I did the Faria Gauges, now for Perfect Pass?

[SoldTheBayliner]

OK, I have a 2000 SAN, and I did the Faria gauge conversion last summer... everything seems to be working great. I didn't even screw up drilling the hole in the bottom of the boat for the paddle wheel. But now that that's done (I've been told that the paddle wheel is the biggest part about upgrading the Perfect Pass) I'm wanting to put a newer PP in there... I'm curious about what my options are.

The boat has "Correct Craft Cruise" by Perfect Pass... which as I understand it is simply linked to the RPM's. It's not very consistant for wakeboarding, as you tend to slow the boat a bit with every hard carve/jump. You can get away with setting it a bit too fast, and letting it get back up to speed before you do any big turns, but who wants to think about that?

So for upgrading to a MPH-based Perfect Pass set-up, what are my options? I don't want to spend a whole lot if I can help it.

[Mikeski]

Easy, just change the master module and gauge. Here is the module. You should be able to find a single line gauge for about $50.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WAKEBOARD-PR...fcb86c&vxp=mtr

You would need to double check the version to see if it for a single or multi-line display but I would expect it to be a single line?

[Chexi]

Yep, what he said. But, note that those $50 mastercraft gauges on ebay do not come with a bezel, and much to my surprise, the bezel from my other PP did not fit it. The depth is off. So I run without a bezel on my PP. (2 of the buttons on my old gauge stopped working, hence the change).

That said, an rpm pull gets weak in the turnarounds, but is otherwise pretty darn smooth. Slalom skiiers use rpm pull, and they cut pretty hard.

[Mikeski]

RPM works well for slalom because of the attitude of the boat. At slalom speeds the boat is running much faster than the planing speed and has no chance of dropping below a plane. At wakeboard speeds the boat is only a few MPH over planing speed and you can usually pull the boat off plane while the RPMs are still up. I discovered this when I started loading up my old Ski Nautique with RPM only perfect pass. Reconfirmed it last year when my paddle wheel stopped working on my SV211. If you don't mind throttling at times and tend to wakeboard fairly fast RPM mode can work. The worst part about the cruise is not being able to set it before you are at speed and lack of consistent setting.