anyone have info on amerijet pumps?

[boaterguy1]

I just bought a 19' Hawaiian jetboat that has a meritec pump. Does anyone have any info. on these pumps? I've searched all over the web and can"t find anything.

[El Prosecutor]

I just bought a 19' Hawaiian jetboat that has a amerijet pump. Does anyone have any info. on these pumps? I've searched all over the web and can"t find anything.
Is it the red & white off eBay? I was watching that thing.

[boaterguy1]

hey EL PROSECUTOR thats the one. I found out that it is a panther pump. Dont know that much about panther pumps any info would help. What style hawaiian do you have.

[boaterguy1]

if anyone has a hawaiian jetboat will you send me some pics I'm trying to identify which model I have I believe they call it a mini day cruiser but not sure. thanks

[El Prosecutor]

hey EL PROSECUTOR thats the one. I found out that it is a panther pump. Dont know that much about panther pumps any info would help. What style hawaiian do you have.
Mine is a '75 19' Mini-Daycruiser. Pretty much stock 455 w/Berkeley 12JC pump, AA American Turbine impeller.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/3252TheRigCropped2.jpg
It has not been entered in any races, but it is a GREAT family boat!

[boaterguy1]

thats a nice lookn hawaiian. looks just like the one I bought except mines red and white. did your originally have a panther pump and if so how much work involved to change over to berkley.

[jrork]

thats a nice lookn hawaiian. looks just like the one I bought except mines red and white. did your originally have a panther pump and if so how much work involved to change over to berkley.
Everything I've seen is it takes a ton of work to go from a Panther to a Berk and unless you wanna go really fast, why bother?
Panther should be just fine if you don't wanna go faster than the low 70s. Some feel you cant put a ton of horsepower on a Panther as well due to the size of the shaft.
There's quite a bit of info on Panthers in the old laidback forums and on the new site which is at http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/cas
Good luck with it

[El Prosecutor]

thats a nice lookn hawaiian. looks just like the one I bought except mines red and white. did your originally have a panther pump and if so how much work involved to change over to berkley.
Thanks! Mine came with the Berk pump. FWIW here is an old thread about Panther pumps, including a couple of vintage '70s promo videos that are a crack up.
Panther Videos Thread (http://www2.***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87979&highlight=panther+video)

[boaterguy1]

Hey, thanks for the thread on the video that was pretty cool