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Full disclosure I did it all wrong.
So I got the bright idea after running out of throttle last weekend to “tune the boat up”. I put on a new Maximus 28p and the boat ran with the best slip I had ever experienced but plateaued at 5k which was a bit low for my est. 850hp according to myself.
I spent about 30+\- minutes on the hose making my 540ci with 8/71 blower and dual 950 Quick Fuel carbs into a pile of shit on Friday morning. I screwed with the throttle blades and like an idiot got too far out of wack with the duals because I wasn’t thinking about the fact they were both connected by throttle linkage. I tuned it up for best vacuum on my vacuum/boost manifold gauge. Again after the blower instead of before and without real thought to the fact that blower motors don’t match what the “YouTube professionals” talk about. When I did launch at Windsor it looked like I was driving a diesel and I’m pretty sure Greta would have thrown herself on my prop to keep me from running my boat.
I pulled into the channel just barely struggling along at an idle and upon beaching began to undo my shit show at the beach nearest to Windsor. Adjusting idle screws and throttle stops until I got to a semi manageable point where I was confident I could at least drive my boat. During this time a guy 30 feet or so down the beach came over and started to interview me. I kept it general and told him I had mechaniced myself into a dilemma and was currently trying to fix it so I didn’t have a bunch of time to talk engine specifics. Just as I Almost had the soot belching dragon tamed down when a woman in his party came over to tell me the exhaust was burning her eyes. I apologized and informed her that just a few minutes more would have me in a spot where I could shut down my coal fired power plant and apologized for the exhaust.
About 10 minutes later I was finally relaxing in the channel drinking a beer and PD and FD showed up next to my boat (flagged down frantically by the people down the beach.) PD informed me that “someone had called 911 to let them know that an orange and white Domn8er was belching smoke on fire and leaking oil. I apologized while telling them it was most likely me they had been called for and explained how I had completely screwed up my tuning. I told them “I know the people next to me had come over so I was the most likely cause” even though I wasn’t leaking anything but my color fit the description. 15 minutes later and I’m having to run my boat and rev it for the police and fire because the asshole next to me keeps chirping to the cops and wants me to end up with a ticket. HPD and HFD both tell me it looks like I have the boat adjusted but the complainants are sure that I’m the lake Havasu version of Exxon-Valdez. They advise me to not drink too much since the asshole who I’ve seen for 30 minutes and drank one beer in front of after tuning my carbs also informs them they should field test me since I wouldn’t talk to him about my engine and must be drunk. The whole ordeal left me apologizing for being a waste of resources and my wife talking shit for the next hour about any boat or Seadoo that had the least bit of smoke and how the Karen’s next to us should call the cops before something bad happened.
Anyone else have experience?
P.S. my wife is still talking shit about my dumbass messing with the carbs but it’s almost running perfect again
So I got the bright idea after running out of throttle last weekend to “tune the boat up”. I put on a new Maximus 28p and the boat ran with the best slip I had ever experienced but plateaued at 5k which was a bit low for my est. 850hp according to myself.
I spent about 30+\- minutes on the hose making my 540ci with 8/71 blower and dual 950 Quick Fuel carbs into a pile of shit on Friday morning. I screwed with the throttle blades and like an idiot got too far out of wack with the duals because I wasn’t thinking about the fact they were both connected by throttle linkage. I tuned it up for best vacuum on my vacuum/boost manifold gauge. Again after the blower instead of before and without real thought to the fact that blower motors don’t match what the “YouTube professionals” talk about. When I did launch at Windsor it looked like I was driving a diesel and I’m pretty sure Greta would have thrown herself on my prop to keep me from running my boat.
I pulled into the channel just barely struggling along at an idle and upon beaching began to undo my shit show at the beach nearest to Windsor. Adjusting idle screws and throttle stops until I got to a semi manageable point where I was confident I could at least drive my boat. During this time a guy 30 feet or so down the beach came over and started to interview me. I kept it general and told him I had mechaniced myself into a dilemma and was currently trying to fix it so I didn’t have a bunch of time to talk engine specifics. Just as I Almost had the soot belching dragon tamed down when a woman in his party came over to tell me the exhaust was burning her eyes. I apologized and informed her that just a few minutes more would have me in a spot where I could shut down my coal fired power plant and apologized for the exhaust.
About 10 minutes later I was finally relaxing in the channel drinking a beer and PD and FD showed up next to my boat (flagged down frantically by the people down the beach.) PD informed me that “someone had called 911 to let them know that an orange and white Domn8er was belching smoke on fire and leaking oil. I apologized while telling them it was most likely me they had been called for and explained how I had completely screwed up my tuning. I told them “I know the people next to me had come over so I was the most likely cause” even though I wasn’t leaking anything but my color fit the description. 15 minutes later and I’m having to run my boat and rev it for the police and fire because the asshole next to me keeps chirping to the cops and wants me to end up with a ticket. HPD and HFD both tell me it looks like I have the boat adjusted but the complainants are sure that I’m the lake Havasu version of Exxon-Valdez. They advise me to not drink too much since the asshole who I’ve seen for 30 minutes and drank one beer in front of after tuning my carbs also informs them they should field test me since I wouldn’t talk to him about my engine and must be drunk. The whole ordeal left me apologizing for being a waste of resources and my wife talking shit for the next hour about any boat or Seadoo that had the least bit of smoke and how the Karen’s next to us should call the cops before something bad happened.
Anyone else have experience?
P.S. my wife is still talking shit about my dumbass messing with the carbs but it’s almost running perfect again