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EVERYTHING is packed inside.

Highly recommend a hoist as you will be lifting and placing the engine in/out of place no less than 50 times.

Above pic is an example of both my air splitter and my engine mount placement.

Note: I did not get the rear of the air splitter to properly attach to the back wall of the hull at the top of the splitter. I failed to really match the back prior to adhering to the floor. However, there does not seem to be a lasting problem caused as a result. Seems to work just fine.

Engine mounts worked out ok but the bolt holding the engine to the mounts could be longer. Seemed fine at first but once everything got put finally together, I could not even place a washer on the engine bolt or it was to short to thread into mounts.

This is where the hole needed to be drilled for the helm cables to be passed through. Mine came will all cables connected to the Auxiliary plate and engine. So I disconnected the cables (and took both pictures and used tape marking to properly reconnect them after running through the side of the craft)

I only tacked the helm in place to just keep it out of the way until much later in the build.

The picture above shows the Collar installed. This required a lot of sanding to the collar. It all seemed to fit pretty well until it came time to bolt everything together at that point it became necessary to sand primarily the top of the collar quite a bit to get it to fully seat with the bell.

NOTE: I was also surprised to find that although I thought I had the bell properly shimmed into the duct once I tightened the collar to the housing the bell sat down another almost ½ inch lower than the duct which resulted in removing the engine again (despite I swore I would never remove it again) to add as many shims as I could to keep the bell housing lined up with the top of the duct. This is when the bolt that holds the engine to the mounts seemed to be shorter than I would have preferred.

Exhaust installation went pretty smoothly. I did need to sand the bottom of the hole about ¾ of an inch further to allow the pipe to pass without laying against the fiberglass.

Reverse Computers

Port Computer

Starboard Computer

If you look at my measurements the 2 black rails should have gone toward the rear 1 more inch to be exactly correct. The front seat mounts with the well nuts and the rear (holding the gas tank) mounts through the hull.

Note: Very important to install the water cover BEFORE mounting to the battery box (As you can see here I did not. I tried to cut and tape the cover but has resulted in purchasing a new cover which I have yet to take all apart and reinstall).

Also much easier if you measure and cut the bolts before install and Loctite.

Example of headlight placement

I used a hollow 3M rubber strip in place of factory foam around the storage box

I’m not sure the best way to mount the mesh But I tried measuring it out from the bottom and going upward and I just couldn’t get the top latch in the correct location and ended up having to redrill and install it.

If I were to do it again I would try to start from the top of the Bell and it may be marked at the factory but I could not locate any markings

Picture of glove shelf and heater. Again, install prior to installing the front seat!

I put a rubber strip around the duct to give it a more finished look. It’s the same rubber I used around the windshield. I do like the look but its not the best idea as it creates a small gap making it more difficult to secure the trust duct. Ultimately I had to replace several of the plastic screws with nylon rivets in order to get a secure seal.