Tige Diesel

[Tanner]

Well, guys, I'm in the middle of talks w/ the local dealer here about the possibility of throwing one of their diesels in a tige. It'll be on a new 22Ve or a 24Ve. It would be a factory deal, as Tige would ship them the boat minus some interior and motor, they install the diesel and ship it back to tige to finish. They are doing a ton of leg work for me, and Andy at H20 sports unlimited (AKA http://www.perfprotech.com/) has been awesome! They are the new dealer here and so far are impressing me! Guess they'll get back to me later this week on a price. I'll keep you all informed, since I know more than one of you has interest in this.

[NICKYPOO]

No chit! That sounds awesome.

[Tanner]

Well I'm not getting my hopes up, b/c something tells me the cost will be severly prohibitive. We checked w/ some of the mastercraft dealers today about how much the upgrade for a Diesel was, and the rough quotes ranged from $9K to $30K...but it's not even out yet, so no one knows. Some of those dealers could have been raising the figures b/c they weren't familiar w/ diesels and didn't really want to work on them. BUT, he's gonna work w/ me some on the cost, b/c this would be some very good promotion for them. Once again, I'll keep you all informed!

[Dan and Christy]

Tanner, as a proud owner of a Duramax, I think the boat dealers are betting that we as boat owners don't know a thing about the cost of a diesel. The Duramax upgrade runs between $4500 - $6000 depending on invoice vs. msrp. It sounds like you have a good dealer though if he is willing to work with you. Please keep us updated, I am extremely interested in what happens. Good luck man.

[Razzman]

Very impressive, 515 ft. lbs. of torque at 1700 rpm! The sweet thing is the torque never drops below 440 or so! GPH usage is very impresive as well! I could very well see where the cost upgrade would be a benefit just in fuel savings! Go for it!

[gman]

If you get a duramax, its 650 ft lb of torque.

[laserfish]

Can the v-drive and drive line take the torque? The transmission was the weak point of all the early truck diesel setups.

[Tanner]

If you get a duramax, its 650 ft lb of torque.

It's not a duramax. It's an AGM based motor. Check out the link above for their products. My dealer is the USA manuf. for the motors.

Laserfish,

That's a good question. There's already one of these diesels in a Tige 20i in China and so far no complains from what I hear.

Lets just wait and see what develops.

[talltigeguy]

China,

It is a hotbed for tige diesel activity, WTF?

[Tanner]

China,

It is a hotbed for tige diesel activity, WTF?

Well... you know.... apparently, us Americans are the self absorbed type. We could care less about the environment and don't care about gas mileage. I mean whats a couple hundred pounds of torgue to help get the ballast moving (scough).

[loudelectronics]

Always wondered when deisels were going to be put into wakeboard boats. It only makes sense. However the exhaust is not very clean and may vause problems with some lakes.