As I am soon to be the proud owner of the 1st Reasonably priced, Fun* PWC to be produced in quite a long time, I'm curious as to what mods people plan on doing to their new toys? While I was at the Boat Show this winter, I spent quite a bit of time talking with the dealer, discussing this new turn of events in the PWC world. He and I had a bit of a difference in outlook for this product. He saw it as an entry point for people to get into the sport, which I suppose is true, but I saw it differently. I see this potentially more as an early Mustang, like the 1964/5 Holman & Moody prepared 427-powered Mustangs for drag racing, or maybe the '65 GT 350 R, the race version of the Shelby GT 350. You looked at the 1964 1/2 Mustangs, I mean at least some came with a six-cylinder, 101 hp 170 cu in engine. Of course, as the years went on, they got bigger.. Engines, bodies, etc, but the orig ones, they had Potential. (Even though many (if not most) of the interior, chassis, suspension, and drive train components were derived from those used on Ford's Falcon and Fairlane). Shelby saw it, and look what he did with the cars.
That's what I see when I first looked closely at the Spark, something that has potential. Now, of course as a new PWC owner, and knowing a bit about their reputation thanks to a bro-in-law having had a few of them over the last 6-8 years, I Really appreciate having the extended factory warranty on it when things break. Which takes me to my dilemma. I would Love to have that turbo, new SS impeller and other pump parts, etc, but I also want to keep my warranty (not to mention the $ in my wallet), so those are out for the foreseeable future. There is the ECU tuning that can be done, which _shouldn't_ void my warranty, but other than that, are there any rumors floating around in the ether about other perf parts? Preferably ones which won't void said warranty? I expect things like graphics and such to be released fairly soon, but I am interested in, well... this is what came to mind sitting on it at the show in Jan:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster
LOL well, there ya go. That is my long term goal with this. I know much will have to wait till the warranty runs out, but in the mean time, what are everyone else's plans? Does anyone else here think along the same lines as I am, or am I like the dealer said, one of the 5% and under crowd for this craft, and the other 95% will just be low budget putter boaters? I have to believe there are more people thinking like me for the Spark than that. Or not? Regardless, I can't wait to get it, it's going to be a hoot, from everything I've seen!
*Fun, as in 1990's fun. Afore mentioned bro-inlaw had a '97 GSX or something, along with his '10 PWC Seadoo 'yacht'. I took them both out the 1st day of vacation, and never drove the newer one again over the whole week. The older one was So much funner to drive, maybe because I've been riding motorcycles since I was 10, but to me there really wasn't any comparison in the fun factor between the 2. One was a Boat, the other wasn't. Just my .02
That's what I see when I first looked closely at the Spark, something that has potential. Now, of course as a new PWC owner, and knowing a bit about their reputation thanks to a bro-in-law having had a few of them over the last 6-8 years, I Really appreciate having the extended factory warranty on it when things break. Which takes me to my dilemma. I would Love to have that turbo, new SS impeller and other pump parts, etc, but I also want to keep my warranty (not to mention the $ in my wallet), so those are out for the foreseeable future. There is the ECU tuning that can be done, which _shouldn't_ void my warranty, but other than that, are there any rumors floating around in the ether about other perf parts? Preferably ones which won't void said warranty? I expect things like graphics and such to be released fairly soon, but I am interested in, well... this is what came to mind sitting on it at the show in Jan:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster
LOL well, there ya go. That is my long term goal with this. I know much will have to wait till the warranty runs out, but in the mean time, what are everyone else's plans? Does anyone else here think along the same lines as I am, or am I like the dealer said, one of the 5% and under crowd for this craft, and the other 95% will just be low budget putter boaters? I have to believe there are more people thinking like me for the Spark than that. Or not? Regardless, I can't wait to get it, it's going to be a hoot, from everything I've seen!
*Fun, as in 1990's fun. Afore mentioned bro-inlaw had a '97 GSX or something, along with his '10 PWC Seadoo 'yacht'. I took them both out the 1st day of vacation, and never drove the newer one again over the whole week. The older one was So much funner to drive, maybe because I've been riding motorcycles since I was 10, but to me there really wasn't any comparison in the fun factor between the 2. One was a Boat, the other wasn't. Just my .02
