2015 Weighting with AVX, TAPS, Sacs and other bloviations.

[tonka8ty]

I ordered one with the 440 does anyone know what prop comes on them I am at 6500 feet what prop should I run

[SBM1234]

I have recently switched to the 2247 from the 1235 that came stock on the '14 ASR. I would highly recommend this prop. It fixed the cavitation issues during take off and improved the hole shot and the top end significantly. The motor in the '14 is the GM LS3, which has similar properties (HP and torque) to the 440 Raptor.

I noticed a significant improvement in fuel consumption. Wakeboarding at 23 mph used to require 4,200 rpm, now requires about 3,500 rpm.

Note that I am in Houston, Texas with an elevation of like 10' LOL.

[Greeko]

I have recently switched to the 2249 from the 1235 that came stock on the '14 ASR. I would highly recommend this prop. It fixed the cavitation issues during take off and improved the hole shot and the top end significantly. The motor in the '14 is the GM LS3, which has similar properties (HP and torque) to the 440 Raptor.

I noticed a significant improvement in fuel consumption. Wakeboarding at 23 mph used to require 4,200 rpm, now requires about 3,500 rpm.

Note that I am in Houston, Texas with an elevation of like 10' LOL.

Those results seem strange, both the 2249 and 1235 are 14.25 pitch and .105 cup. The only difference is the 2249 is a 15" and the 1235 is a 14.5"...I'm not sure why your rpm dropped like that...

[SBM1234]

I hit the 9 key instead of the 7...

[Greeko]

Ahhh.. lol

Adding Approx .045" will increase your pitch by about 1"

[Greeko]

How did that affect your bottom end when your ballasted all the way up?

[SBM1234]

It helped the most when taking off fully ballasted. The engine would rev, the boat would shake, but not really go anywhere - it really felt like the prop was losing contact with the water and free spinning. Now it hooks up and is on plane very quickly. The time it takes to get on plane fully loaded is now probably half of what it used to be. The engine does not have to maintain the 4000+ rpm to get it to plane anymore - and it went from 3/4 throttle to 1/2 throttle coming out of the hole.

[Tomp]

The 1/2 inch increase in diameter along with more cup should make a drop of 200 to 400 rpm at the same speed, it sounds like you also may have had a damaged/bent blade on your 1235 to have cavitation and vibration.
The 1235 hooked up great on the Z3 and I had no noticeable cavitation with the original small diameter 537.

The 2247 sounds like the all around winner, what top speed did you get with it?

[Travism]

I am interested in this 2247 instead of the 1235. Will this prop work on my 2012 Z3 ?

[CarFanatic]

I run the 1235 on my z3 its a boss!

[SBM1234]

The 1/2 inch increase in diameter along with more cup should make a drop of 200 to 400 rpm at the same speed, it sounds like you also may have had a damaged/bent blade on your 1235 to have cavitation and vibration.
The 1235 hooked up great on the Z3 and I had no noticeable cavitation with the original small diameter 537.

The 2247 sounds like the all around winner, what top speed did you get with it?

The reason for the large drop in RPM, IMO, was that the prop was constantly slipped and not hooking up. Top speed has increased, but I am not sure how much. I got up to 38 and figured that was good enough - the motor still has less than 50 hrs on it.

[Booms]

I was told by my dealer today that the ballast has changed but they did not take away any weight. The SurfXL is still 3,500 lbs.

[Greeko]

I was told by my dealer today that the ballast has changed but they did not take away any weight. The SurfXL is still 3,500 lbs.

*shrugs* I just ordered one and I got all my info from the factory. I would ask your dealer for dimensions of the sacks.. According to the sack drawings from Tige the dimensions are 33 x 22 x 24 body,69 x 22 x 5 in the arm. Thats 25000 Cubic inches of water, that equates to approximately 902 lbs..
900 in each rear corner, 2900lbs is what you get ... If you get information to prove otherwise I would be happy to see it

[Booms]

Greeko - Our Z3 is supposed to go into production in the next few days.
I told my dealer that if the boat comes with less than the SurfXL or the sacs are smaller than wake9 I do not want them. Give me a credit for the sacs and I will buy from Wake9. I have the phone number to the Tige Regional guy. I can call him and clarify.

[Greeko]

Greeko - Our Z3 is supposed to go into production in the next few days.
I told my dealer that if the boat comes with less than the SurfXL or the sacs are smaller than wake9 I do not want them. Give me a credit for the sacs and I will buy from Wake9. I have the phone number to the Tige Regional guy. I can call him and clarify.

Ours just went into production yesterday. I had been chatting with Engineering about this. They initially went with the Wake9 design on their sacks but found it pushed the seat up. So they decreased the leg height until it didn't raise the seat...