webdr

If you want to kill an engine quickly, try hydro locking one
Stuff your boat running 60mph, which will peel the cowl back and force water into the engine running wide open.
Hopefully it will happen so fast that you dont have time to release the throttle and viola!
One destroyed top end.



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cheesewizz69

That should buff right out.

Dam that hurts. Sorry for your loss.

lildude2599

That's some bad luck. That is a modded head on there well off of there. You going to rebuild or get a new motor?

webdr

A new head and she should be good. The piston and con rod seemed to have survived the ordeal.
Ill be calling Toxic Racing Motors tomorrow for another one.

Justaddwata

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Sorry to see such damage Matt. Hull and cowl salvagable?

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twindaddy66

OWCH! Nothin alittle duck tape and bubble gum wont fix...

hope everything else is ok....

nvs motorsports

I would check the crank and rod thats a lot of force to be applied would not be surprised if both are slightly bent

webdr

unfortunately, your probably right. Im going to tear the bottom end apart and rebuild w/ a fresh crank, bearings, con rod and piston. Basically, the only thing im keeping is the case and carb

foodstick

  Man that is a lesson in physics !  or mechanics or the non compressability of water !</p>

Thats why I run my lethargic weedeater  with an airfilter !  Slow saves lives     ..I sure love seeing boats run that ragged edge right before they get airborne though. </p>

As I sit on the shore thinking about hopping my boat up, I realize I might have to fish it back in if it got going that fast, and that would mean getting out of the lawn chair!   haha</p>

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sheograth

Quite savage.

Hesco Racing

Eina pain.

Would a splash guard over the carb have helped. I have seen some guys put them on to stop water getting in when the hatch goes flying?

Man that hurts to see a motor look like that. I am creeping closer to those kind of speeds but would hate to have that happening.



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BlueWave

ouch...
would air filters not prevent this?... I know we have a general consensus that air filters are bad... lower hp... get soggy.... no dust on pond water ...

Or some other type of carb cover that does not restrict air flow or gets soggy, but prevents jetting water in a flip.

jacob711

ouch lol

thats why it seems to me a better idea to run proper cowl locks so the cowl wont come off in a flip, but it seems most people use orings so the cowls basically fall off instead of running the risk of breaking the cowl

monsterbrad

that is cool

webdr

In defense of o-rings. Ive got 6 boats that all run mid 50s up to 70mph. Ive stuffed, flipped, wrecked, and crashed them all and never had an oring break in half. Ive ripped the cowls off so many times, and in some instances the fiberglass tore around the o-ring cause it gave out before the rubber broke. Those o-rings are very strong. I would say they are good for many years until the exposure to the elements, fuel, and stress would cause one to break. This is my personal experience w/ them.

Now, the boat in question is my Avenger. The cowl peeled back from the front which is locked in with aluminum tabs. The o-rings are only used to hold it down in the rear. It stuffed so hard that it tore the aluminum out of the front. Pretty hard core IMO

Paul M

Oh dude. Makin my wallet hurt lookin at the pics. Too bad you don't have some of that slow motion video of the crash that your famous for.

I think when it comes to a hard stuff there's really not anything you can do. There's going to be damage.

sharpy022

hey thats cool, never seen one that bad, most of mine bend the rod before that happens,cheers dude