[ColoradoDiablo]

Nauticus makes the smart tabs. Your probably going to want to run the SX9510-80 series. Go here SMART TABS raise your performance expectations. and look em over.
They are awesome. You won't beat the performance for the buck anywhere else!
Larry

[nglauer]

I have the 60 series. I think the 80 may be to much for our 180 diablos. The 3.0 is the 4 cylinder, our boats probably look identical since mine is an 01 as well. If you have a prestige trailer like mine, you will need to cut the center bunks back about 3+ inches so the tabs clear when loading.

[mikeyt]

Your Diablo will be perfect for the Smart Tabs SX - 60lb actuators (SX9510-60). The 80lb arms are too stiff for your boat/motor combo. Here's a link to the correct model at Iboats.com

[ColoradoDiablo]

Geee my badd
Either way , Nauticus will switch out the struts if one or the other is needed.

[mikeyt]

Nauticus provided excellent customer service when i broke one of my struts. They rushed 2 replacement units complete with an extra set of pins & i was back in business the following weekend.

[ColoradoDiablo]

You hit that on the head Mikey!! They helped me out when my niece stepped on the tab and broke the strut rod from the mount. Plus they traded my 60lb struts for 80s when I did a V8 repower on a boat that I wasn't sure which ones to run..
A1 in my book!!

[00 diablo 00]

Thanks guys,
Very helpfull info. I will be buying the smart tabs, got to them on before boating season gets here. I will let you know what I think.

[voodoo]

I put a set of smart tabs on my 16 foot doral tri hull a few years ago.
The boat had a major problem with porpoiesing with varied loads. I was constantly playing with the trim
The customer service I recieved from the company was top notch and the tabs completely fixed the problem.
My Davanti has levelers or I'd be putting smart tabs on it.
I've had 9 adults in the Davanti and because of the seating there is always more load on the port side. I'm always playing with the levelers to compensate and it keeps you on your toes in big waves. Not that I'm complaining, this boat handles 3 foot swells with some hull pounding hits but she is pretty solid.
I'd be interested to see how smart tabs would deal with this.
Anyone have experience with this scenario?

[mikeyt]

I dont think Smart Tabs are designed to level out off centre loads in your boat but there's nothing stopping someone from setting one side slightly stiffer than the other which might slightly help the situation. I dont suspect though that they would be an improvement on your levelers.

[nglauer]

Originally Posted by mikeyt

I dont think Smart Tabs are designed to level out off centre loads in your boat but there's nothing stopping someone from setting one side slightly stiffer than the other which might slightly help the situation. I dont suspect though that they would be an improvement on your levelers.

I have adjusted the port side down further to offset a load. Usually my wife and kids sit on that side of the boat.. and it's just me on the starboard side. I don't like anyone sitting in front of me in the Bow, and no one sits behind me because I usually have the cooler behind my seat. It seemed to work fine and leveled the boat out fairly well, but if I remember it also pulled the boat slightly to the left? but i can't remember. Hopefully the weather gets nice enough so I can test it and see lol.

Nick