Cool 2010 RZ2 Factory Pics!

[jbort]

Can somebody put one of those in my stocking (or garage)?!?!?!?

[Timmy!]

Great first post! We like it a lot when pictures are provided.

For sure! You don't get a much better first post on this site than that! Congrats and Welcome to the site!

[raythompson]

Can somebody put one of those in my stocking (or garage)?!?!?!?

Sure just copy the picture off the web page, go to Walmart, print the image, put the image in your stocking. You could also print it bigger and put in your garage if you like.

Of course if you meant the physical boat, well, I can't help.

[wallacmc]

More Pics

Ben Pigeon sent me two more pics of the boat today. It looks like it's almost finished.

[chpthril]

Congrats and welcome to the site

Did you go with the std or Pro ballast?

[wallacmc]

Congrats and welcome to the site

Did you go with the std or Pro ballast?

Inbetween. It is called the surf ballast. It is 1500lbs and the Pro is 2000lbs. What I am told is that the difference is that you loose some ballast in the bow and it is a single sack as opposed to the pro which has a starboard and port half that is controlable in halves by the Tige Touch. In the Surf package that I have you can't pick sides. In the stern, everything should be about the same, all controlable through the touch interface. I didn't go with the pro package because all the fall leaves were done falling off my money tree and had to make some concessions somewhere.

[chpthril]

Inbetween. It is called the surf ballast. It is 1500lbs and the Pro is 2000lbs. What I am told is that the difference is that you loose some ballast in the bow and it is a single sack as opposed to the pro which has a starboard and port half that is controlable in halves by the Tige Touch. In the Surf package that I have you can't pick sides. In the stern, everything should be about the same, all controlable through the touch interface. I didn't go with the pro package because all the fall leaves were done falling off my money tree and had to make some concessions somewhere.

Yep, the std and surf use the single 400lb U sack up front and the Pro gets 2 400lb sacs. Surf and Pro both get the two 250 tanks in the floor and the two 350 sac in the lockers. You will be good to go with what you have, that boat likes all the weight in the rear on the surf side and none in the front.

Cool part is, Tige still uses 2 fill and 2 drain pumps for the single U sac in the bow. So, if someone wanted to upgrade thier std or surf ballast to Pro, all they have to do is pull the U sac, connect the pumps and hoses to the 2 new sacs, reprogram the Tige Touch and roll on. This can also be done when upgrading the std rear ballast to the surf/pro level - add the sacs and pumps, reprogram the TT.

[da.bell]

Interesting that they have installed the prop on the boat already.

[Tault145]

X-mas cancled? I just saw nine pics of it! Jealousy is an understatement...

[wallacmc]

Yep, the std and surf use the single 400lb U sack up front and the Pro gets 2 400lb sacs. Surf and Pro both get the two 250 tanks in the floor and the two 350 sac in the lockers. You will be good to go with what you have, that boat likes all the weight in the rear on the surf side and none in the front.

Cool part is, Tige still uses 2 fill and 2 drain pumps for the single U sac in the bow. So, if someone wanted to upgrade thier std or surf ballast to Pro, all they have to do is pull the U sac, connect the pumps and hoses to the 2 new sacs, reprogram the Tige Touch and roll on. This can also be done when upgrading the std rear ballast to the surf/pro level - add the sacs and pumps, reprogram the TT.

This was my analysis exactly. The dealer I came to the conclusion that for at least my purposes, I didn't need the extra, divided weight in the front. He also assured me that upgrading in the future if necessary was an option, just like you said.

[wallacmc]

X-mas cancled? I just saw nine pics of it! Jealousy is an understatement...

Thankfully, my sugarmamma LOVES boating!

[Jason B]

AWSOME!!!!!!!!

[3sportboat]

which engine did you get??

[wallacmc]

which engine did you get??

I got the 5.7L 343. The RZ2 was the perfect size and after demoing the dealer's 2009, I found the 343 to be plenty; that and as I previously stated, all the leaves had fallen off my money tree. Had I been in the market for the RZ4 I would have seriously considered the 6.0L. I'll say this, that RZ4 is a beast that can handle a huge crew. But I was very impressed with the 2010 RZ2 when ragboy did his review on the surf wake and performance of the vessel here:
http://wake9.com/blogs/blog/tag/2010-tige/
I realized that loosing two feet and all of that weight weren't going to make a huge difference in wake size/shape and therefore wouldn't need the larger engine either. Another thing he said in the review appealed to me. The RZ2 was much more responsive to the ballast than the 24ve he had, so less ballast provided a larger punch. The pics in his review speak for themselves.

Then again, that all might be just a bunch of

[NHarp1]

Wallacmc,
Congratulations on your new boat! I hope the winter goes quickly! Andy (from Western Ohio Watersports) is a great guy. I purchaded my Z1 from Andy. Look forward maybe seeing you on the water at Caesars Creek, Ohio.