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Author Topic: Anyone installed a Switch Blade on their inboard?  (Read 1141 times)

hillclimber17

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Anyone installed a Switch Blade on their inboard?
« on: February 21, 2007, 20:07:10 pm »
Just wondering if anyone has seen or put the Switch Blade on their inboard.  I'm new to the forum, I bought a 2000 Epic 22 (inboard) at the end of the summer.  I love the ski wake of the boat but the wakeboard wake is a liitle week even with fat sacs.  I did a search for the Switch Blade and there are some good ideas, but I was wondering if anyone has seen one on a Toyota or similar boat.  Thanks for reading!!!!

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Re: Anyone installed a Switch Blade on their inboard?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2007, 00:45:34 am »
Is there even enough room to install it ? I just put 1580 lbs in and it works ( plenty of wake) for me

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Re: Anyone installed a Switch Blade on their inboard?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2007, 01:32:41 am »
My friend has a Centurion 23 foot Enzo with a Switchblade.  He likes it because he can shape the wave when  wakesurfing.  He still adds ballast to get the wave higher.
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Re: Anyone installed a Switch Blade on their inboard?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2007, 13:42:01 pm »
I have a friend that is a tinkerer, he built his own inboard when he was 16, had a 260 Buick V8. He is a mechanical engineer by profession. He put a Wedge (Malibu part) on a Mastercraft. If you get interested in doing it, I'll put you in touch with him. He can definitely help you evaluate whether it's worth doing it on a Toyota hull. We have that wierd step on the back, it's cool because of the trunk but it doesn't give you much room to mount something that frigging 'uge
Can you imagine the amount of force that must put on that part of the transom? I guess we could put an L shaped brace up there that would push against the bottom of the trunk, and be attached at the transom as well. That would actually be WAY stronger than a plate mounted at 90 deg from the direction of force!

I'm gonna need more weight up front, no ski locker and no place to put it under the seats :(


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