It sure is and it is always nice when the ski starts right up without a fight!

I hope you have lots of fun with it.

Same

It is, you may have noticed though the pole changes when I am riding the ski. I filmed the video and then a friend snapped the pole in half and I had to refilm the riding section after this happened. The 440's are dead reliable though, wish my 650 was.

did you end up getting it?

Oh yeah it's a hoot

What do you mean? As far as I know that ski still has the original impeller.

@@rotariesjetskis6967 as in too much pitch or too much clearance between wear ring and impeller. Or a combination of both. I know 550 mixed flow pumps like a 15.5 scat or a 13 18 solas. I have heard axle flow pumps like the 440 pumps like a little more impeller like a 16 or so. I like a hooked up clean revving setup. Yours seems to really labor until you unload the pump then revs go way up. I bet you are only running 5000 rpms loaded instead of the 6500 it should do pretty easy.

It is likely the clearance, since I do think the impeller has been changed. Thanks for the advice.

@@rotariesjetskis6967 If the clearance was to tight you'd hear it when the pump is dry running on the ski stand. I agree that it's likely to high of an impeller pitch or the less likely, but still could be part of the issue and that'd be if it's running to rich. Generally if it's to rich it will bog hard once the pump loads back up with water after unloading the pump through chop or a jump.

It sounds like a stock 1980 js 440. The overrev your hearing is dude jumping out of the water. Looks pretty well taken care of for its age actually