Thanks! My piston meltdown was the reason for my absence at the lake norman ride. I'm not discouraged from this one. The top end rebuild was more discouraging cuz it was brand new to begin with. Idk what it is but there's something that tickles my fancy that it sheared the splines. Too much power! (I wish) I keep finding myself laughing each time I inspect the splines.... pretty surprising.Dang I'm sorry to hear that. Keep fighting the fight though you'll have it in a sweet spot soon.
My pre flight is done I'm heading to the water
Took the boat out yesterday and was able to get on it for the 1st time. The thing has great pull on the bottom and through the rpm range. I was seeing about 7350 rpm but had a miss after the 3/4 throttle position, especially on a nice left hander under load. Kept adding fuel on top to eliminate miss till it started to hesitate and cough. Backed off 1/8 turn from there on the highs. Max rpm was 7390 with the smaller prop. Didn't even bother with a GPS reading. I was expecting 200 rpm higher. It's definitely rich as it climbs the last 70 to 100 rpm. I still had some 100 low lead av gas in the tank from the break in period so my spark plug readings could be skewed but the looked ok at they time. Not sure if I want to lean things out much more just yet.
Oh man where to begin with this thing.... Ski has been sitting under a cover since early September. Got my 951 x4 to play with at that point. But heres the quick and dirty: spun the splines out of the prop i was using so i sent it to skat. While at skat, glen and i discussed briefly about pitching it up a a little down the road depending on how things ran. Current directions were to bring back to oem 16/23. A few days later a box from skat showed up stamped 17/24. Against my better judgement i threw it in the pump.... BAD IDEA. Ski absolutely hated it. (Was testing a new porting setup) The motor was popping and breaking up all the way through the rpm band. Was way worse on any turns and couldnt get the macine to run # WOT. Put the ski on the trailer and havent even pulled the plugs. Ran it to fog the motor and winterize it but my guess is it needs a top end, again.