MASSIVE JET BOAT MOD=HUGE ROOST!

Episode 163 of Mike Finnegan's show, Finnegan's Garage, is for ladies and every gentleman who enjoys a good time. We decided to mod a 1976 Rogers Bonneville TR jet boat solely to make it shoot the biggest stream of water ever from its jet drive. The problem was that a huge thunderstorm swept across our lake during our adventure. With limited time to test our our new mods, we braved the elements anyway so that we could bring you this video! The mods made our boat slower but looks cooler when we shoot a massive rooster tail of water and we and can always undo our mod if we decide to go racing again. Check it out.
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[@KSRPerformanceFabrication]

This is freaking awesome.....!!!!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree!!

[@negromalunch]

Hi kev

[@zzach6146]

Not as Awesome as KSR!!!

[@neong]

So when is Kevin build a jet boat? Then Cleet will need a proper boat, then the boosted boat will come....

[@Josh_D03]

We need a ksr jet boat build soon? 😂

[@jeffreyhyder2429]

I need a “No thrust without suction” T-shirt 😂😂😂

[@rpmspeedlab993]

😂😂 I'm going to use that line on my gf tonight and see how that goes...

[@PBZKYLE]

With a pic of the Renegade throwing the 40' high roost! Lol

[@Gonzo.S.Thompson]

@@rpmspeedlab993 keep us posted.

[@hillman65yahoo]

I would buy a shirt with that on it. Come on fin do it.

[@FinnegansGarage]

@@rpmspeedlab993 good luck!

[@Super_64]

I always felt Finnegan was pretty smart regarding cars and hot rods… his boat knowledge is on another level though…

[@pw383426]

The so cal fast jet boat scene is a ton of fun. Going out to the lower colorado river is like boating in a classic car show with all the big chrome and blown engines. The tunnel ram'd LS looks really good in that old Roger's

[@CIARUNSITE]

@@pw383426 Are they all selling cocaine or doing shady real estate deals like the cigar boat scene in Florida?

[@Rodems1]

@@CIARUNSITE of course

[@pw383426]

@@CIARUNSITE its cali, so it's mostly weed. They always talk about Hydro's.... not like a drag or circle hydro boat... more like hydroponics growing dat green

[@adriansilva4096]

Thanks to that episode on faster with Finnegan where that same boat couldn't hold up on the water! Seems it sparked something in him hahah! Dudes a genius his bud from roadkill is also as crazy and smart! If if not mistaken that was his cousins boat he bought it from.

[@ProfessorLX]

"Biggest Roost Ever" Cleetus: And I took that personally.

[@presleygoodemoot2352]

Underrated comment

[@rpmspeedlab993]

Im not much of a a boatman, so i dont watch any boat videos on yt (except the Cleetus ones). However, the fact that you explain this makes it much more interesting to know what youre doing and why. Keep it up and ill always watch and like

[@FinnegansGarage]

thanks, homie.

[@purduediesel11]

You can almost think of this like an upside down WW2 smoke screen from planes. Obviously the how is different. But the end result is similar.

[@disgruntledegghead6923]

Basically the roost is just a water burnout. Looks cool, but you don't go fast. Save rubber, throw water!

[@MrHatchbody]

That should be an FSM shirt. “Save Rubber throw Water” With a picture of a jet boat.

[@disgruntledegghead6923]

@@MrHatchbody I really like that idea! Definitely would buy and wear.

[@akilla4reala669]

@@disgruntledegghead6923 👌was thinking the same thing. ✌️

[@hydroy1]

You can't go fast in a pump boat anyway , any ANY V drive worth it's salt will walk all over that vacuum cleaner

[@disgruntledegghead6923]

@@hydroy1 But this video is all about the "burnouts"? Save rubber, throw water!

[@optimalxrecovery3308]

Finnegan's enthusiasm for anything watercraft is always the best part!

[@vne2328]

That was so sick! Next week, put Finnegan behind the boat on a slalom ski~ *"C'mon, cut across the wake!"*

[@JBNL1972]

Thank you for brightening up my Sunday with that Rooster-Booster 9000'd jet boat!

[@FinnegansGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@CatfishWilly710]

"For science" 🤣 love the Sunday realeses! Makes for a great way to start Sunday morning. You guys are awsome!

[@stevemoores510]

You two are always my KZbin highlight of the week. Completely certifiable! Love what you guys are doing. Thank you!

[@backtoobasics]

For scriance!!!! Stoked she didnt flip over!!!! Stay safe and take care everyone

[@mrimpalarider1606]

Thanks guys. All this boat stuff is making me want one. Might as well be a hot rod boat to work on too

[@kiwinewz2042]

Yup sensible. Nice explanation of how to impress the ladies with a Rooster Tail🧐Science👍🏾

[@mr.velocitystack4133]

Total awesomeness and all smiles watching this! I always watched the jet boats where I lived as a kid (some were direct V-Drive); finally scored a jet-ski in my teens and loved crossing their roosts as I fell behind and couldn't keep up. I have yet to own a boat, but if I get one, it will be a jet boat for sure, just to live my dreams out.

[@exlimey1417]

The joy and excitement in your voice while you narrate is priceless. You're all geeked out.

[@trevorhall7929]

Finnegan: “Don’t wanna run your jet drive dry” James Taal: starts boat at the top of boat ramp. 😂 should’ve put this video out before cleetus started the boat challenge.

[@gregtheegg3576]

You read my mind right there.

[@Rebar77_real]

"Dang rogue rocks are confusing as airplane chocks." (sry James, had to, lol.)

[@nunyabinis]

James has many more concerns with his boat than running his jet drive dry.

[@trevorhall7929]

@@nunyabinis “still budget left”

[@ZaphodsPlanet]

there's a clutch between jet and drive shaft... he disengaged it to start the motor.

[@jacklougheed4561]

“For science, for you guys” I see you get absolutely no pleasure from this endeavour. Purely doing it as a service to society

[@jeffreybamford7365]

Not just because chicks dig it...haha

[@FinnegansGarage]

we're on a mission from god.

[@11ride4life]

@@FinnegansGarage You’re my hero!

[@docfischer7291]

@@FinnegansGarage “It’s got a cop motor, cop impeller, cop droop and a cop angle to it’s dangle.”

[@TheUnnamedAssailant]

@@FinnegansGarage then God Speed sir *salutes*

[@Kapil-Patel]

Another badass episode 🤣 Newberns face during the thunder.

[@williamwebb5351]

Imagine gunning it from the dock? Everyone would get sprayed! Even looked like it had a double Rooster tail a couple times! Hell Yeah Brother!

[@TheReaper42069]

Wow what a video! What an intro! Finnegan these vids keep getting better and better!

[@FinnegansGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@rcravincase]

I wanted to see him give a carwash on the overpass

[@AGPullen]

That opening was awesome! I love the sound of thunder!

[@kennyoliver6318]

You guys are my heroes! High five to whoever picks the music.

[@CptObvious11]

Newbern should race jackstand jimmy with this.

[@bepbep7418]

Lol Renegade would stomp that boat in it's current condition.

[@mulltothree4375]

@@bepbep7418 yeah it wouldn’t be close

[@TheBignick243]

@@bepbep7418 Jackstands boat would be pretty cool if they took their time to right all the wrongs with the engine and took it somewhere to someone that knows what they are doing to fix all the fiberglass fuckery going on in the the rear end.

[@gregtheegg3576]

@@TheBignick243 After they finish the 2500 challenges, I think do another. All three boats get another 2500 to mod what they have and repeat the challenge. BTW, jackstand would dominate at that point, right?

[@johnlloyd2390]

"There is suction drawing water and the jet pushes the boat through the water. I say that without suction, the boat wouldn't move, so it suck the boat through the water." -- mike finnegan. "I didn't think it was possible, but this sucks and blows at the same time!" -- bart simpson.

[@rondye9398]

Suction by ass, it's atmospheric pressure that moves the water into the pump!

[@johnlloyd2390]

@@rondye9398: Not really, unless you're assuming the atmospheric pressure on the whole lake is what's pushing water into the jet pump. What that system really is, is a ducted, shrouded propeller whose water stream is enclosed, rather than simply exposed to the water in the lake. The forward moving force is the result of Newton's Third Law of Motion as applied to water. Specifically, if you take in a lot of the stuff in a short amount of time and pump it out at high velocity, you get a jet force. Finnegan's contention is that because the jet pump (an impeller or ducted propeller, if you wish) is drawing water in, then it is that "suction" that is "sucking" the boat through the water. But that's like saying a jet engine "sucks" itself through the air. That may work for a "ducted fan" -- which is the "bypass" stage of large jet engines -- or a multi-blade propeller inside a shroud, but ultimately what moves a jet-driven vehicle of any sort is the reaction of throwing a large volume of fluid out the back.

[@markkruizenga9960]

Its fun to hear Finn get so excited

[@Daphoid]

I love a good boat video where it's about having fun, enjoying the boat itself, and all that good stuff. Keep it up.

[@Sandkei]

Looks like Dave is over his "jitters" :) That looked cool!

[@nachodog7766]

Love your content. I just wished you had more. Looking forward to seeing the caddy make its maiden voyage.

[@danielbouey8994]

You guys are awesome!! The Finnegan group of guys, KSR and Cleetus among many others have given me so many ideas for building my 1972 vw super beetle. All in all the build that I wanted to be a handling quick car turned into a very different build. It is now in the process of being a 600hp 1800lbs car that I am super excited about. Thanks guys!!

[@nessie42786]

You should build a standard beetle not a super beetle. The super might handle better but that curved windshield and big old front end are gross. Plus the strut towers crack. Standards also weigh 1500 to 1600 lbs. and that’s with a 4 point cage a roof rack and subs and amps. Just saying. Also 600 hp? Is that a turbo T1 or turbo T4, Subaru EJ, turbo 2 rotor? Is your super a 1302 or a 1303?

[@kennyrichard2971]

That is one Awesome boat cool engineering can’t imagine how fun that would be across the lake

[@340duster8]

Wonder when James from the Cleatus gang will bring his jet boat up there and have a outing with them?

[@NikMartin-I-am]

Was just thinking about how long before KSR tunes James' boat and he heads to GA with it.

[@Grumpy_Stiltskin]

I doubt James will have a boat left after the driving portion of the contest.

[@79tazman]

Maybe when he gets it running right and is not sucking water through the combustion chamber LOL!

[@NikMartin-I-am]

@@79tazman yeah I'm not sure he really needs the water injected into the exhaust, that's very old school. Pretty sure none of Finnegan's boats do that.

[@jameseastwood4984]

We know James now, he's a racer and I doubt he'll race anything unless there's at least a chance of winning 😊

[@thogevoll]

"Relatively safe." Love it.

[@travisstrader7722]

Would love to see you guys do tons more boat stuff! They are awesome and people need more jet boat content on KZbin.

[@voiceofreason7530]

I love the jet boat content. Thanks for the fun.

[@NerdyMeathead]

So your saying Rooster tails are the ultimate in boat peacocking

[@John-vi5vb]

No. 'you're'. And why did you capitalize rooster??

[@dannyneal8034]

Ohh no 😟 the grammar police is here 😟😟

[@stoker20]

Dork Spray.

[@chevboy2]

Twelve-Volt Dave is literally the best! On a scale one 1-10… 12 😂

[@chrisvinicombe9947]

The rooster booster is alot of fun. Would love to see you guys get into sprint boats. Those things (and crew) are nuts.

[@Josh_D03]

I love all the jet boat content from all my fav utube guys lately. Really wanting a boat now 😂

[@jaytrock3217]

Now it can be used as a firefighting boat.

[@rondye9398]

HAH, Just blow the ski dock clean of the posers and install your own tribe.

[@-tr0n]

There's a video here of a guy helping put out bush fires with his roost, it's great.

[@Team6Loves]

One hell of a Fire Hydrate!!!😎😂😂😂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🚤

[@wbball15]

This is sooooooooo good Awesome that Beau just hangs out with Dad.

[@rockercover]

35 degrees - What a show, thanks!

[@TheRezAbides]

This is prime "Ain't care" right here... Love it!

[@michaelevans7013]

Would love to see on a full sun day and what a rainbow affect that will make.

[@ryanbernard6550]

Also I really appreciate you equalizing the audio! A+

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

28:20 "It's shooting water out of the water." - Finnegan 2021 Awesome video and "jet tuning" guys, thank you!

[@titaniummechanism3214]

Now make it so that all of the water jet goes out of the water. That would show how much of the forward motion is gemerated by the jet and how much is just the water being pumped trough the impeller. Also it would shoot a monster rooster tail!

[@jhaedtler]

Love it. Almost 50 years ago I had a 21 foot jet drive. It had an electric trim up adjust the up angle! I used to get a rooster about like the second try! You can sink the boat behind you with it!

[@dannymccarty344]

Cool! I put a jet engine in my Mustang last spring, and the chicks dig me.

[@jeremyselph6454]

Awesome!!!! Y’all should do more stuff like this.Maybe wait for better weather though…

[@waynecasper5346]

Love the wheels and tires on the trailer, I want some for my Jon boat trailer. Oh by the way is that on Lanier or Allatoona. I can’t believe you can find a day where there’s no boat traffic hahaha you done good Fin.

[@FinnegansGarage]

Allatoona

[@waynecasper5346]

@@FinnegansGarage you haven’t always lived in Ga have you

[@chuckfowler8875]

Dave looked like a bobble head in the beginning of the video.

[@tomstech4390]

God: makes it rain Newburn and Mike: "We can help!"

[@vettebecker1]

I love it!! Maybe add a couple hydraulic planners to the rear to keep it from cavitating when you get into it, one on each side.

[@tripprogers4814]

I would totally buy a “Captain In-Sane-0” T-shirt

[@robertbuick1500]

What’s with this BS that “the jet boat is pulling itself through the water”. There is a suction force present and necessary for the jet drive to function, but the resulting negative pressure present at the inlet is distributed equally in all directions. Water is pulled from the front, sides, rear and bottom. Any directional motion resulting from the water rush in to equalize the pressure at the inlet is the result of flow resistance. There is some miniscule directional bias naturally inherent to the system which results in some forward bias, but saying the boat is being pulled through the waters is akin to saying that because a drag strip has a slightly negative grade that gravity is pulling the dragster forward, while technically true, in the context of how the dragster is propelled forward, the contribution of gravity is infinitesimal and a valueless statement.

[@TitoRigatoni]

Mike is not an engineer, much less a physicist :-D

[@strangersound]

After a quick read on waterjets, I would say the system is pushing, due to the waterjet creating "thrust". But, I think the question of push or pull has more to do with the placement on the vehicle. If the engine and waterjet were mounted on an extended arm in front of the boat, it could be described as pulling. But mounted anywhere on the boat itself is still pushing. Or is it if the waterjet were on the front of the boat? If I tow your car with a rope, that's pulling. If I pull up behind you and push, that's obviously pushing. I think Mike is just trash talking for humor value, but it's a fun thought experiment. Is a front wheel drive automobile pushing or pulling the car forward? Would forward being pulling and reverse be pushing? In a front engine car with rear wheel drive, everything in the drivetrain is pushing, all the way to the axle/s...if it's a manual transmission. But what about an automatic? A torque converter could arguably be pulling. When the engine side spins up, the other side follows, spinning the drive shaft, etc. Once it's spun up, I think it probably reaches an equilibrium of push/pull, since it starts to behave as one unit. But on spin up, the back half of the torque converter is definitely following, which implies it's being dragged along, which is obviously more pulling than pushing. If you take a high pressure water hose and drop it, it will turn into a wild snake and start spraying water all over the place. Is the water pressure pushing the hose around, or is the hose being pulled up the water column? Or is it both? (Newton's 3rd law)

[@dmc2554]

@@strangersound You need to go back to grade 10 physics and this time pay attention.....

[@ryansorkness7396]

@@strangersound how many hits did you take on the pipe before you wrote this?

[@darrinlauscher6994]

Dude you make my damn head hurt

[@kierannessbert9102]

Bloody madness !! ... I love it!! , love you both 😀

[@devillan1]

Love seeing another mintruck guy playing with the Tr's.Theres a few of us out there with them.

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[@allenlord3679]

Was out on lake yesterday, after watching this well guess I'm going back to take boat out again today.😂🤣 Thanks guys.

[@briancampbell1891]

You guys are awesome 👍 I'll just sit and wait for the next videos

[@JohnDoe-er6xl]

Mr Finnegan is the type of man that knows how to have real fun 🙌👍

[@justcruzingarage]

You guys are crazy!!! I love it! That was huge!

[@obsidian....]

Absolutely hilariously awesome!

[@coreystrong4384]

That's ridiculously awesome.

[@thegalli]

Editor Chris knocked this one out of the park. Very cool watermark and graphic upgrades. Keep this guy on the team forever!

[@2rueblue]

It might be because I've only been following you for abut a year or so but I Don think I've ever seen a show from the lake where it was not raining, this does not remove from the enjoyment for me as I'm used to it here in Scotland. Brilliant show and thank you for sharing this with us.

[@savage6394]

I had a 1979 19’ Nordic Jet boat. It shot a pretty decent Rooster tail. That little boat was a lot of fun.

[@onementality9781]

That boat sounds amazing when firing up

[@randyauer7303]

Good information thank you looks like fun

[@kylebeckerdite6740]

It looks like a Jet Ski at idle from a distance.. great video fellas!!!!

[@leedoss7904]

Absolutely Awesome

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

Rooster booster. Droop snoop. Lots of cool names for a jet boat. Lol. Love these jets boats. Their just bad ass.

[@onemilemore541]

I've never been much of a boat guy until watching this jet boat stuff. Between you and Cleetus, I'm thinking jet boat demand might approach the height of your newly found roost. It's never going to quit raining 'til you guys quit running that boat. Good thing the water level is up.

[@Whitney764]

That was probably the best episode yet

[@13699111]

Great fun to watch thank you !!!

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

Man im so glad you got your own stuff going on, your channel is awesome and not chained by MT lmao!

[@NWSanta]

Looks super scary but, oh so crazy! Well done boys!

[@Admiraldna]

Now that's what I call over compensating...PERFECT!!

[@randallfrank5682]

Boys and their toys. Fun in the rain and lighting! When I was much younger, and boats didn't have water jet propulsion, guys would put a water scooping device on back of their boats that they keep up until they wanted to make the rooster tail then lower it via a cable and there goes the water plume in the air.

[@GaryLX870D]

East coast weather is crazy!!! That rooster 🐓 is awesome 👌

[@gato69evo]

Hell yeah!!! When two mad man's join forces you know the result will be epic!!!

[@page11racing89]

This looks so fun!

[@Chuck_Carolina]

You guys are the kind of older kids my parents refused to let me hang around with.... Cool stuff none the less. Be safe.

[@davidbaker4720]

Real cool for science dude !! 🐸

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Super AWESOME...WOW....What a deal.....Thanks

[@mjay6245]

17:44 Gotta love that Finnegan wicked laugh at his massive over compensation issues.

[@Jenuin]

This was so much fun to watch. Great video =]

[@bassmechanic237]

Best video yet guys!

[@daboenterprize8265]

Awesome job , cool as hell

[@spacebike420]

If anyone on the lake has a fire get out of hand or a boat fire just needs you guys nearby! Nice work

[@mitchhawn6818]

Looks cool!

[@modmotorsports]

This is crazy cool guys

[@79tazman]

You and cleet has the same issue every time you bring the boat out it's gotta rain LOL!! But that rooster tail was so awesome!!

[@slumone6458]

Watching those headers vaporize the water was pretty cool also

[@kevincorson2786]

that looks amazing you guys are nuts 😆

[@shawnwalsh5430]

Awesome brother!!

[@tylerjones4768]

Pure happiness 😊

[@ericdrinnan5814]

Relatively safe! Love it.