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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Apr 09, 2008 10:52 am Post subject: |
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trucky39, your boat was suuuppper mint budday. why???
lol did you have the official world championship towboat sticker put on...if so, was it jsut from a local guy? |
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critterCQB Criminal
Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 58 City: Neptune Beach
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Posted: Apr 09, 2008 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'm gonna eventually get to mine. Like I said, the floor panel over the prop shaft dry rotted. So I'll do that this saturday. I'll just re-use the existing carpet on it. This fall/winter I think i'm gonna swap out all the carpet. Hopefully I'll have a new digital camera by then. Definately need to take pics. _________________
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Apr 15, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: |
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critterCQB, yaeh get lots of pics of that ride man. Hope she turns out good!
Well update on the old gal. Took the tower off and now I'm finalyl getting it powdercoated. Been talkin about doin it since last season and I finally bit the bullet. Only a couple hundred bucks for jet black coating. Post some pics of the before, during and after tonight when I get home! Damn work. |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: May 14, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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here is the tower and new rub rail. |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: May 14, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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here is the tower and new rub rail. |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Sep 22, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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boat is done for the season. Was out one day and decided to go for a slalom set throug hthe course on our lake....yell out the old "giver".....oh let me tell you shave gave!!!
So now the boat is in for repairs. Dampler plate went kaboom and mashed up the flywheel pretty good!! i h ope that solves the little sluggish starts out of the hole shot too, lol seemed to get worse and worse then she went sky high haha!!
but im sending out biiig props to www.skidim.com, got me a damper plate shipped to my house in canada for under 300 bucks, and the best deal i could find up here was 550!!! so thanks again if anyone is on the site from there. Great company to deal with. |
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WakeMikey Addict
Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 640 City: Fridley
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Posted: Feb 21, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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are you ready for spring???! What the heck is a damper plate?
I rebuilt my rear bench seat so i could put a sac under it. The carpet was just stapled to the wood. I assume when you take the carpet off the actual FLOOR, wasn't it glued? I mean how did that process work? And if you wanna keep this thread going we are gonna need more party pics. _________________ 1987 Supra SunSport |
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mmolinar Newbie
Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 18 City: Austin
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Posted: Feb 21, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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thats a good lookn boat keep us updated! |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Feb 25, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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WakeMikey wrote: | are you ready for spring???! What the heck is a damper plate?
I rebuilt my rear bench seat so i could put a sac under it. The carpet was just stapled to the wood. I assume when you take the carpet off the actual FLOOR, wasn't it glued? I mean how did that process work? And if you wanna keep this thread going we are gonna need more party pics. |
Haha, no worries. As soon as the snow melts up here I will get the camera out as I start the 'Spring Shine'. Party pics to come my friend, no worries there!
A damper plate is like a combination of a clutchplate and a torque converter built into one. It looks just like a clutch disc, but acts like a torque converter. Mine shattered into a hungdred pieces in the bellhousing haha. The carb is being re-built too, had some real troubles with the floats continuously getting stuck open and the darn thing flooding out so theres another repair. Hey, she's almost 25 years old, things are bound to starting breaking!! |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Feb 25, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a couple pics ....FTW!!!! haha |
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kartman Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
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Posted: May 29, 2009 8:28 am Post subject: |
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how does everyone like their older supra's?? im lookin at gettin an 89. lookin for insight? _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one. |
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Suprahunter Soul Rider
Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 486 City: Lowell
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Posted: May 29, 2009 10:28 am Post subject: |
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bigkitch- Thats a sweet looking comp.
kartman- The old Supras have the same running gear as Correct Craft. They also share the same rot problems. They are great boats but you must inspect the floor and stringers carefully its a big job to replace them. You can search the Supra forum for details on how to check. I have owned my 89 since new its been an
incredible boat.
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Jun 01, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Suprahunter,
That boat is a Jem. Always love seeing pictures of that thing around. And to think, a 1 owner boat, almost unheard of now a days lol
Looks great man.
kartman,
I love my 85 Comp. Been some issues here and there, but I mean, this boat hardly seens any use. We use it maybe 2-3 weeks of the year, and it sits for the other 50. And during those 2 weeks, its always being run hard for wakeboarding and slalom skiing. Great starter boat though, have such a classic design to them, IMO. |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Jan 20, 2010 5:09 am Post subject: |
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My Tow Rig....
4.7 HO, 5spd auto, 3.55 Posi, 17" R/T's w/ 285/60 Hankook's
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JTRebel Outlaw
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 119 City: Graham
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Posted: Jan 20, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a spare three blade prop for that Supra TS6M BigKitch if you need one. |
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Pull Hard Newbie
Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Posts: 3
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Posted: Apr 19, 2010 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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Wow discovered this forum by accident and it might be just what I'm looking for? I'm in the process of doing a restoration on my 86 Supra. Any chance I might be able to contact you and ask you some questions? Hardest part is finding information?
Appreciate any help you can give me? Thanks |
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bigkitch Outlaw
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 161 City: Oakville
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Posted: Apr 21, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Pull Hard...
PM Sent.
JTRebel...send you a PM as well! |
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