WHOOOO! Joel the intro! The intro! Oh no your cranks mangled. Gosh if youtube payed per effort. Fab work and editing work. It's a lot of work! Man I think most people think front exhaust is an 80s thing. That twin front exhaust is just 1001% cool! I think they say an sxr 800 driveshaft is the correct length for this. I have one handy I can measure for you when I get a chance. I think the one I got was kinda expensive but not as much as an x2 one. You could probably sell the old one and buy an sxr one on ebay without loosing any money and have one less thing to have to make..... If that's the length you need. I think my equivalent ski to your x2 is the bullet sxr. I bet they will be close for speed if I get the 1500 going good.
Haha... I'm glad someone liked it. I wasn't too thrilled about the way it turned out. I'm hoping the crank is okay. It's going to be a pain checking every single part of it for damage... I really don't want it to blow up after 1/2 hr of use haha. I think the dual exhaust is really going to be interesting / cool once it actually fires up :) I'll have to do a little more reading into drive shafts.... and measuring. I won't ask for details... but you've mentioned the 1500 Bullet a few times now... have you been able to do anything with the engine at all ?
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam Yeah I bought some pistons jug and a head and electronics for it and it should be fine after I put it together. I should have less than 1000 bucks dumped into it when I'm done. There are quite a lot of parts on ebay for them.
Thanks man. I'm loving this project, and I think it shows, haha. I was out shortening my drive shaft this evening ... video coming "soon" ... when I have time to edit.
HAHA... Can't see that happening, Either way, there's going to be some BEAST X2s hitting the water this summer :) One thing you have in your favor of "getting done first" is that mine will truly never be done lol. Once I run it for a bit, it will be coming apart to get some serious porting, probably some head work... and I have a pump mod planned that may not get done till next winter... but it's fair to say it will never really be "done". I know we talked about this already... Did you say you were using a 550 tank or a SJ tank ? I would like to know if the 550 tank would fit in my hull without hitting my water box.
Thanks Jason. I contacted them today to try to see if they would pay to have the crank inspected and they say only the shipper can start a claim. Seems backwards ... but I guess... they are the person who actually paid the shipping company. Either way, now I have to wait to see if he response, he probably won't, as I sent him a message on jan 27 about tracking info and he never responded. It'll get sorted out, and I'm guessing the crank is okay... it's just going to be a lot of labour to make sure it's not twisted or bent before putting it in my engine.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam hi mate, I have decided to completely rebuild the Kawasaki sts 900 , as I have been pulling it apart, I have been finding things that have been just patched up,. Watching your videos has given me ideas how to fix my ski, cheers mate, nothing ever goes smoothly, I learn something new every day,
Pro Intro !!! , music perfectly placed , volume of and amount of it works extremely well. Too bad that your crank came in beat to death like that . Duel outlets look nice , hopefully they don't take in water without covers and low positive pressure when off throttle or low throttle. I'm interested in the water injection and how it goes. Maybe add a drain plug or small drain line to the bottom of the water box ? Sidebleed chambers are thre way to go , and usually quiet it down a bit . Wondering why you put the bead at the very end and not back a bit , just curious. Also exactly what welder do you have? thinking about getting an AC tig for aluminum of course.
Thanks Rick ! I'm guessing that the crank will be okay... hopefully, this just means I have to do a whole lot of testing to make sure that it's not twisted, bent or out in any way. I'm hoping that the exhaust will be okay. My thoughts = the oem set up has about two feet of hose that fills with water and maybe the bottom of the water box. I THINK it's the volume of water that will make or break the deal. The more water, the more mass the exhaust has to clear. In my situation, even though the box will have some water in it (in the outlets) the actual volume of water shouldn't be too great 🤷♂️... I haven't done any calculations or anything, so it's still possible that it will all go terribly wrong, lol. Side bleed usually takes the crackle piercing noize from a two cycle exhaust, and the box will have some muffling. Will be thrilling to fire up for the first time and see :) The waterbox is setup to drain as it is out of the outlets, but that will only happen when it is out of the water, or when exhaust is flowing. For the water injection, I will probably do something simple at first and just have a control manual valve to restrict flow into the system, but in the future I would like to add a secondary line that increases the flow around 5000 rpm. The extra water causes a restriction at the outlet and essentially changes the tune of the pipe to make it work better at high rpm... My current outlet is kinda large, and that allows for good bottom end "tuning" but will suffer a little at high rpm. The water injection could help me regain some of the power at high rpm. I put the beads right at the end for 3-4 reasons. 1. It's a really easy line to follow and it would have been very crooked if I didn't use the end as a guide 😂 2. My hose will be under load and there is less chance of damage to the hose with a rolled edge at the transition 3. This allows me to use a shorter hose as the hose only has to be installed just past the beed. 4. When installing the hose and fitting the clamp, I like to have the clamp sitting close to the beed, and this makes it much easier to locate the bead as the hose is squishy right up to the bead. My welder is a EVERLAST POWERTIG 185 DV. There are a lot of good welders out there these days. You can always purchase a Miller or Lincoln and you have a solid company to back the product... but I think HTP and APH are worth looking into as well as Everlast. Cheers.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam cool, cool , most of my experience tuning Two Strokes is with single cylinder 50cc 70cc and 80 cc mopeds so I guess taken with a grain of salt . What I meant by the drain tube would be a drain tube from the expansion chamber to the water box? I don't know I'm just hypothesizing
@@rickems8863 OH.... Ok... I get what you are saying. From the bottom of the chamber to the waterbox... That's actually a really good idea ! If I have any water issues I will be snatching up that idea and you will have to remind me that the idea came from you lol. The positive pressure in the chamber would force the water out through the bottom easily 👍... the more I think about it the more I may have to incorperate it into the system.
@@rickems8863 I was overthinking my reply and hoping that it didn't come across as rude. The word "actually" was meant like "don't doubt yourself" and not like "someone other than me actually had a good idea" lol ... hope that makes sense. Most of my experience comes from motorcycles, atvs and snowmobiles. All of the same principals apply to small engines... the only thing is that most of the time with small engines, when modding, you kinda give up on getting bottom end grunt and just try to make max power, haha. Though it depends on the application I suppose. Mopeds have CVT so you can keep it at a steady rpm and don't have to worry about a wide powerband 👍 I was thinking more about your expansion chamber idea and for my application, it would need a check valve so that the waterbox didn't back flow into the chamber while the ski was shut off in the water. Seems like a great idea for anyone with the issue of excess water. 🤷♂️
WHOOOO! Joel the intro! The intro! Oh no your cranks mangled. Gosh if youtube payed per effort. Fab work and editing work. It's a lot of work! Man I think most people think front exhaust is an 80s thing. That twin front exhaust is just 1001% cool! I think they say an sxr 800 driveshaft is the correct length for this. I have one handy I can measure for you when I get a chance. I think the one I got was kinda expensive but not as much as an x2 one. You could probably sell the old one and buy an sxr one on ebay without loosing any money and have one less thing to have to make..... If that's the length you need.
I think my equivalent ski to your x2 is the bullet sxr. I bet they will be close for speed if I get the 1500 going good.
Haha... I'm glad someone liked it. I wasn't too thrilled about the way it turned out.
I'm hoping the crank is okay. It's going to be a pain checking every single part of it for damage... I really don't want it to blow up after 1/2 hr of use haha.
I think the dual exhaust is really going to be interesting / cool once it actually fires up :) I'll have to do a little more reading into drive shafts.... and measuring. I won't ask for details... but you've mentioned the 1500 Bullet a few times now... have you been able to do anything with the engine at all ?
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam Yeah I bought some pistons jug and a head and electronics for it and it should be fine after I put it together. I should have less than 1000 bucks dumped into it when I'm done. There are quite a lot of parts on ebay for them.
@@Jacobskibros Nice... glad to hear that... it looked like quite the mess from what I remember.
Well 30 secs in and great so far, love the intro.
Thanks ! A little sloppier than my last one... but I'm happy about the progress.
you are killing it Joel!!!! man of many skills
Thanks man. I'm loving this project, and I think it shows, haha. I was out shortening my drive shaft this evening ... video coming "soon" ... when I have time to edit.
That was a good video, and a fun intro
hell yea, youre gonna be done with yours before im done with mine
HAHA... Can't see that happening, Either way, there's going to be some BEAST X2s hitting the water this summer :)
One thing you have in your favor of "getting done first" is that mine will truly never be done lol. Once I run it for a bit, it will be coming apart to get some serious porting, probably some head work... and I have a pump mod planned that may not get done till next winter... but it's fair to say it will never really be "done".
I know we talked about this already... Did you say you were using a 550 tank or a SJ tank ? I would like to know if the 550 tank would fit in my hull without hitting my water box.
Nice intro...haha, postal unboxing, I hope your crankshaft is all good.
Thanks Jason. I contacted them today to try to see if they would pay to have the crank inspected and they say only the shipper can start a claim. Seems backwards ... but I guess... they are the person who actually paid the shipping company.
Either way, now I have to wait to see if he response, he probably won't, as I sent him a message on jan 27 about tracking info and he never responded. It'll get sorted out, and I'm guessing the crank is okay... it's just going to be a lot of labour to make sure it's not twisted or bent before putting it in my engine.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam suuuuuhhhhcks👎👎👎
Cool stuff very interesting, can't wait to see the next video cheers mate
Thanks ! Have you been doing any work on your skis ?
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam hi mate, I have decided to completely rebuild the Kawasaki sts 900 , as I have been pulling it apart, I have been finding things that have been just patched up,. Watching your videos has given me ideas how to fix my ski, cheers mate, nothing ever goes smoothly, I learn something new every day,
@@adrianwall9130 That's great. The best way to learn things, and keep your brain fresh, is to dive into a job and figure it out.
Pro Intro !!! , music perfectly placed , volume of and amount of it works extremely well. Too bad that your crank came in beat to death like that . Duel outlets look nice , hopefully they don't take in water without covers and low positive pressure when off throttle or low throttle. I'm interested in the water injection and how it goes. Maybe add a drain plug or small drain line to the bottom of the water box ?
Sidebleed chambers are thre way to go , and usually quiet it down a bit . Wondering why you put the bead at the very end and not back a bit , just curious. Also exactly what welder do you have? thinking about getting an AC tig for aluminum of course.
Thanks Rick !
I'm guessing that the crank will be okay... hopefully, this just means I have to do a whole lot of testing to make sure that it's not twisted, bent or out in any way.
I'm hoping that the exhaust will be okay. My thoughts = the oem set up has about two feet of hose that fills with water and maybe the bottom of the water box. I THINK it's the volume of water that will make or break the deal. The more water, the more mass the exhaust has to clear. In my situation, even though the box will have some water in it (in the outlets) the actual volume of water shouldn't be too great 🤷♂️... I haven't done any calculations or anything, so it's still possible that it will all go terribly wrong, lol.
Side bleed usually takes the crackle piercing noize from a two cycle exhaust, and the box will have some muffling. Will be thrilling to fire up for the first time and see :) The waterbox is setup to drain as it is out of the outlets, but that will only happen when it is out of the water, or when exhaust is flowing.
For the water injection, I will probably do something simple at first and just have a control manual valve to restrict flow into the system, but in the future I would like to add a secondary line that increases the flow around 5000 rpm. The extra water causes a restriction at the outlet and essentially changes the tune of the pipe to make it work better at high rpm... My current outlet is kinda large, and that allows for good bottom end "tuning" but will suffer a little at high rpm. The water injection could help me regain some of the power at high rpm.
I put the beads right at the end for 3-4 reasons. 1. It's a really easy line to follow and it would have been very crooked if I didn't use the end as a guide 😂 2. My hose will be under load and there is less chance of damage to the hose with a rolled edge at the transition 3. This allows me to use a shorter hose as the hose only has to be installed just past the beed. 4. When installing the hose and fitting the clamp, I like to have the clamp sitting close to the beed, and this makes it much easier to locate the bead as the hose is squishy right up to the bead.
My welder is a EVERLAST POWERTIG 185 DV. There are a lot of good welders out there these days. You can always purchase a Miller or Lincoln and you have a solid company to back the product... but I think HTP and APH are worth looking into as well as Everlast.
Cheers.
@@JoelArseneaultTH-cam cool, cool , most of my experience tuning Two Strokes is with single cylinder 50cc 70cc and 80 cc mopeds so I guess taken with a grain of salt . What I meant by the drain tube would be a drain tube from the expansion chamber to the water box? I don't know I'm just hypothesizing
@@rickems8863 OH.... Ok... I get what you are saying. From the bottom of the chamber to the waterbox... That's actually a really good idea ! If I have any water issues I will be snatching up that idea and you will have to remind me that the idea came from you lol.
The positive pressure in the chamber would force the water out through the bottom easily 👍... the more I think about it the more I may have to incorperate it into the system.
@@rickems8863 I was overthinking my reply and hoping that it didn't come across as rude. The word "actually" was meant like "don't doubt yourself" and not like "someone other than me actually had a good idea" lol ... hope that makes sense.
Most of my experience comes from motorcycles, atvs and snowmobiles. All of the same principals apply to small engines... the only thing is that most of the time with small engines, when modding, you kinda give up on getting bottom end grunt and just try to make max power, haha. Though it depends on the application I suppose. Mopeds have CVT so you can keep it at a steady rpm and don't have to worry about a wide powerband 👍
I was thinking more about your expansion chamber idea and for my application, it would need a check valve so that the waterbox didn't back flow into the chamber while the ski was shut off in the water. Seems like a great idea for anyone with the issue of excess water. 🤷♂️