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Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
04-07-2006, 07:02 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 572
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: EHAUST WATER LEAK

This is the way I have it assembled now. If I am correct one Oring will be contacting the engine side of the manifold(doesn't seem like it would last long there) and the other will contact the outer...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
04-05-2006, 08:25 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 572
Posted By 235bajaman

EHAUST WATER LEAK

I purchased a new pipe from Professioal Hobbies Hong Kong. Came with the water manifold but no instructions as to how to assemble. Tried the way I thought it would work and it leaked water back into...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-17-2006, 08:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 664
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: NEED HELP ON SIKK 27CC CONVERSION

Thanks Fastrat for the reply! I do have a dial indicator in the shop and a caliper so I guess I will do some measuring. I would later like to do some porting (it would be my first on RC engines) but...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-16-2006, 07:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 664
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: NEED HELP ON SIKK 27CC CONVERSION

I plan to order a gasket today, the paper was all I could do at the time. I am glad I did it though; maybe it will help decide what thickness gasket to use. Anybody out there got a particular size...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-15-2006, 10:03 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 664
Posted By 235bajaman

NEED HELP ON SIKK 27CC CONVERSION

I began putting my 27cc kit on the 260 and have run into a couple of problems. I found first the bolt patterns do not line up. Hope I did'nt goof but I drilled the holes in the cyl. larger to fit....
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-11-2006, 07:31 AM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

Very nice boat "porknbeanr"! Let me know how it performs. Isom
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-10-2006, 10:20 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

Frogman, I just checked the Center of Gravity and it mesures 17'' from the back of the hull. These boats were called 60'' but measuring the bottom of the hull it is more like 55''.
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-10-2006, 10:14 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

I am definitely no authority on RC's but my thinking is the less hull you have in the water the more speed but at the same time less stability. I will take the speed. Probably the only drawback as I...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-10-2006, 10:07 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

Frogman, check my reply to Davcruz . With the weight of the fuel and the radio box in the front it seems to be fairly balanced but as the boat goes by me you can tell it wouldn't take much of a wave...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-10-2006, 09:57 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

It is an Expresscraft copy I got off ebay. When I started building it I contacted the guys at Marine Specialties to order a longer tube for the prop shaft as I originally intended to do a...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-08-2006, 11:03 PM
Replies: 106
Views: 10,846
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: SHOW OFF YOUR BOAT!!!!

NOTHING SPECTACULAR BUT THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT A LOOK. I LIKE IT.
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-05-2006, 11:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,194
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: What paint to use?

Yes, forgot to mention on the quantities of the other stuff. Martin Senour used to sell the 4oz. size hardener but I can't remember if they sell or can get quarts of thinner or not. Been a few...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-05-2006, 10:54 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,910
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: paint

Ditto on the laugh!!!!
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-05-2006, 10:36 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 651
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: NEED TIPS ON PORTING A 27 SIKK!

Thanks for the info men! I noticed on the pictures that the divider bar in the transfer ports were cut down. In what way does this help. Just increased volume for transfer flow? And it appeared that...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-04-2006, 11:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,194
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: What paint to use?

If you are just learning to spray, the easiest I would recommend would be to go to an automotive parts outlet (I use a NAPA dealer to mix my paint for the shop) and purchase acrylic enamel. It is...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-04-2006, 10:35 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 651
Posted By 235bajaman

NEED TIPS ON PORTING A 27 SIKK!

Hello men, I purchased a 27cc Sikk kit from O'neil Brothers for my 260. I am getting ready to install but it looks like the intake port on the 260 is actually larger than the Sikk.
I would like to...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-02-2006, 11:13 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

Yes, I had a round hoop support for the main body of the pipe made from spring stainless with a rubber tube over that for shock absorbtion. I had the pipe insulated from the engine to the outside of...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
03-02-2006, 11:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 447
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: GPS

I am using a Garmin Geko. Weighs only 3oz. I cut a depression in a small block of styrofoam and rubber banded it to it. Hope it can survive a bad crash and float. It is waterproof so it won't bother...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-27-2006, 09:39 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

Sorry I didn't read the pipe reply first.
I guess I will try it out and if not satisfied will cut it up, or modify the QD to fit in the header part of the HK pipe. Don't know about changing the...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-27-2006, 09:35 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

The boat is a vintage 1981 Baja ski boat open bow with an '81 Johnson 235hp outboard. I have had the boat for many years myself and the previous owners took good care of it. Redone all upholstery and...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-26-2006, 09:23 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

If the pic made it, this is the one I ordered. My old pipe was a solid unit with just a 2 bolt flange to bolt it to the water cooling adapter. The flange would not seal the o-ring completely as it...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-25-2006, 11:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

Thanks for the tip! I am not up on all the different props out there but I gather that the 6717-3 is an Octura. I will be putting the 27cc kit on with the 257 Walbro and another pipe from some ebay...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-24-2006, 12:22 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,562
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: PROPS ~~ Have a look

Beautiful work! They truly are ART! Question: How does the bar cut help on the 280 as I might try it on mine.
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-24-2006, 12:14 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,850
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: prop 2 or 3 blade & why???

If you want to know the technicals on props, Mercury marine used to have on their site a page that is ''everything you wanted to know about props but was afraid to ask''. I know this is for the big...
Forum: Speed - RC Gas Boats
02-21-2006, 10:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 832
Posted By 235bajaman

RE: offshore models cat hull

Be proud of yourself! 60 is my goal I will probably never reach with my 60" cat (forabuck) and 260 Zenoah. A friend has offered me a 92cc Stihl chainsaw engine he uses in his big planes. Reckon that...
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