S22 True Blue Got Ballast

[blindside]

After 3 days of work, here she is.  Also repacked the driveshaft thanks to the maintenence guide.

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More pics

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switches for front and back

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dos mas

right air vent and left bag

[cyclone]

muchas ballastos, muy bonita.

[blindside]

Thank you.

I got to test it out today.  It will fill 1450 lbs in 10 minutes   Drains in the same time

[flyn2001]

That looks sweet!!

[festivus]

blindside- nice work.  That is some serious ballast.  Always good to see that beautiful thang

[cyclone]

Hmm, got me thinking about what I'm gonna do with my new Vdrive....Blindside, i didn't see a picture of the front sack. Am I, in fact, blind?

[blindside]

Lol, I haven't ordered a front sac to go under the seats yet.  Right now I just pull the fill hose out from under the seat (plumbed in already) and fill up a sack in the nose walkway.  I heard a waterbed sack works great for under the front seats though.  It's gonna be that or the Flyhigh Pro-x bowfiller sac that goes under the seats.

[cyclone]

I'm gonna get the underseat sack and plumb it in. It should fill more than it would in my E22, there's more room under the seats on the V drives. It may take even more weight than that up front, I think you can get 400 lbs typically from that underseat sack.  I like the full 750lb flyhigh sack in my walkway right now, perfect wake with a 1k sack in the trunk, but it sucks being in the way.

[blindside]

Ya, 600+ is really what is best up front on the s22 so I think I'm gonna put 200lbs of lead up front (to add to the 400lbs of water) since I only tow the boat 2 miles from storage to the ramp.

[PSullivan3]

Hey Brent,where did you put the raw water pick up? I am waiting for the tanks (ordered monday) to come then I'm gonna start.Pat

[cyclone]

What tanks did you get? I noticed that you can order the factory X22 and X21 hard ballast tanks from 2002. There's one on each side, I think its 640 lbs total or something. Not a lot of weight but pretty slick. I wonder if they fit the trunk of a V drive??

[PSullivan3]

Ordered them from Plastic Mart,Having some extras like sensor hole for a fill gauge on each tank. They're the B220 clean water tanks 43 gallons each or 344 lbs each.They will fit nice on either side of the engine and only 18" tall,and I found a carpet to go over the top.2 Jabsco ballast puppys should fill in 5 mins and they are reversible.Now I am looking for something to go up under the bow cushions, thinking about having a 2 piece hard tank made.Having surgery tommorow and should be rolling on the system next weekend. That should be enough for me anymore and this old body will probably fall apart.