new guy here first jet boat.

[NOTHINFANCY]

awesome! I just hate the fact that you can not get a place diverter for it. I would love to throw a big roost!!!

[boatermike]

62 mph at 4400 rpms sure sounds nice

[Hamjet]

Yea that would be nice, but you can do something other jet boats can't do.

It is called the "Hamilton Turn"

You can do a 360 degree turn while underway and keep going

You can also do a full on emergency stop. (But be carefull with this one)

Wikus

[NOTHINFANCY]

62 mph at 4400 rpms sure sounds nice

It is nice except I only have a 10gal tank so I can only run about an hr or hr 1/2 before I am out of gas!

[Hamjet]

That is not too shabby. I have a document where Hamilton Jet set a new speed record for a jet boat in 1975 clocked at 120 km/h.

Factory prepped pump, 454 BBC with twin Turbo's

Wikus

I stand corrected the speed they ran was 134.7 Km/h in 1975 during the Mexico open jet boat race.

Wikus

[Storz]

Great looking boat, any more pictures?

[NOTHINFANCY]

I hope to get some this weekend.

[RLP]

So you got it from Tim ?
Have known him for 19 years,he knows jet pumps.

[NOTHINFANCY]

yeah. Tim knows his stuff. He is a real nice guy and will tell you anything you want to know.

[NOTHINFANCY]

Well it looks like the time for a motor came sooner than later. It sucked a head gasket last night. I could be mad but that will not help any so I started looking for a motor and found a BBC this morning. Hoping I can go pick it up sunday.

[Hamjet]

Well it looks like the time for a motor came sooner than later. It sucked a head gasket last night. I could be mad but that will not help any so I started looking for a motor and found a BBC this morning. Hoping I can go pick it up sunday.

Check the water pressure from the pump to the motor. The 773 should have 2 feeds from the pump to the motor. They are prone to pump high psi numbers. A pressure relief valve is a good idea on them. It also depends on how your water is fed to the motor.

If it is through the headers then to the engine it shouldn't be a problem. If it is directly from the pump to the block a relief valve would be recommended.

Wikus

[NOTHINFANCY]

I will look tonight. I found a smoking deal on a freshly rebuilt bbc and a set of over the transom wet headers so it looks like I am going to jump on that anyways...

[RivrLivn]

Cool boat, Kodiak and Scott parts are both available here in the states from the NW.
Scott does make a trim nozzel for the hamiltom pump, not sure it has the preasure to shoot the huge rooster of the berks and AT's.
These guys can help you with what 3 impellers you need for a given HP and desired effect.
Here are a couple of links:
http://kemequipment.com/kodiakmarine.html
http://www.schlagelmarine.com/Distributors.html

[NOTHINFANCY]

Thanks! I'll check out the links. I'm pulling the motor now and supposed to pu the bb on wed I hope to be back on the lake next weekend.