Jet boat...

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I had the boat out for almost 2 weeks. Put almost 7 hours on in it. Ran as good as I expected it too. Little hiccups here and there mainly with the carb. But for the amount of time we'll use it I am not going to mess with it.

It did run with full fuel and just me in on GPS 54. Ran this speed 3 different times so I think its pretty good. That was with the motor turning 5200 rpms. Turns out the motor isn't balanced and shouldn't be running more than 5000 rpm. It spit some oil out the breather.

After spending time with it, I would really consider selling my jeep and putting a lot of time on the lake.

Anyone one to buy a jeep????? Please.......
 
It would suck to see ya not get to enjoy the BassBoat more, but JetBoat has a much better story and meaning behind it. Nobody would be able to fault ya there. Wheelin is basically like a boat. Busy Out Another Thousand. Haha.
 
Water skied a lot behind a jet boat as a kid, damn thing would run close to 70 and the driver liked to toss us into tight turns - asshat, but it taught us to hang on! At least until the ski got to the point where it wasn't touching water very often! Lucky to be alive... ;-)

Very nice resto and looks like you'll be reliving lots of good memories. Enjoy!
 
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