221 champion bilge clean up

[5fishon]

1999 221 champion 225 efi we took out the 48 gallon tank and cleaned up the bilge area moved batteries to the center of to boat put in remote oil fill kit a new 4 bank charger battery shut off switches run all wires to a new fuse box and a ground block had to custom bend some aluminum panels for the custom fit clean up and design was done by Steve Stier of Bath, Michigan please let us know what you think also found during cleanup we found an old Champion floating key chain which is for sale at obo price thanks in advance

[wishitwasbigger]

Hate to ask, but where do put the gas?

[bigfish1259]

Very nice, looks good.

[txsunfish]

Let's see some pic's of your boat as well!

[5fishon]

Hate to ask, but where do put the gas?

gallon tank under seats took out 48gallon tank

[Lea]

How many gallons does the under-seat tank hold?

[ChampioNman]

How many gallons does the under-seat tank hold?

What does the brochure say kiddo?

[Champ2005]

I second the motion of more pics of the boat! What you've done looks great!

[5fishon]

20 gallons

[Lea]

Fred, Brochure says 17 gals for aux tank under-seat. Regardless, 17 or 20, it's not going to take you very far...

[5fishon]

Having trouble loading pictures

[Lea]

Stratos?

[champ221]

My 96 221 with 225EFI sucks down about 2 mpg while running. A 17 or 20 gallon tank wouldn't get me through most days even on our small lakes here in NE Ohio.

[5fishon]

For what I fish here In lower Michigan it’s plenty of gas, if needed I have room to haul 2 5 gallon cans

[Lea]

[BeachCustoms]

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. The smaller tank might be good for the lakes he fishes but will hurt the resale, like it will be tough to sell to someone that fishes big water.

Stratos?

[5fishon]

No plan on selling and the butt seat came out of my 201 when I fished redman or now the BFL I have a really bad back so making long runs don’t work for me and I only make it to the Great Lakes a few times a year I can fish all day on St. Clair Michigan waters only on that small tank

[5fishon]

Sorry having a hard time figuring out how to download pictures I’ll try to get my daughter to help me tonight

[STLBassBuster]

No plan on selling and the butt seat came out of my 201 when I fished redman or now the BFL I have a really bad back so making long runs don’t work for me and I only make it to the Great Lakes a few times a year I can fish all day on St. Clair Michigan waters only on that small tank

St. Clair is a heck of a fishery so I would have no problems doing what your doing! You set that rig up how you need it to be and if you plan on keeping it why not!

[86 inches]

Looks like you used some quality parts. I like the Blue Sea components. Pic isn’t high res enough for me to see how you did your terminations so I can’t comment on how good you did there.

I’m surprised you pulled the tank. Seems like you could have left it and still got all the electrical to fit. I’m guessing you should store that tank in case you decide to drop it back in. Then again, I betcha somebody out there needs one. So, maybe you can make their day.

I’m wondering how moving your fuel weight forward has affected the performance of the boat and its attitude in the water.