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VE head? That's a pretty rare one. Welcome to the forum.
VE was a small company that made big bore cylinder kits and those cylinder heads like you have there. You also have a Factory Pipe Spec 2 kit with ECWI(electronically controlled water injection). I see a set of sponsons on the ski also for precise handling. Someone has put accelerator pump carbs on it from a 97 or later 787 and hopefully they have been re-jetted.
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Well that’s cool to hear, with that set up, what size jets would you run? i’m not sure if it has been jetted or not, but would like you input.
If it has run in this configuration for years and still has perfect, even compression then it is probably set up OK. I don't like trying to feed a race machine with stock carbs but if I did I'd have about 80 lows and 150ish highs. Factory Pipe has instructions online that probably state the recommended jetting but that's just a starting point.
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just got ski on the water yesterday after noon, ski has a lot of power but won’t go past 45 mph, when ever you go to WOT it bogs or sound like it won’t rev... very wierd, might be because the original owner put stock carbs on that ski, not sure if he jetted or not. so where would you dtart
I would start by making sure your not lean because that's an engine killer. When it bogs instead of running up to WOT give it a couple pumps of the primer or pull the choke half way out if you still have one. If that improves the situation then you know you don't have enough fuel getting to the engine.
I would also replace the regulator/rectifier because it's a common failure point on 96 787's and when they go they restrict the revs.
Try and get some history on the ski if you can. Who put these parts on it? What were they trying to achieve? Did they ever have it ripping at it's potential or did they just give up and sell it to you?
I would also replace the regulator/rectifier because it's a common failure point on 96 787's and when they go they restrict the revs.
Try and get some history on the ski if you can. Who put these parts on it? What were they trying to achieve? Did they ever have it ripping at it's potential or did they just give up and sell it to you?
Don't spend too much. The cheap ones work fine for me https://www.ebay.com/itm/FOR-Sea-Do...ash=item440f55382f:g:1fYAAOSwCmNZy03k&vxp=mtr
If that fuel has been in there for years then it needs to be drained and replaced with fresh. Stored fuel drops it's octane rating.
If that fuel has been in there for years then it needs to be drained and replaced with fresh. Stored fuel drops it's octane rating.
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