Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted April 14, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted April 14, 2014 Great ski boat! we skied it Sat at Divorce lake. Re-powered EX 330, ZO. Wow I forgot how well these boats ski and drive. Probably thee best three event boat ever produced , and now with the re-power it is phenomenal! Oh did I say it was for Sale? http://www.ski-it-again.com/php/skiitagain.php?topic=Search&category=Comp_Boat&postid=27377 Boat is now here at Florida Inboards for a Fluff and Buff and some minor repair and tweeking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LkSamm196 Posted April 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yes, this is almost the exact same boat I ski. phenomenal to say the least.....will be skiing it for several more years to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uflbret Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 If this was a year ago and I had not bought my '02 TSC2 I would be ALL OVER THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller wtrskior Posted April 14, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 14, 2014 ski the same boat in the same color. with the GT40 works flawlessly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkfight Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Beautiful! My fiancé is giving me the green light for a sub $18K ski boat after our wedding this fall. I would be showing her this with a big smile on my face if it were November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rockdog Posted April 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 15, 2014 Gee that looks great, that would be a very affordable upgrade from my 97 SN GT40. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LkSamm196 Posted April 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 15, 2014 The re-power allowed the ZO upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted April 15, 2014 Author Baller_ Share Posted April 15, 2014 @LkSamm196 Yes, Re-powering with a Pleasure Craft 5.7 EX330 or 343 DBW allows for the utilization of Zero Off. I have done this now to about 10 boats in the last 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted April 15, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted April 15, 2014 Suggestion to have @Jody_Seal status changed to "Industy Expert/Professional" or "The Boat Whisperer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller LkSamm196 Posted April 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 15, 2014 I run into this problem every year....the dilemma about what to do with the old Perfect Pass speed system on my 2001 196. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstateskier Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 out of pure morbid curiosity what does it cost to put a new ZO acceptable engine into a SN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted April 15, 2014 Author Baller_ Share Posted April 15, 2014 What's Morbid about it? It depends on who's doing the Install and where the engine and ZO is coming from! New bob tail 343 re-power engine can run around $9000 sitting on my floor. As far as the install goes it is all about the deal! If the pull out engine has decent life left in it their is a market between $1500 and $2500, If the pull out unit is nothing more then core or (worse) scrap then again it boils down to the deal and the customer attitude! I have also been known to find warranty and low hour used engines from other sources. If someone came into the shop and said pull my good condition 600 hour gt-40 and get me Zero Off the customer out of pocket would be somewhere $8500-$9500 (est) as I could sell the pull out and Perfect pass and still make a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstateskier Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Just a saying! There's really nothing morbid about it. $8500-$9000 is actually not to bad considering if your 2000-2006 SN is paid for thats alot less money than going out and buying another $35-$45K slalom boat to have ZO. Plus its a whole new life cycle if your current engine has 1000+ hours on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller eleeski Posted April 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 15, 2014 @Jody_Seal How much for a ZO V6 for my 79 American Skier? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted April 15, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 15, 2014 If I lived closer would have already done it given I have a nice GT-40 to offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jhughes Posted April 16, 2014 Baller Share Posted April 16, 2014 It's too bad that an engine as spectacular as a GT40 is pretty much useless to modern competition skiers because of ZO. I've owned my 2000 SN going on 9 seasons here and that mill never fails to fire instantly and pull like a locomotive. Incredible torque and even a very spritely top end, turning a 422 into 5K happily. Yet, here I am thinking about a re-power or driving my rig down to FL to trade for this one! Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted April 16, 2014 Baller_ Share Posted April 16, 2014 $17.5k for that year Nautique with a 500 hr ZO engine and a Jody spit polish is a heck of a bargain. Yes, it hurts to pull out a perfectly good GT-40, but the end result is the best bang for the buck you can get. If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiray Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 @taperflex should have bought it and keep it at Divorce Lake!! That is as good as it is going to get for low cost ZO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted April 21, 2014 Author Baller_ Share Posted April 21, 2014 Good luck to Matt the new owner of this boat. Matt is one of our Nations hero's as he is a Air force officer. The boat went into the Little Rock area where it will be the first ZO boat within the group that skis together. I feel bad about the delivery as the sale went down so fast we did not have time to get it run through the shop to give it a real good detail. I am glad the boat's overall performance sold it's self! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstateskier Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 @Jody_Seal can you post some pics of the new motor in the boat? Or possibly even a video of the boat running? I'm curious how much better the boat performs with an updated plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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