AutoFlow 2.0 Upgrade!!!

[BrettLee3232]

Did anyone else get some free WakeLand Koozies?


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[blackcup]

Pulled the trigger on the 2.0 upgrade as well ... should arrive next week and be installed shortly after that. Looking forward to seeing the difference in the wave!

Also will have the manual flow for sale once it is done.

[jstenger]

Travelling this week, but will take pictures and post on my return this weekend.

Where are the pics?

[seftonm]

Got my updated plates, hoping to install next weekend!

For people who upgraded from Auto Flow 1.0 to 2.0, how do you hook up your transom straps? It looks like the new bigger plates will be in the way.

[tubby]

I cut a slit in a pool noodle, attack to the tab to not chaf the strap,and not tighten as much. The only picture I have is this one with the old tab but you get the idea.20150628_151252.jpg

[Jeepers]

The holes are not the same (per the manufacturer). I'm not sure if it's worth it or even the cost of it.


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Try adding a set of Bennett Drop Fins to the older style wakeplate. I have a set on order to install with my autoflow 2.0 retrofit kit from Wakeland. The drop fins add more surface area and is equivalent to 1 size larger trim tab.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...353&id=2393734




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[aerolland]

Try adding a set of Bennett Drop Fins to the older style wakeplate. I have a set on order to install with my autoflow 2.0 retrofit kit from Wakeland. The drop fins add more surface area and is equivalent to 1 size larger trim tab.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?...353&id=2393734




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I am no expert by any means, nor do I own a setup with surf tabs, but the more I research and *think* I understand how the systems work I have to wonder if the drop tabs will hurt performance...

All the surf systems accomplish basically the same thing, create drag. This drag makes the boat crab sideways through the water and essentially makes one side of the boat longer than the other, thus making the wave converge on the short side. If you add a device at the transom that has vertical fins digging in, I would think it would counteract that crab motion.

All that said, it's just theory

[Jeepers]

I am no expert by any means, nor do I own a setup with surf tabs, but the more I research and *think* I understand how the systems work I have to wonder if the drop tabs will hurt performance...

All the surf systems accomplish basically the same thing, create drag. This drag makes the boat crab sideways through the water and essentially makes one side of the boat longer than the other, thus making the wave converge on the short side. If you add a device at the transom that has vertical fins digging in, I would think it would counteract that crab motion.

All that said, it's just theory

That's exactly what Mastercraft did with their Gen2, and SC did with autoflow 2.0 tabs. The drop fins actually work by keeping more water channeled under the tab for a longer period of time, increasing their effectiveness. They also reduce spray from the tab.

So if I'm trying to duplicate the larger size of the new tabs, the drop fins will help me do this. In addition, if I can reduce turbulence of the water coming off the plate I will have a cleaner wave.

If it doesn't work, I can just unbolt it and I'm only out $28.




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[stevemarich]

Got my updated plates, hoping to install next weekend!

For people who upgraded from Auto Flow 1.0 to 2.0, how do you hook up your transom straps? It looks like the new bigger plates will be in the way.

On a 17 so I have the hooks on swim platform, but I used gates hydraulic hose sheath to cover the strap, pretty clean , seems to get the job done, no wear so far

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[Surf Wagon]

Does everyone use transom straps?

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