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[spine]

Hello...this is my first post! Want to say that this is the greatest source of information for doers!

I just recently replaced my '03 Sportster with the Challenger 180 with tower. The only reason I switched was seating From 4 to 8. The sportster was great!!!! But too small. I quite like the 180 but have a few issues. The first several times I had it out I noticed bouncing even on flat water and sluggish perormance out of the hole so I contacted the dealer. Right away he diagnosed it as porpoising and told me that it was very common in 18-20' boats. First he started talking about trim tabs and I got alittle annoyed because all I could see was $$$ signs. I told him that BRP should put tabs on if this is a common problem. With the performance problem he said to give it 10 hours of break-in. So here we are 10 hours and the boat is in getting a service. If I'm lucky I get another few rides before I have to winterize it!! Today he tells me that he can adjust the venturi down a few degree because he thinks it may be point too high and may help?? Then he continued to tell me that BRP is changing the pumps on the 06 models of the 180s and maybe that this could also be a fix.

Just wondering if anyone has had or heard of similar issue
A little underwelmed
Spine

[rickster]

See "Rough Ride" discussion on Speedster 200 lounge. Trim tabs are a must if you want to smooth out the ride with any boat less that 20 feet, be it jet drive or not...

If you do not want to invest in trim tabs, you may adjust the ride plate (manually) all the way down. For some reason, it comes all the way up from the factory. This will give you an idea of the huge diferrence tabs make!!!

[spine]

See "Rough Ride" discussion on Speedster 200 lounge. Trim tabs are a must if you want to smooth out the ride with any boat less that 20 feet, be it jet drive or not...

If you do not want to invest in trim tabs, you may adjust the ride plate (manually) all the way down. For some reason, it comes all the way up from the factory. This will give you an idea of the huge diferrence tabs make!!!

Thanks Rickster. I have no question that trim tabs would fix things up. My point really was that many other boats from other manufacturers in this price point come with electronic trim tabs factory installed.

What about the other concern about the power issue...anybody else experience this issue or heard that BRP is beefing up the pump??

[scotth]

Can you tell me more about adjusting the ride plate? Is this something we can do at home?

I'm having a hard time talking bad about my boat, it has plenty of HP but not enough MPH.

Scott