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YDS Software
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Speedling
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 2008
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- 21
Ebay is one of the best places.
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Just buy from someone on ebay with a good score and use paypal and you'll be covered.
Speedling
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 2008
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Electrical gremlins are the worst and always end up something small and silly.
Jgorm
Jetboaters Captain
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- San Diego / Colorado river
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
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- AR
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- 23
New to Yamaha, but what's a yds? Tuning software? I've been efi tuning since 05 and know that a good data logger is worth more than gold.
swatski
Jetboaters Fleet Admiral 1*
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- 2016
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- AR
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- 24
@Jgorm It is a diagnostic system:
https://jetboaters.net/threads/yamaha-diagnostic-system-yds-how-to-read-your-hours-and-errors.84/
The bad news is, in terms of performance mods your MR-1 engines are notoriously difficult to improve upon. HO versions are maxed out from the factory (and not much can be done) while the non-HOs upgrade to HO is not practical as it would cost as much as an engine.
The good news is, you picked a boat with some of the best built small block engines on the planet!
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Jgorm
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
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- San Diego / Colorado river
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 23
Awesome. Thank you very much. I'm not looking for performance gains. I think tuning stock vehicles is pointless and potentially dangerous. Tune when you add boost, cams, compression, etc. Glad to know these engines are good, I did no research other than seeing these boats and wanting one!
OCMD
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 267
- Location
- Ocean City MD
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2008
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 23
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-Outb...-Diagnostic-cable-set-Plug-play-/330918278833
About 30 bucks cheaper than what I purchased years ago.
About 30 bucks cheaper than what I purchased years ago.
Firehouse100
Jet Boat Lover
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- 67
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
- Boat Model
- SX
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- 23
I just got the same one in the link two days ago, but have not done anything with it yet.
johnniemesser
Well-Known Member
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- 1
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- 50
- Boat Make
- SeaDoo
- Year
- 1995
- Boat Model
- GTS
- Boat Length
- 16
Does the YDS show compression?
itsdgm
Jetboaters Admiral
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- Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
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- AR
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- 21
No. You'll need to buy a compression test gauge for that. BTW, the YDS is for Yamaha boats. I'm not sure if you're aware of that, your listed as having a sea Doo, just thought I'd mention that.
Ps. Welcome @johnniemesser.
johnniemesser
Well-Known Member
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- GTS
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- 16
Thank you!... I'm looking at buying a 2004 sx230. Doin the research cram
Jgorm
Jetboaters Captain
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- San Diego / Colorado river
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- Yamaha
- Year
- 2004
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 23
Run a compression test before you buy! Don't get burned like I did on my 04 ar230. Use a suction device to pull a good size oil sample to look at closely.
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