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Color me impressed!
Awesome

On 1/22/2022 at 6:52 AM, wellis77 said:

Definitely check out the wake 9 vid on flow 3.0,  makes me think that is the better iteration of all worlds. Also. A great discussion on the Moomba owners site of 2.0 vs. 3.0, one in which Sonic was also sharing his expertise. A challenge I’ll have is space for the secondary actuator when stowed. 3.0 stows in the same plane as the running surface, rather than at X degrees up. Moomba also runs a huge center plate so not sure if in plane stowage will mess up the wave or not compared to a wedged boat; one way to find out. If GSA could also be used for something other than surfing without fear of ripping the screws out of the boat, I’d just build a set of those. I’m not sure how excited the local dealer will be with me trying to get some measurements on their plates at the boat show but I’m going to try. 

For your electronics, did you use the same boards for your build as the two actuator system but with an extra relay board? I have a ton to learn about arduino to make this work, hopefully I can figure out programming before the season hits or I’ll have to settle for GSA style or Evolution style. 

For what it's worth I used my GSA clones for launching up to 18-20mph without issue. 
My favorite system at the moment I think is the new tige tabs or the supra swell. I like the design of the tige tabs (gsa without the diverter fins, seem to put out just as good if not better wave as the gsa they had before) and Love the actuator mounting method on the swell tabs. 

Really Nicely done!
This is the sh#t I like to see right here, real work!

Any idea what happened to it? Looks like it was either run fully aground at high speed or dropped from a sling lift onto the concrete

Really well done, i don't think anyone would know it's not factory by looking at it.

On 10/18/2021 at 4:33 PM, BBSurfer said:

If you don't have heaters like these, you may not realize that the position (as installed here) is awesome! Even without pulling out the tubes. I was in my Moomba Max and turned them on and they blow hard enough that the heat blows across the floor and right under the driver's seat. I was looking around for a dash vent to see where the air was hitting me from before I realized it swirls from across the walkway. 
BTW, on a closed cooling system, is the heater core heated by antifreeze or lake water? Wondering for the winterize procedure. Would be much better if it was part of the closed cooling system. Yes? 

Yep these maradynes have vents that swivel so you can aim them as well. 
Yes it's all part of closed cooling so no winterization needed

Hell yeah! I've been wanting someone to give this a go, best of both worlds. 

So is the wave with the gate and the tab better enough to justify the additional cost and time?

 

Thanks Guys, labor of love haha. 

@rhino89523the wheel wasn't too spendy.
Greatlakesskipper has a great selection of them, big upgrade over the plastic junk of the era for 100 bucks or so. 

Hell yeah man that's awesome!

Thanks guys, it's simple and most everyone here probably already knows that stuff but I put it up mostly to show that a DIYer can easily fix new boats too. 
 

Awesome, so king to talulah took you from 9 min to 5 min that's a pretty solid increase!

Yep, I double bagged and sealed all mine but there's always the potential for that to break. I don't put them on the upholstery just in case. 

Nice! Good find on the bags, how's the quality?

I ordered bags from POP Products (just the bags) for about 10 bucks each and then filled them with plasma slag (I have 1000's of lbs of it every month) easy and cheap!
If you can find something denser than sand you could double the weight in those bags pretty easily if you wanted to. 

To late now probably but throw the sand/steel/lead etc into a ziploc or poly bag before filling so it stays put and stays dry. 

58 minutes ago, SurfinSnipes said:

Any updates on how your ladder preformed? I just received my 3 step ladder and the spring/catch is surprisingly stiff to actuate, I'm not sure if some of the smaller people aboard would be able to put in in the "stored position" while on top of the platform. did you experience any difficulties? That being the case, my usage may have just changed to primarily being used for entry/exit of the boat while on the trailer, at the launch. Or a replacement for a 2 step with the rubber latch. 

Mine is difficult as well, I just close it from the water myself it's very tough to close from the platform. 

I did not keep the flappers on mine. Never had an issue.

I have heard horror stories though so it's generally a better idea to keep them if you can. 

1 hour ago, cowwboy said:

Yours looks much better then mine. These are the pics I sent to them. No offer to repair or fix them. 
Got a half azz excuse of a new welder and told if I wanted it to look good I should have paid the extra to have them grind them smooth. 

 

Wooooooow they should be ashamed of that one for sure. I would have done a charge back on the card personally that's some BS 

1 hour ago, Bobby said:

...One would think. 

You can see the down pipe is not centered.  Not sure why i sent in the warranty registration, if i ever have problems I'm just going to remove it and chuck it...

Yeah welds look pretty amateur hour. 

I don't think not being centered is that big of a deal honestly but the welds like crappy. You'd think after all the breakages they have been having they would have hired a proper welder by now or gotten a robot. 

10 hours ago, 2008Supra said:

This looks very intriguing! Are there any noticeable performance penalties related to possibly restricting the exhaust gasses? 

not really no, the exhaust system is so short and large that it doesn't make much difference. Some people lose a mph or two on the top end but Id say it's from the drag not the performance loss. 

On 5/22/2021 at 8:36 AM, Rugger said:

Without reading the post I thought maybe you created a super malibu-style wedge at first w/ 3 foils.  haha

Great idea - that's a project that's gonna be well worth doing.  Looks clean as usual

Ha! That is what it looks like. 

Already worth the effort just climbing in and out of the boat yesterday 

32 minutes ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Was thinking down the road to the next owner, of if your boat has to go in to the shop. I have to fold tongues all the time to get more then one boat in the shop. Looking semi-permanent, so could come off in a pinch? 

Yeah it will just be held on with 4 bolts if it needs to come off any time, going to drill and tap the trailer for the bolts

8 hours ago, Wylie_Tunes said:

Will the tongue still fold? 

Haven't tried it yet, it will still fold but the ladder may contact the boat before its at 90 degrees. I've never folded it anyway so it doesn't make a lot of difference to me if it folds down or not. 
When boatmate does a bow ladder they add 24" to the tongue so it's not an issue. 

Talk them into buying a widebelt sander ;D

Thanks guys. 
Did some for a friend for a new MB
A little different on the shape to match an existing part. 
 

Nice how do the fosgates sound? 
I've had several in car setups that I was always pretty happy with. 

Nice work. 
I clicked on this and thought "Carbon looks cool but you're wasting free ballast by making an ultra light platform"

Best of both worlds here!

Looks good, Did you fiberglass the coosa or leave it raw?
A layer of glass makes all the difference in it's stiffness.