Destroyer Of Worlds - Triple Swapped X2 Empties Pine Coulee
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2023
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Actual description: A LONG test and tune video with a bunch of unnecessary chit chat, wildlife docummenting and the most beautiful sounds ever heard in nature... or otherwise. 
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Came for the jetski video and received a surprise bonus of a cute cat in a jetski ;)
Diddo!
Haha... Quasar gets all the attention... All he has to do is show up. Thanks for the view and comment !
@@Andingo86 People love them cats ... haha.
Wow! You weren't kidding about the water level out there. I probably would have talked about it the whole video 😂
Haha.... It's intense !! You can't even get under the bridge on one side... and the other side you need a pretty small boat.
They use this reservoir for irrigation, and one of the other reservoirs is having issues due to bacteria or something... so I think all of the water is coming from one reservoir instead of two.
Oh man that this sounds good! Just off idle it kind of reminds me of a nitro RC car, just spitting! I would have been freaking right out riding in that shallow water! Did you get any weeds in your pump at all, or did it just pulverize it all!
I missed it if you said it, was this WITH the Zeeltronics installed? Did you notice any difference from when you had the OEM one in there?
Great video man! Can't believe how low that lake was! I keep hearing from all sorts how low all the water is around us, but our little secret lake is still doing good! ;)
Even if all else fails, it sounds amazing ! ... but it actually works pretty good too. I'm pretty sure that it sucked in some weeds and just pulverized them.... At one point I checked the pump and there was some stuff in the edges of the grate, but nothing else, haha. Surprisingly, I didn't get plugged up even once.
Yeah, I've been running the Zeeltronics. This ride with the 75º static angle and the map from Mark. I looked at the map from Zeel, and they have some real odd stuff going on with unmatched timing at high rpm, so I want to look into it before using it. I also set the rev limiter to 76 or 7800 to try to lessen the risk of my crank letting go...
I was getting ready to put the engine back in the hull after installing the DIY head, and saw that it is leaking between the cases, so I popped the lower case off and resealed it... was about to install the engine today and remembered that I didn't install the locating pins in the head cap... I removed them from the cylinder to do a skim cut on it. The good news is that my compression is now 145 ish and I found some bolts until I get new ones.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips oh damn! That's wicked! Are you going to have to re tune for higher compression again?
@@dustinwild Oh... and it works better than with the OEM, but I'm not sure if that is the CDI or other factors. The aggressive map with low compression really isn't doing a lot of good.... so we will see what happens with the new head.
I assume that because I was a little rich, I'm probably going to be okay with the new higher compression. I will keep an eye on the plugs and feel it out, but I'm pretty sure it will be okay. It should really bring it to life in the 3000 - 6000 range, even more shoulder wrecking pull.
Another solid video! Good looking out for bugs bro
Thanks MJ ! I try to be a good person and help out where I can... all sorts of animals ... even humans, sometimes 🤣
I’ve been a subscriber for quite some time and keep up with your content. I’m curious if a lot of the fabrication/adjustments you’ve had to make to swap this 1100 would be the same with swapping a 900 in my x2? Shaft, impeller, pump? I’m just all around curious what your advice would be to putting a 900 in place of my 750 I have in it now.
Hey. I've never done a 900 swap, but I'm pretty sure that most of it would be the same. You may have an easier time with the exhaust, as I believe the 900 chamber is a little smaller. I did a lot of over the top / silly things with mine, so I'll try to give some advice on doing it an easier way.
My advice would. be to do leave the exhaust as stock as possible and run a rear exhaust setup. It's going to take some fibreglass work to get the rear exhaust setup, but I think it's worth it in the end and less fussing around than I did. Next would be to, once again, do a little fibreglass work and cut a clearance hole / make a bulge for the rear carburetor, so that you have room for a spark arrestor. I just run my carbs open and would not recommend this at all.
Shortening the drive shaft is a must. I built mine up with weld and threaded it, I would recommend just having a machine shop shorten it.... I think they usually cut a section out and reweld. For an impeller, I would contact the folks at Impros and tell them what you are doing, and they will tell you what impeller to get... it will be a lot of money, but worth every penny. You can always do a crazy pump swap, but these are either a huge amount of money or a huge amount of work. I'm currently running a 750 pump for ease of changing it out without glue, but it doesn't work any better than the 650 pump (when using the same impeller)
You're going to need a different fuel tank. I went with an aluminum Amazon unit, and I would not recommend this as it is small and poor quality. The welds cracked and the filler cap is garbage. Apparently a 550 fuel tank is the answer, but I have not tried for myself. You can get the extra large 550 tanks and it seems like that would be the answer, as the 900 is going to be thirsty.
You're going to want to run a surf brace, if you aren't already, as you need to remove one of the aluminum supports and the hull will almost certainly crack if you don't have a surf brace. ADA have couplers for this conversion, so contact them and ask them what to get.... I'm getting a CNC mill and hope to start making these as well as surf braces, but that may not be for quite some time. The ADA ones are awesome and not priced too bad. There are a lot of little things that you need to figure out like throttle cable wiring etc... but that stuff isn't too difficult.
Hope this helps.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips love this Joel. Thank you so much. Like a few of those things that you mentioned I had no idea what to expect with this kind of swap. Especially with the shaft. This is my first swap like this and my first time doing any sort of work to my hull. So it’s going to be a learning curve for sure. I’m excited to start on it.
@@primzei1953 Right on ! It will be a challenge, but a lot of fun. When you do the fibreglass work, do yourself a favor and purchase epoxy, It does a much better job of bonding to the material that the X2 is made from. Boatworks Today on youtube has amazing videos about fibreglass work. I suggest binge watching some of those before going ahead with your project.
Top tips for fibreglass. Clean before you start cutting and sanding. Sand with coarse grit around your repair / build areas 40 to 80 grit (ish) clean after sanding with acetone and wait for it to completely dry. Have all of your fibreglass materials ready go before you mix epoxy. Use thin layers of CSM (chopped strand mat) instead of cloth. The cloth looks cool and tidy, but it doesn't conform as well and will trap more air pockets. Thick CSM will build thickness quickly, but won't conform and takes a while to absorb epoxy, so you end up with dry spots or lots of air pockets.
If you need less fuel, does that mean that the ported engine gives a lot more signal to the carbs? A test tub in the backyard would be soooooo good! You could try the searat impeller and probably pick up a couple mph. Do you notice any difference with a solas pump?
That's a great question Jacob... That is likely a part of the reason. Increasing the efficiency of the rest of the engine and keeping the flow of the carburetors unchanged will cause more signal. There are likely several other reasons related to efficiency, as well. In a two cycle engine, fuel and air that enters the engine isn't necessarily burnt. Lots of it ends up just going out the exhaust.
While we tend to think of the fuel and air mix as being one thing, an inefficient engine tends to have a lot more fuel drop out of the air mix and not get burnt, where an efficient engine will both scavenge more fuel from the exhaust charge and have less fuel drop out of the air fuel mix. This is one reason why it is a good idea to take your engine apart and check oil retention after doing mods... you may retain more or less oil and have to change your mix ratio after serious mods. Probably a longer answer than you were looking for.
Yeah... A test tub or something would be nice. I think installing the searat impeller is a great idea.... It would answer a few questions. I haven't installed the Solas pump... but I'm guessing that it will have better acceleration and stay hooked up... not sure about top speed.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips I just ordered a new impeller for the Octane. Going from 15-23 to 12-17. There are basically no options for impellers so I had to get creative. I just want that thing to be more fun and less scary to ride. should be a completely different ski. And if it sucks it was only $70.
@@Jacobskibros Wow... that seems like a pretty big change. Should be totally different. Maybe you should get creative with some handling mods ...
Dropping a 👍 and I will be back to watch this one later. Looks like this is going to be a good one 🍻
Appreciated. If you like triple sounds, it's a good one, haha.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips at the end when you are saying I’m going to stop before my luck runs out 😂 dang you had a really lucky day. The x2 was sounding good in this video. Hopefully it runs well for you for a long time 👍
@@JetSkiBrothers Haha... yeah, it was just one of those days I guess. Fortunately, nothing catastrophic happened. The X2 did sound really good.... I love it, haha. As for working good for a long time.... I'm always working to make it better, so I'm sure I'll manage to mess it up soon 🤣
Need to get yourself a drone that does "follow me" =)
Yeah... I have been considering this... I'd have to get some sort of flotation device for it... because I'd use it twice before it was lost to the depths.
Warren from down under. Great footage. Love yu feet . Ski looks like a hole lotta fun. But ..... But..... Would a 1500 four stoker fit . Know that would be fun . Keep on jettn.
HAHA... # footlover Yes, it is a serious amount of fun... it is a beast. I suppose what you definition of "fit" is... The 1100 doesn't really fit in there without a little persuasion and cutting... tho I think I'd be more worried about the weight... but now you have me thinking. haha.
Patiently waiting for the krash jammer
Lol... I moved the Jammer the other day ... about 4 feet, haha... that's about as far as I've gotten with it. The guys who bought the Xi was trying to convince me to swap it as well.... You guys are a bad influence 🤣
Looking good Joel! Did you get your low end bog worked out?
Thanks Tim. I got some of worked out... but it was still doing it intermittently.... and then a few days ago I saw that it was leaking between the crankcase halves... so I'm hoping it was that... still have to test it.
I'm also wondering how sensitive they are to crank condition. I've noticed that the labyrinth seals seem to be really loose on all of the 1100 and 900 cranks I've checked .... I'm guessing they are quite loose from the factory. This is a preventative measure so that if there is any runout or inconsistencies the labyrinth won't actually make contact, but they may be close to the threshold of being too loose, and any bearing wear causes run issues.
This has me considering making my own seals just to try and gain a little bottom end 🤣
@JoelArseneaultRUclips Wow, those engines use labyrinth seals and not oil seals? I didn't know that and i've never seen that before. As you know, one thing is for sure... If you have any type of air leak anywhere in the system, it is no bueno!
@@AtimatikArmy Yeah... some of the twins do as well.... not on the pto and mag ends, but between the cylinders. The Krash engine has rubber seals... some do, some don't. The odd thing to me is just how loose they are. Typically you will have half a thou or maybe a thou... but these are several thou... like 20 maybe. I haven't actually checked.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips Oh, so they're not actually sealed between each other. But that's probably okay, as long as it's not to the outside world, right?
@@AtimatikArmy Well... yes and no and yes and no haha.
A typical labyrinth seal will have 4 ridges that run really close to a polished surface. If the first bypasses, there are still 3 more. As they seap a little, they fill with oil, and this helps them seal better.
Due to how short the duration of the pulses are, and the small gap, it's not supposed to leak. It should be sealed by oil. It is accepted that it is not a perfect seal and at lower rpm, there will be some bypass.
The issue with having the seals between the cases and atmosphere is 1. You would have oil leaking out slowly and 2. More importantly, the seal would go bad very quickly as debris would make its way in.
What cables or pipes have you under the seat? Sorry couldn’t tell in the video
Haha... At first I was like ... "what !" ... I have relocated my battery under the seat and use a small lithium ion battery. Those are the battery cables 🤟
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips ahh ok thanks, was it due to lack of space in the bilge or for better weight displacement. Keep up the great work from Ireland
@@donalhoward2962 Yeah, for both of those reasons. I wasn't sure how much space would have, and the 1100 is a lot more weight up front. It works out well where it is, except that I'm not sure how reliable / durable lithium ion batteries will end up being... I have had two fail on me already.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips yeah i saw in your previous videos, I like the idea of the lithium battery but I'm not sure on the cranking ability long term. I use a heavy 20ah battery in my x2. I'm not sure would the contacts hold up but I was toying with the idea of having a 12v milwaukee battery wired in with an isolator if the main lithium battery failed
@@donalhoward2962 Yeah... I was thinking the exact same thing, but running 2 or 3 of them in parallel. That would distribute the load and make it easier on the batteries.
Hi Joel, aren't you scared of running aground , wouldn't your ski suck up alot of crap , with the low water levels, We had the same problem with low water levels earlier this year, anyway another cool video, how fast does it actually go on the water, cheers mate
Hey Adrian. I am accustomed to riding in pretty low water... as long as there's knee deep water, I'm good to go, haha. I haven't had any issues with getting stuff in my pump other than weeds and other plants. I measured the max speed at 56 mph, 90Kph.
Any update to the Bullet SXR coming soon?
I was wondering when people would start asking about it, haha. I've been doing a little work on it here and there, but not enough for a video. I've been busy with work, but also the X2 has given me more troubles than expected,this season, so that has used up all of my "spare time"
The 1500 is going to happen... but it's going to take a while.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips awesome! I've thought about it every video you have done. X2 looks great; I'm enjoying all of your videos. Building an 1100SXr right now myself.
@@tythede8753 Right on ! How's the build going ? From what I've seen on the internet there's a fair amount of info and parts available for the conversion.
@@JoelArseneaultRUclips yeah there are a ton of right ups and info. Biggest hold up is I bought the worst SXR bare hull I have ever seen. It's trashed.
@@tythede8753 🤣 Oh boy, do I know that feeling... My X2 has been totally rebuilt now. The hull was a complete disaster. The nice thing about that is that I didn't feel bad about hacking it up to put a front fill in it or do any of the other mods.