Need some advice / guidance on first build Alweld 1652j

[hotshotinn]

Very nice boat.I am curious to see how she runs with that moter :mrgreen: I ran 6 ga wires for the trolling moter in the indentation in the hull on the side of the hull under the ribs.I used a plummers snake to get the wires in that indentation through the seat.The wires are exposed but how cares/Not running a gritter boat!I have a set of 6 ga wires for my anchor winch on the bbow too.I then used zip ties to hold them together.Im glad to see you are getting your boat done =D>

 

[hotshotinn]

I went back and looked at your first pictures of your boat and I see that area on your boat will hold the wires nice>i was going to run mine under th floor but after thinking about it I decided to keep the wires up and off the floor so they would be not be exposed to water

 

[lowe1648]

Run your tm batteries or battery in the front compartment. If you are only using a 12v system put it on the left side if you fish by yourself a lot to help keep the boat from leaning when your running.

 

[lowe1648]

I just saw you have 24v tm. When I bought my 1652j last year I had my battery sitting lose and not mounted so I could move everything around to find out where I needed weight or didn't to make it run the way I wanted. The biggest mistake I made with my new hull last year was running it with only gas tanks in it the first few times before rigging it. Every time I added weight it lost a little performance.

 

[bulldog]

Looking really good!

 

[Chewie]

That's perty lookin rig!!!

 

[J Hartman]

I have some random photos of the boat, I will try to get more detailed info on what all I have done to it since you've seen it last.

 

[J Hartman]

 

[vahunter]

Nice rig! I like the tuffcoat! Looks like it has a lot of grip. Hope to here another "after use" review.

 

[Chewie]

Nice rig, good job!!! How do you like that E-tec?

 

[J Hartman]

Nice rig, good job!!! How do you like that E-tec?

it's a 46 year and 65 horse jump from my last motor. So I really have nothing to compare it to as far as ""new motor vs. new motor" BUT, being an evinrude fan, it was the only option. =) and yes, I absolutely LOVE IT.



I've wanted a jet for about 5 years, lots of moons, beers and sweat to get what i wanted. but hey, here she is!

 

[hotshotinn]

BOAT TURNED OUT GOOD>How fast you think she goes?just wondering about that

 

[J Hartman]

I hit 37 mph today ( gps ) up river with 3 people, gear, and two 6 gallon fuel tanks full, had a cooler too. I can tell you that this 8" of water and less stuff makes my... well, I pinch my seat we will say that... Jets are scary fun. and I'm sure I had it in sections of 3" water today at full speed loaded up. it was a BLAST!

 

[hotshotinn]

that is good speed.I wish I lived closer to you so i could check out your boat in person.My 40/30 yamaha pushes my 1648 about 27mph and I never load her up.I keep it light so she performs.I have been in scary shallow water when you look down but never let off her when your running that shallow :mrgreen:

 

[J Hartman]

that is good speed.I wish I lived closer to you so i could check out your boat in person.My 40/30 yamaha pushes my 1648 about 27mph and I never load her up.I keep it light so she performs.I have been in scary shallow water when you look down but never let off her when your running that shallow :mrgreen:

I already got the education about staying in the throttle. LMAO! I was going into a shoal that turned about 90 degrees and got spooked so i let out of her... This disabled any turning response and put me right into the limbs of a downed tree hanging into the river... OOOoopsss!!! I had a buddy riding in front of me with his jet who saw the whole thing. He laughed is rear off while we fought off the limbs and spiders. I was waiting for a snake to land in the boat but thankfully that never happened. so when in doubt... GIVE IT MORE GAS!!!! lol, I will get some videos posted when I get a chance of my local river. It's hard to take any sort of quality video while you are concentrating on your next line.

 

[J Hartman]

are the impellers balanced? I have a small vibration i get in my tiller handle, and I'm thinking the impeller isn't balanced well or something... It is aluminum. Would a stainless impeller help with this issue?

 

[hotshotinn]

I would think the impeller would have to be along ways out of wack to get a vibration in the tiller handle.The impeller does have fins but they are nothing like a prop,when a prop is out of wack you can feel it no problem.Maybe you should call outboard jets and ask a teck there.I have called and talked to a man there and he helped me out,cant remember his name though.here is their number
510-562-6049

 

[J Hartman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTVm2XpknT8&feature=youtu.be

 

[J Hartman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cObujfyMBo&feature=youtu.be

 

[hotshotinn]

nice