sank and those who will sink"
 
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We officially joined the club today
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I was able to get a picture right before I through my phone down. But I'm sure there's pictures all over Facebook
 
Minutes before.
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Earlier in the day. I'm going to bolt some Plexi glass to the rake to keep the water out.
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There was a rodeo and some drag racing. There was a couple 1500hp boats racing

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Bacho said:
Have you got anything of the recovery?
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No. I took that picture then handed my phone off and got in the water.
When we went down that hill, we took water over the bow. But what did me in is I had a extra person sitting in the back the side the engine rolls. That dipped the corner under and I wasn't able to power through. I made it probably 100ft aimed for the bank and it went down right when I hit the bank. I shut it down before it went under.

Picture probably 20 guys pulling on it with a line and come along to a tree to pull it out of the water. Another 20 standing around watching and drinking a beer then another 20 getting Snapchat videos.
 
How'd you do that? Water over the transom while trying to climb the bank?
 
ANGELO said:
When we went down that hill, we took water over the bow. But what did me in is I had a extra person sitting in the back the side the engine rolls. That dipped the corner under and I wasn't able to power through. I made it probably 100ft aimed for the bank and it went down right when I hit the bank. I shut it down before it went under.
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arse_sidewards said:
How'd you do that? Water over the transom while trying to climb the bank?
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I should have went straight across into the weeds It was only a few foot deep. But I was thinking the shore is shallow. But now I know, the banks have a vertical 10' drop off
 
Heres one of the race boats that was out there. Pretty sure it has dual counter rotating props.


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Here we are. And for reference, the top of the cage is probably around 8' tall
 
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Here's heading back to the ramp. I had someone watching the racor bowl, and draining it when there was water.
I think I have all the water out now. I put some fuel stabilizer in. Just drained the oil and sprayed the electronics with corrosion spray
 
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Beentto busy. My friend got the work pontoon welded, but we ran out of time to do the welding on the airboat. We were going to take it out bow fishing, but there was rain. I think I'll need a alternator and starter. It didn't want to start a week ago. I took apart and cleaned up the solenoid and it fired right up though.
 
No. Because of the length the coast guard doesn't require bouyancy in the hulls. The sides and bottom aren't even foam core. It's just layered glass. Weight is a issue and space. That's why they don't float. But there'stwo types of air boaters. those who have sunk and those who will

Edit. Deckovers are harder to sink since they are full of air, and when water goes over the bow like it did for me, it just goes right off the back. But those generally have tall solid grass rakes and can flip over backwards. You also have to strap everything on the boat down.
 
Got the console moved up so I can actually see the gauges and reach the switches. and welded on the handle.
Swapped out my rule 1100 gph for a 2000.
If weather cooperates taking my dad out tomorrow.
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Borrowed this bender while we were up there. Making a grab handle for the driver, then I want to move the console up higher. Right now I can't see half the gauges and I have to lean over to hit the switches.
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Mount your vise properly, before you wish you would have mounted it properly! I'm instinctively curling my toes back just looking at that.

That boat looks fuckin scary!
 
Muckin_Slusher said:
Mount your vise properly, before you wish you would have mounted it properly! I'm instinctively curling my toes back just looking at that.

That boat looks fuckin scary!
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What, You don't trust harbor freight clamps? It can't get my toes I was using like a 5' cheater pipe:flipoff2:.
It's definitely on my list, I just don't know where on the table I want it yet.

We took it out for fathers day, ran great. We got rained on then it cleared up.
Towards the end of the day it didn't want to start, then I realized the mag I was trying to start with was dead. Ran fine on the 2nd mag. I took it apart, and the points snapped in half. The date on them is 2005, so going to replace both points and condensers
 
When I welded that grab bar on I melted all the wiring. Didn't have time to rewire until winter, then got super busy and didn't have time to run it.
Can't leave anything alone, and didn't like the way the throttle was set up, so redid that and while I was messing with the throttle I rebuilt the carb. Definitely time. All the gaskets and diaphragms were dry rotted and about to fail.

Ive always felt it used more fuel then it should. It has 88 main jets and #5power valve. Has a 4.5 now.
While doing research seems most are running 74-78 mains on this engine with a Holley. And quite a few recommend no power valve, saying one less thing to fail and not needed in this application.
I'm not to familiar with car carbs, but from what I understand, if I size the power valve correctly I don't see how it wouldn't benefit me. This engine only runs at 3k rpm. Would the low rpm maybe prevent the power valve from working effectively?

Stbd bank top. Left is rear. Threads are a bit oily on the rear. Dry on the others.
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Port bank top. Right is rear. Same thing just the rear has oily threads.
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Ngk ab-6. We put quite a bit of hours on it this weekend, between light load frogging and higher load ridding.

How do these plugs look?

The port bank I had to replace the piston in the middle cylinder because it had a bad intake boot before it and ran lean. I should have done all 3 while I had it apart. I have a suspicion the rear cylinder also needs rings and it's leaking oil. But I might use one quart for a tank, 25-30 gallons.
 
Installed a power valve plug and 78 jets.
Throttle response seemed slower. It came up to temp significantly faster.
Little bit of idling, few minutes at 2000-2500 then about a minute at work and shut down.
Stbd bank. One with the socket is the rear.
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Port
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Looking lean?
 
ANGELO said:
Installed a power valve plug and 78 jets.
Throttle response seemed slower. It came up to temp significantly faster.
Little bit of idling, few minutes at 2000-2500 then about a minute at work and shut down.
Stbd bank. One with the socket is the rear.

Looking lean?
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Doesn’t look rich. But I don’t know shit about reading plugs.
 
Since you are not changing altitude, power valve isn't really necessary. They do tend to rupture with backfires. Removing it will change your jetting slightly.
 
From what Ive been reading, seems this engine and carb usually has between 72- 78 jets and both yes, and no to the power valve.
 
bdkw1 said:
Since you are not changing altitude, power valve isn't really necessary. They do tend to rupture with backfires. Removing it will change your jetting slightly.
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It has a Holley, not a aviation carb. Wouldn't it still work the same as in a car? Less fuel until you floor it?
 
My understanding is the PV has a large effect on the jet size and booster flow but I don't carb very well and my understanding is academic.
 
ANGELO said:
It has a Holley, not a aviation carb. Wouldn't it still work the same as in a car? Less fuel until you floor it?
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Yes, I know it's a holley. It works off vacuum to add more fuel when you open the throttle. Going up in altitude reduces vacuum and leans out the mixture making it run better. You have zero need for this. If you have 30cc pumps, you may need to go to 50cc pumps and longer duration pump cams. Main jets may also need to go up a size or 2.
 
Looks lean. Straps are chalky and the porcelain is very white still.
 
You need to get a few hours on the plugs to get a good read.

When you read plugs you are reading deposits. It takes time to build deposits.

As early as you pulled them all you can really tell is wet or not.

Ditch the power valve. I can't see your application using it at all.

That is a big jump in jet size. It will warm up faster is you are running lean.

But again, need to run it more to get a good read.
 
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