Thread: Jetboat - someone spend my money

Originally Posted by BRADS

I'm with Spanners on this.
We have a 17 foot alloy with a Nissan V8 running through a berkley unit.
The berkley cavatates?? "Bad spelling" a bit in big white water but shit she flys, 60mph.
Seats 5 but it takes 5 too push her aswell.....
My mate and neighbour has a 12 foot alloy boat with 3 seats and and 225? Sport jet in it I no which I'd rather have.
Either way you'll throw lots of $$$ at it and have lots of fun


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Umm , no ones told him too buy a 17 with a mixed flow pump

Originally Posted by mohawk

Umm , no ones told him too buy a 17 with a mixed flow pump

Chill out bro, I merely was passing on what we had
Have successfully boated most nz rivers with it
Was merely saying if we started again like he is I'd look at a sport jet.


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Was merely saying if we started again like he is I'd look at a sport jet.


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As much as I hate what sportjet does with their intakes and exhausts, there are a couple of companies overseas doing some cool, stuff with them in regards to the pumps.
I believe the new impellers are designed in Canada, made here and shipped back... Performance gains are really good. Pity they are backwards and can't be grafted into other stuff.
Stainless stator inserts are the dogs bollox so im told.

Its not uncommon for well maintained marine engines too clock over 4000 hrs spanners . Its also not uncommon too find perfectly good carburated engines fitted brand new into jet boats , and the people putting them in there aint as dumb as you might think

Originally Posted by mohawk

Its not uncommon for well maintained marine engines too clock over 4000 hrs spanners .

You mean 200,000hrs... It's my job...
Show me the man with 400 trouble free hrs on his dunny door or cabbage cutter engine in a boat and I'll buy him a beer.
Show me the man with 4000 on it, and I'll buy his boat

Originally Posted by mohawk

Its also not uncommon too find perfectly good carburated engines fitted brand new into jet boats , and the people putting them in there aint as dumb as you might think

Never said they were dumb, just in now day and age there is room to progress to different options especially technically based in a certain class; that being bigger than a traditional wee boat and smaller than a 'real' sized boat.

If you want to put a $500 scrap yard engine in your boat with a 1970s pump and fit it out on the same theme, then Whatever floats your boat literally, but at least open your eyes and experience other options before rubbishing them.
Not everyone is stuck in the 90s

Originally Posted by mohawk

Its not uncommon for well maintained marine engines too clock over 4000 hrs spanners . Its also not uncommon too find perfectly good carburated engines fitted brand new into jet boats , and the people putting them in there aint as dumb as you might think

Old man has a 141a with genuine 1200 hours on its current motor . Originally had a "marinised" Toyota Lexus V8 in it but it let go in the bottom end. Old man was so pissed off that he replaced it with a Brand New Volvo Penta 4.1 (carburetor-ed) and no issues at all since. Doesn't like electronics too much cause he reckens he is less likely to be stranded