Revise and rebuild I suppose...

[jr_ss]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

bump for a great thread, bring this shit back with some updates

I agree... I want some feedback 3months later.

If you haven't sourced an EBC I have a Blitz SBC ID I don't think I'm going to use. LMK.

[s14unimog]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

bump for a great thread, bring this shit back with some updates

Originally Posted by jr_ss

I agree... I want some feedback 3months later. If you haven't sourced an EBC I have a Blitz SBC ID I don't think I'm going to use. LMK.

What's happened since I left off... Well for one, she still runs and runs strong. I have been using the car often and have been through roughly 4 sets of rear tires since my last dyno. I will admit that this summer and my latest project have kept me a bit distracted from modifying the 240 lately. And to be honest, I needed to get away from working on it for a bit and just enjoy the damn thing.

Here is the quick and dirty on my latest project. Click HERE if you want to see the entire build. I'll admit it, I love to build something.

Bought this 1997 Seadoo XP for a steal with a blown motor, no trailer and left for dead. I figure, I always buy a sport bike every year to rebuild so I wanted to try something that both the wife and I could enjoy. She likes a ride (giggity) but I can't let her take a crotch rocket down the street.

Before...

• 781cc w/ shattered forward piston
• no trailer
• faded gelcoat and tired vinyls
• generally nasty as hell

Now...

• 796cc w/ .75mm overbore
• Galvanized Wesco trailer w/ new carpet & runners
• polished hull - no stickers
• new track mats, new seat cover, generally clean as whistle

Now with that puppy broken in, it's very hard to do much more than crash the lake every weekend. I've probably put about 40-50 hours on it since the rebuild and it runs like a CHAMP! It'll indicate 60-65 on the speedo but I suspect on GPS that's just south of 60mph. It will scream tho, believe me. I plan to sell it at the beginning of the season next year.

Okay, back to the car. What's been done as of lately

For one. I had a little accident with my hood. If you'll recall, I had ground the stops off of my hinges to allow it to go completely vertical. I told myself that I will design a prop or gas shock mount but never got around to it. Welp... I was sitting at a show with the hood up on the standard prop when the wind picked up. I was standing near the car, and quickly noticed the hood threatening to come un-hooked from the prop. So just as I started over to arrest the hood, the prop un-hooked, dropping the prop rod and hood alike. I reached out under the hood and would have caught it, if it had continued to fall. Well it didn't. The wind took it and blew it back across my windshield; breaking both corners of the hood. FUCK!



So... I set out to solve the hood prop situation. Not to mention, I needed to get to this so that I could situate my oil cooler mount / cooling panel which required me to ditch the factory prop. Plus, who likes that prop? I don't.

Since I put gas shocks on my Jeep's hood, I stole its prop and came up with this...








THAT is what Nissan should have done!

With that done and out of the way, I have turned my attention back to the damage. I had a very informative conversation with Mike from Kognition and he directed me towards some materials to repair the damage. I plan to give that a go here in the next few weeks. I can't say it enough how much I appreciate the time he took to discuss the damage and help me out. If they ever plan to mfg. a Zenki hood, I will buy one just b/c of that. You hear me Mike?


Uh.... what else?

Here is a recent picture of the car


Oh, I made another garage entry video. Considering it got so much attention last time, I thought it was only appropriate to make something a bit more up to date to my modifications. That solid mounted subframe sure does make a huge difference on clearance. Check it out.



Other than that, you guys are up to date. I have plans to track the car on Monday at Roebling Road in Savannah, so I am very excited about that. I plan to do a lot of filming. So once I get a chance to sort through that, I'll post up some video.