Originally Posted by edgeprod

Ballast, man! Do you have a V-Drive? The "little" wake is my knock-around Chaparral boat, and the "bigger" wake is my Centurion wake boat. I also ride behind my Epic 23V sometimes, but with the 8.1L engine, it gets expensive. Yes, before you say it, Mark, I collect boats like I collect cars ... LOL. The Chaparral is a 5.7L V8, the Centurion is a V-Drive, and the Epic is a 8.1L (just .3 less than my Viper, which cracks me up). Big difference is the Epic holds 4,000 - 6,000 pounds of ballast water, and the Centurion needs fat sacs to make its ass sit down low enough. Been using Launch Pad sacs.

If you're anywhere near here anytime soon, I can pull you on 'em and see what you can do with a big wake. ;)

Liquid Force is one of my sponsors, so I ride their Witness 140 ... what do you ride? It makes a HUGE difference.

Also, you can put an aftermarket tower on a non-wake boat ... and that makes a BIG difference, too. I can hook you up with $1,000 off of a nice one, which makes it around $1,200, I think.