In any boat, it is all about ballance. With a battery in the front or back the boat will handle different with a 180lb driver than it will with a 220lb driver. The lighter the boat is the more critical the ballance. In my SSr if my son tried to lean to the side to look around me at anything over 90 the boat would take a nice lean and pull to that side to the point that I would have to make a correction. In the XR sometimes all you have to do is lean your head and or your body to one side or the other to make a correction. You just can't have a caned set up. If we could all of us would run the same.
i agree!!!!!!!!!!!! the ss is set up to run the battery in 3 places. the back left. the back left on the floor, and center in front of the driver. i ran it up on the shelf, and the trim motor on the other side to make a balanced set up. with the slide seat i would move around to rebalance it when i had a passenger.. it is a very weight sensative boat. if i was running a the edge "Yeah once and a while" if the the boat just needed a little bit, i would lean a little to bring right back...... the ss is awesome, but it demands respect, if you dont respect it, your going to turn it around!
IMO most allisons runs the best with any added weight as close to the transom as possible. except if you need to add some to one side for balance.
EXP if your racin and have to add 50LBS 95% of the allison racers is putting it next to the transom.
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