1 hour ago, Steve B. said:

Do dealers not allow people to listen to these systems before ordering?

I would think a customer would demand at least some type of demo. If not in the same boat another one with something close.

Going into it blind and then complaining after the fact is kind of on the buyer IMO. Salesman might think the one being ordered sounds great based on his past experience listening to the same setup in another boat, but that is very subjective between different people.

9 hours ago, IXFE said:

 Everybody needs to relax…

There will be new Malibu dealers in EVERY affected market by July 1st and many well before that.

Same thing I heard as well. Most all already in place just waiting on the final stuff that has to be done.

Do dealers not allow people to listen to these systems before ordering?

I think this is a case by case basis, but as mentioned before, dealer relationship would be the major player for me. When it's the week of fourth of july or the week before your vacation and you need a quick repair, having a good relationship with your dealer and getting quick service is invaluable and priceless.

Ok sorry for the late response. So my coolant hose routing was an issue along with a bad thermostat. If I ran it off of a hose pipe at idle it sucks it completely flat. So I made an attachment that’s all metal pipe to go into a large bucket to draw water from while the garden hose runs in it. Worked well and was able to work out the issues with cooling. Off to the lake tomorrow after work and see if I can get a feel of the boat. 
 

The 92mm throttle body was making an awfully loud whistle at idle that would drive anyone crazy! It was the idle air control port in front of the blade that was creating it. I opened it up and smoothed out the surface and got it to stop. It figures the only two cheap parts on the entire build both caused me problems. One of these days I will learn but I’m starting to get long in the tooth. 54 this month.