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| Jet drive identification and rating Hi, I am removing a jet drive unit from a 12'6" jetboat. I don't know what engine it had before as it is a bare hull but suspect it was a car engine as there is a step up drive (1:1.5) to increase the revs from the engine to the pump shaft. Before I spend time cleaning the unit up, I'm trying to deduce if this jet unit would be suitable for coupling up to a 120hp motorcycle engine in a similar hull. The jet drive is a 2 stage unit with a glassfibre, moulded into the hull pickup tube and aluminium parts outside the hull. It has 150mm impellers (x2) and tube.The impellers are bronze. It has a makers plate on the reverse bucket which says: JET UNIT: MODEL NO 64 SERIAL NO 1117 UA ENG. LTD SHEFFIELD. Am I wasting my time with this old 2 stage jet? I note jet units now tend to be single stage. Second question: It needs cleaning up. How do I restore the old pitted oxidised aluminium to better condition, are there special paints and primers i should use? |
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