Factory Ballast Wake Pics

[Moki]

Good looking wake! I echo what Jim said, if you use fat sacs, you have all storage space until you fill the sacs up.

[anhaney]

I was just wondering about the front sac being partitioned or not. That is kinda dumb that they have a designated and labeled port and starboard fill and empty when they just fill the same sack. And what are we supposed to do for surfing? just fill the whole thing? or fill it half way and then we you overload one side the water would just go to that side (gravity) and the other side would be empty. (like having separate sacs) How do you do it for surfing?



I agree that the 900lbs isn't enough. this is evident when you have over 6 people in the boat b/c the wakeboard/surf wake is GREATLY increased the more bodies you get in there... but then what happens when there are only 2 people in the boat and 1 rider? you need more ballast..

What you said about the Rival system that will tie into the Tige stock system is exactly what I have been wondering since I purchased the boat. I got the stock ballast knowing that it would greatly improve the wake.. but also knowing that down the road I am going to want more ballast in there. I am sick of throwing a pump over and filling sacs because this is what I always had to do in my '95 Tige and it really gets old after a while. I was wondering if anyone has added any sacs to their factory ballast and plumbed them in so that it is still fully automatic.. but with more weight.. Any thoughts?

I have been looking at my systems to see if I can add any FLY HIGH sacs into the factory ballast. It is obvious that my system needs more weight if I am going to be doing any good wake surfing. DOMSZ06 is wanting to try his sacs in my boat to see if it helps. I guess the factory ballast just is not enough to get a good wake in a shallow lake. I am researching trying to tie into the factory ballast and if I do anything with it I will take pics and start a thread as I do it so you all can see it.

[wakeboarder247]

Anhaney- What is the setup of the factory ballast in your '05 24V? Pounds, number of sacs, location, etc?

[anhaney]

Anhaney- What is the setup of the factory ballast in your '05 24V? Pounds, number of sacs, location, etc?

It is the hard tanks in the back of the boat and in the front compartments passengers and drivers behind the 12" sub and by the Amps on the other side. (Nothing like Domsz stereo though). Front tanks are 500 lbs and rear tanks are 900lbs. I am going to go to the lake and load these things up put 6 to 10 people in the boat, Put DOMSZ06 on his surfboard and see how it does. I don't think I have ever filled up all the tanks at one time. I have just notice that the boat is a tank in the water when I add extra weight. In other words it don't Handel like I expect it to.

[wakeboarder247]

So the factory ballast in 2005 was 1400lbs!! I wish mine was 1400lbs. How much weight are you looking to have in there if you do upgrade the ballast?

[anhaney]

So the factory ballast in 2005 was 1400lbs!! I wish mine was 1400lbs. How much weight are you looking to have in there if you do upgrade the ballast?

Don't know yet. All I know is that most of my storage space is eaten up from the current ballast tanks. I have thought about pulling them out and putting in Fat Sacs in there place to get back some of my storage space. It takes about 10 min to fill and empty the tanks and I have changed the factory pumps from 500GPH to 1500 GPH on the fill side. On the empty side I have 500 GPH still.