Favorite buoy rideplate/intake grate combo
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Big Kahuna
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What year hull do you have? Pre 2008 The R&D Rius Plate with Worx intake always worked really well. The Worx Dominator plate slammed the nose down to much for my taste. Post 2008. Cannot tell you. I liked the TBM Plate for my SXR, I would order one if I get an 2015 SJ for racing and give it a try.
Edited initial post, should have specified that. Yeah, its a squarenose. Is there more that one style Rius plate?
Big Kahuna
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nope. Not that I know of. Its the Rius Race plate. Race partner had the Rius Race plate, I ran a Worx Std Plate with a chunk of alum added to it to make it an extended plate and it worked really well for me when I raced my SJ from 2000-2004.
Vumad
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My Dominator was okay for keeping the nose down but I eventually learned to do that with a stock plate too. The Dominator is flat like stock just longer with a D. I felt a plate with a little more shape would help the boat track better. I tried out a jet dynamics on a loan and felt it had a lot of potential, but I only put one ride on it. I got tired of changing plates and wasnt trying to be too competitive after I got hurt so Ive just been riding stock. Dominator is a good choice if you find one cheap but I don't think its the race winner if you want the back to stay planted. My hull is pre-08 with destroyers and homebrew rear sponsons.
Oh I did a quick google search and it looked like there was a shorter one, but that was probably not he correct photo. The rius looks long which is what Im after. we'll see, maybe I'll just need to buy a few and test them for myself.
I have a friend with a dominator and maybe another with a long JD, I'll borrow them and test.
Vumad
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Are you running rear sponsons? Huge improvement from them.
I think the dominator/rius plate will be my next one. Maybe a TBM or shredmaster if I can find one for less than $300, doesn't seem worth it.
I'm not. I saw you mentioned that you ran homemade ones.
I always heard the rear sponsons helped a lot on 08+
For 300$ id go with the prowatercraft ride plate. Definitely an aggressive design.
Tbm 96-07 is discon'd, shredmaster long tail would be tough to find.
Best value imo worx dominator, easy to find used for 100$
For 300$ id go with the prowatercraft ride plate. Definitely an aggressive design.
Tbm 96-07 is discon'd, shredmaster long tail would be tough to find.
Best value imo worx dominator, easy to find used for 100$
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I'm thinking foothold delete, and some new Jettrim mats with a rear lifter wedge will make a sweet addition to the cause. How much do you guys shim your intake grates? I did some shimming last summer and it helped some.
Basically right now I've found that my stance needs to be hanging as much as my body off the rear end up of the ski as possible with tipping the ski over a lot to make it hit a buoy going fast. I downgraded power quite a bit, so I should actually be able to handle myself out there without having to let up so much. Might not win the race, but I need to get a lot better before I can handle more power.
Basically right now I've found that my stance needs to be hanging as much as my body off the rear end up of the ski as possible with tipping the ski over a lot to make it hit a buoy going fast. I downgraded power quite a bit, so I should actually be able to handle myself out there without having to let up so much. Might not win the race, but I need to get a lot better before I can handle more power.
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Vumad
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Power is handling.
Haha pin it to win it!! I was too timid to hold my setup wide open as much as I should be. Need to build some confidence going a little slower.
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I have a 2012 the pro watercraft plate did not slow my boat at all and It is the best plate I think I have tryed everything
2nd best I like shred master if you can find one
Intake I run pro tec 2 bar open no scoop so it doesn't slow the boat down
2nd best I like shred master if you can find one
Intake I run pro tec 2 bar open no scoop so it doesn't slow the boat down
Big Kahuna
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You want some breaking effect if your running bouys. At the 2006 Lake Norman Tour Stop I carried my Stock SXR with TBM plate and also Yamacats Mild Limited SXR with TBM. I was surprised at the difference the speed effected the grate. On my stocker I could hit the turns just about WOT and let off, set the nose and rail the turns, with the Limited, first time I hit the first tight corner, boy did I overshoot it! Needed more downforce on the nose some. All part of ride plate tuning.