Krispy
Well-Known Member
This is a Seadoo XP question but bear with my history first.
Well, here is a bit of history, I have owned several Tigersharks in the past, and at one time I had a 1996 Tigershark Monte Carlo that made it through a couple of seasons after my first rebuild (my first personal engine build) when finally a piston ring hung on a port an caused a catastrophic failure.
I then rebuild that engine (again) and decided I would head down the path of more HP and more speed. I ended up shaving the head and adding flame arrestors, re-jetting carbs etc. And I was able to get another 3-5 mph out of it. After about 12 hours on that engine I smoked a PTO piston (hole in the center from detonation). I thought I had found the cause of the air leak and rebuilt using the same head, well about 6 hours on the new top end I failed the engine the same way. Finally on that engines 4th rebuild I took everything back to stock and rode it once only to prove it was functioning well (hopefully) and sold it.
Fast forward to the present.
I am the proud owner of a 96 XP, I can see that the whole design of the ski is much better than the old Tigershark I had, thanks to this forum I have been able to give it a health checkup, address some of the common problem areas, and get it running well.
Today marked the last of my sea trials, I was out riding with a coworker on his nice new Seadoo 130SE and we had a good time, for some reason I didn't feel comfortable really opening her up for long periods of time.
Today was the first day I really had her up to temperature, I noticed that it is *slightly* more difficult to start when the engine is hot. That is to say that it takes 2 seconds of holding the start button down rather than one as it does when the engine is cold.
I also noticed that when driving about half throttle ~4500 to 5000 rpm (40mph) if I give it ever so slightly more throttle the thing JUMPS out of the hole, It is like the pipe is really waking up at that RPM. I am not complaining, it just feels like the power progression is really non linear.
I brought it back to the dock after a good hour of riding during witch I had several no wake zones, and several on off cycles. It didn't leave me stranded it started every time I asked it to. However I am still a bit scared to take it out on a long haul full throttle down the lake. Not due to my riding skill, but more due to the fear of blowing my engine up and having my wife say "I told you so".
So I put the question to you guys:
Am I going to become less nervous about opening this thing up over the next few rides?
Am I being too paranoid?
I really want to go out and act like a crazy fool and have fun but I am afraid of the consequences of an unproven machine.
Thanks for any input.
Well, here is a bit of history, I have owned several Tigersharks in the past, and at one time I had a 1996 Tigershark Monte Carlo that made it through a couple of seasons after my first rebuild (my first personal engine build) when finally a piston ring hung on a port an caused a catastrophic failure.
I then rebuild that engine (again) and decided I would head down the path of more HP and more speed. I ended up shaving the head and adding flame arrestors, re-jetting carbs etc. And I was able to get another 3-5 mph out of it. After about 12 hours on that engine I smoked a PTO piston (hole in the center from detonation). I thought I had found the cause of the air leak and rebuilt using the same head, well about 6 hours on the new top end I failed the engine the same way. Finally on that engines 4th rebuild I took everything back to stock and rode it once only to prove it was functioning well (hopefully) and sold it.
Fast forward to the present.
I am the proud owner of a 96 XP, I can see that the whole design of the ski is much better than the old Tigershark I had, thanks to this forum I have been able to give it a health checkup, address some of the common problem areas, and get it running well.
Today marked the last of my sea trials, I was out riding with a coworker on his nice new Seadoo 130SE and we had a good time, for some reason I didn't feel comfortable really opening her up for long periods of time.
Today was the first day I really had her up to temperature, I noticed that it is *slightly* more difficult to start when the engine is hot. That is to say that it takes 2 seconds of holding the start button down rather than one as it does when the engine is cold.
I also noticed that when driving about half throttle ~4500 to 5000 rpm (40mph) if I give it ever so slightly more throttle the thing JUMPS out of the hole, It is like the pipe is really waking up at that RPM. I am not complaining, it just feels like the power progression is really non linear.
I brought it back to the dock after a good hour of riding during witch I had several no wake zones, and several on off cycles. It didn't leave me stranded it started every time I asked it to. However I am still a bit scared to take it out on a long haul full throttle down the lake. Not due to my riding skill, but more due to the fear of blowing my engine up and having my wife say "I told you so".
So I put the question to you guys:
Am I going to become less nervous about opening this thing up over the next few rides?
Am I being too paranoid?
I really want to go out and act like a crazy fool and have fun but I am afraid of the consequences of an unproven machine.
Thanks for any input.