robertm

Anybody have one? Or ridden in one? What do you think of the power?

We are strongly considering moving up to a larger boat after this season and I really like the bigger challenger. I'd much prefer to stick with the two non sc engines though. I like the idea of no sc to deal with, better gas mileage and cheaper gas. It all adds up.

I'm just a bit concerned if it will be powerful enough. Our challenger 180 carries about 9lbs per hp (dry). The bigger boat would be about 11.6lb/hp. Definitely not going to be the rocket the smaller 180 is. I don't care about top end at all. If it will do 35 loaded up I'm content. I'm more concerned about being able to pull a wake board/ tuber with 8 people/gas/coolers/etc on board. And obviously being able to get up on plane with a full load of people and gear.

We'd probably go with the '09 SP model or and '07/'08 wake. The local dealer has one on the show room floor and I'm afraid its ruined me ;-)


Thoughts? I've got 6+ months to research/pontificate/change my mind and then change it again. So no hurry

Anybody have one? Or ridden in one? What do you think of the power?

We are strongly considering moving up to a larger boat after this season and I really like the bigger challenger. I'd much prefer to stick with the two non sc engines though. I like the idea of no sc to deal with, better gas mileage and cheaper gas. It all adds up.

I'm just a bit concerned if it will be powerful enough. Our challenger 180 carries about 9lbs per hp (dry). The bigger boat would be about 11.6lb/hp. Definitely not going to be the rocket the smaller 180 is. I don't care about top end at all. If it will do 35 loaded up I'm content. I'm more concerned about being able to pull a wake board/ tuber with 8 people/gas/coolers/etc on board. And obviously being able to get up on plane with a full load of people and gear.

We'd probably go with the SP model. The local dealer has one on the show room floor and I'm afraid its ruined me ;-)


Thoughts? I've got 6+ months to research/pontificate/change my mind and then change it again. So no hurry

New member here. Bought an '08 challenger SE about 1 month ago. I read through all the posts here. Lots of good stuff. Its really nice having and informed dealer on the site that's willing to answer questions/help out.

I've got 8 hours on the boat so far and couldn't be happier with it. Well I could be happier with how fricken hard it is to handle at idle speed but I'm getting better.

I noticed on here some people were saying that they had to get the hour meter recalibrated and when they do the hours are like double or triple what was indicated? Is that right? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Can someone explain what's going on briefly or point me in the right direction?

Thanks for the info!