Hitting BIG Waves on the 2024 Sea-Doo RXP-X 325 - Does More Power Make it Better?
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- We take to the waves of Lake Tahoe to try the brand new 2024 Sea-Doo RXP-X 325. Now with 325 horsepower on tap, this performance machine is all about carving through the corners and blasting down the straights.
With a 0-60 time of just 3.4 seconds, the new RXP-X is the quickest and most powerful PWC on the market. Watch our full review of this new Sea-Doo right here and let us know what you think in the comments below.
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Wow 325hp, that’s gotta feel like a rocket ship. We had a Honda back in 2001 with all of like 130hp or something and even at South Lake Tahoe it felt like a rocket and got us to Emerald Bay in no time. Can’t imagine over doubling that power and likely torque. Looks like a super fun Tahoe trip!
Since it’s a new redesigned motor and supercharger I definitely would not be buying it in its first year if production. I’d be waiting for any problems to surface and be worked out…case in point are initial failures they had with IDF.
This is so true!
Well I ordered a RXTX the day after it came out so hopefully there arnt any problems
@@anthonynarducci7344 Hope it works out for you! I’ve had a couple “first year products”. Some were good, others were terrible…. Hopefully BRP worked the bugs out!
100%
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Brrrooo I made the mistake year after year. I would always rush out and buy the newest release seadoos.
Had issues with every single one
Remember IDF ?
I don’t buy anything first year anymore.
"There's no substitute for cubic inches." YAMAHA Revs Your Heart.
Why feature a performance machine review at Lake Tahoe at over 6000 feet? Makes no sense. Glad to see Tim is still working with SeaDoo.
This was actually a bonus that was added to our Can-Am Maverick R ride. We ended near Lake Tahoe, and they thought it would be fun to try the new Sea-Doos as well. So this wasn't planned as a Sea-Doo event primarily.
@@tkpowersports makes sense now
The color is so so ,my 2014 rxp 260 is red and black very sexy
Turbo Charged, 4 Cylinder, Dry Deck Block would withstand 40 plus psi of boost.
I hope their 0-60 number is consistence. Not, a 1 time, on that perfect day.
New Improved Valve Springs and Retainers is huge. I floated a valve on my 2019 RXP X back in May 2021. And had to totally have Riva Racing rebuild the engine. $8,000 later. 😦
Thats the problem with buying performance machines……..
@@tiredofthetyranny9874that's the problem with modding high performance machines. BRP says they didn't have to touch the top end but they want to be the brand of choice for modders and racers and people pushing into stage three and up builds were having valvetrain failures so they beefed it up to handle that. Pretty cool of them imo
Would have been nice to have an in-depth walk around as well. Not just showing a few things while riding.
Are you guys going to cover anything from Kawasaki PWC?
Working on it! Yamaha and Sea-Doo have been more accessible to us, but we're working with Kawasaki now for new Jet Ski content.
So this is the only video out that isnt a corporate job. Everone else is holding out for some reason. They just brought several journalists for an event but they're holding out for their regular schedulded video releases I guess.
He wasn't at the same event as Greg Gaddis and Kevin Shaw they were at bever lake
Gotcha. But sill no one has released anything. They are sitting on the reviews for some reason. This channel is still way ahead of the others. I'm giving up on looking for any review or more info. It's ridicules!
I wonder if a stage 1 on the new 325 is as quick as a stage 1 gp1800r
If not I’ll keep the yammy thanks
This is what I'm waiting for. Show me the numbers!
If you guys haven't seen FuelTech's video by now, that'll tell you everything. They piggybacked their own ECU onto it to remove the limiter and gave it a very conservative tune, and the first time it ever touched the water, it did 81 MPH. That's a Stage 2 on the Sea-Doo 300's, so I think it's safe to say a full Stage 1 tune will make it WAY faster than anything else.
@@XF_Chaos well this answers my question,
You can check on my channel and see my stage 1+ gp1800r will do 136km all day that’s 84MPH
So even with a tune it’s still not as fast as the GP on stage 1!!! Shame
I guess those engines just have limitations until physically bolting on mods
Shame really!!
I was about to buy one, but seems like a cheap and simple stage 1+ on a Yamaha is still the way to go
Not to mention all the other issues with carbon seals and overheating and the frequency of the machines going into limp mode , oh and the fact they don’t handle in any mild amount of chop just makes this a deal breaker for me
Thanks for your reply
@@AlexanderTheGrateful No no, a very CONSERVATIVE tune. They upped RPM limits by - get this - 50. 8300 RPM and a SCOM is all it took. On top of that, the ski had 0 hours on it. It hadn't been broken in, it hadn't even touched the water, and it made that speed after 5 minutes of engine runtime.
That machine comes from factory with what is essentially a Stage 2 kit - better intake, better fuel management, upgraded supercharger, reinforced valvetrain, even a stronger engine block and new oiling jets under the pistons.
Kevin Shaw from The Watercraft Journal speculated that a full tune and nothing else would push it almost to 90 with little trouble, and he's got decades of experience in the industry.
@@XF_Chaos we have one here finally got to ride one in stock form
All I can say..... BRP wtf have you done???
Hopefully aftermarket tuning can fix the problems I discovered with the new 325 unit,
Firstly they have ruined the tune compared to the 300 model in my opinion. Noticeably off the line. They have robbed power from take off low rpm and slowly ramp up the power through the rev range to give the illusion that is has a lot more power,
It has exponential throttle, from take off, so when you back off the throttle at high revs and get back in the throttle it feels more aggressive but in fact is just designed with an expo throttle...
They’ve gone backwards in my opinion, yes the 325 “feels” faster mid range and top end but down low the 300 will eat it all day,
And before you ask. Yes I rode the stock 300 back to back on the same day just so we could compare them. We all came up with the same results and some were happy but most of us were disappointed,
Maybe they rushed them out and they need to tweak the tune or they are compensating the tune to mask other areas that are lacking
Either way I’m deeply grateful for being given the opportunity to ride a stock 325 that is well and truly broken in
For anyone that doesn’t know the 300 inside out. This might be good for them, but when you’re used to a machine that hammers off the line, then the higher horsepower model get released and they are in fact slower off the Mark,
I won’t tell you how it went against a stock fx because I don’t have video proof, but let’s just say off the Mark. The Yamaha might just have it when they release the 1.9 supercharged motor
Felt good to ride and get my own actual experience instead of all the bs you get online
My final verdict on the new 325, it has amazing mid range power, but unfortunately that’s where it ends,
For me this is a huge deal breaker,
Let see what aftermarket tunes can bring for this machine, but so far by the moderate tune you mentioned things aren’t looking too good
It’s a shame because I really expected more from these machines
Does it break the 2 mpg barrier?
Lol, depends on how you ride. In my experience on my '17 RXP-X I get about 5 mpg cruising or running in chop, but on glass pushing it hard I get down to around the 2-3 mpg mark.
Who is looking at a supercharged ski caring about MPG? If you care about range get a NA 170 model.
have they fixed the problem with the hull ?
What problem with the hull?
@@flacjacket Im in a brp group even if I am à waverunner guy , ive seen a lot of Hull cracked due to small waves impact .. Thats crazy
@@elmo6646 I've seen a lot of that damage too, but they're lying if they're saying its from small waves. A lot of these guys are jumping huge ocean waves and the wondering why they have hull damage when they break a motor mount and mess up the driveshaft alignment.
That’s the least of your worries. There are many underlying issues with seadoos design but no one will address it and they just throw more horsepower under your nose and the stupid keep buying them lol
There is a Facebook page dedicated to seadoos sinking, and sadly there are posts updated very regularly,
If they have a page making fun of a certain problem with a particular manufacturer. You have to ask yourself the question, “am I stupid enough to buy one of these machines and potentially risk my life? “
Surely not,
We all love the machines seadoo makes. But the ones that know will just steer away until they get those underlying issues fixed
Until then. I’ll ride an ugly looking Yamaha off shore and never have a phobia of sinking like I did with my previous 3 seadoos.
Im on the fence between GP1800R and the RXP-X. Only issue stopping me with RXP-X is the carbon seal thing. Anyone know anything about this issue?
Hasn't been an issue in years. Take care of your ski; don't go jumping it off huge ocean waves, don't run it dry ever... like keep an eye on things. So many of the "carbon seal is junk" is from guys beating the piss out of them and never doing routing maintenance or inspections.
Yeah I know a lot about this issue. My rxp-x started taking on water with only 3 hours on the dash,
Miss aligned engine from factory, causing wear in my wear ring and carbon seal,
I noticed it getting low in the water only after 20 minutes of riding but kept riding thinking its brand new there can’t be any issues.
Luckily I managed to limp it back to the ramp with almost a full hull of water,
Still love seadoos but they have some issues unfortunately
@@badm0t0rf1ng3r lol in other words by a seadoo and keep it in your garage
😂👌
I’m buying a Yamaha so I can do all of the above, what’s the point buying a jetski if you can’t do this or that lol 😂
Absolutely insane!! Murica 😂😅
@@AlexanderTheGrateful you must treat your belongings like shit if you think taking care of them means never using them.
@@badm0t0rf1ng3r no I just refer that to seadoos in general. Never had issue with my Yamaha’s and Kawasaki’s
Just real life experience
Have you had any? 😂
Hello 👋🏾. Who designed your logo TK?
Us
@@tkpowersports I’m looking for a graphic designer. If you know a quality designer please pass my info on to the individual. It’s greatly appreciated.
I'll never buy one,but I like the tech. It looks like helicopter technology.
It looks like lazy boy couch technology. Ride a stand up in those waves! That's big boy stuff
Turbo: I WANT PROBLEMS, ALWAYS !
If you want problems just buy a stock seadoo ☺️👌
You’ll be in limp mode in no time 😅
With all that technology it can’t compensate for altitude?
The new ECU does compensate and alter AFR for combustion variables such as atmospheric pressure, but you cannot "correct" density altitude. No engine is going to make the same power at 5000 feet as it does at sea level. A turbo or supercharger helps diminish the loss, but not totally.
It sounds like you are on a Kawa.
they improved a flawed design (the carbon seal)
The worst place to demo a supercharged machine 6000+ feet? It's a shame they still using the carbon seal and the hull material is cracking all over the place. That engine with a kawasaki hull and yamaha reliability the dream machine, nice to see a race between a Kawi ultra and the 325hp on chop at sea level!
Offshore big water the Kawi will walk away from it. But the px is a closed corse competition ski not an offshore design ski. Its comparable to the gp1800svho
Carbon seal issue is fixed, they had a bad material supplier giving them inconsistent parts. A redesign and supplier issue change have eliminated carbon seal failures for the last 2 years.
Exactly mate, they are building a machine with more horsepower but lacks the capabilities of going faster in mild chip due to the lack in hull design.
I ride Yamaha and seadoos back to back and the one thing that really surprises me. Is the amount of side to side movement in the seadoos handling. Not to mention a random small wave steering my nose in a different direction,
They need to work on making a fast hull before they try adding more horsepower. They have many issues like carbon seal and the three engine mounts that are not adequate and seem to come misaligned that needs addressing
For the people that know, they just know.
You can try and tell rest of them but it just goes straight over their heads
A planetary increaser on the supercharger? Reliability isn’t a priority clearly.
Reliability has never been a priority for Seadoo
I’ve had a 2005 155 GTX engine open and it looks well built. That is Rotax and not Seadoo of course. Beyond that I couldn’t really say except this increaser idea is crazy.
Same top end as before Coast Guard rules
saying this rxp is quite similar to gp1800 😢 this guy should make reviews on hamburger not jetskies
waves eating the power more
Looks like Seadoo still number 1
😂🤦♂️
Looks like Seadoo is still number 1 in sinking problems......
I hit 70 mph GPS on my untouched kawasaki 310lx and I'm Sure Much faster on chop than the seadoo.
“Does more power make it better” then proceeds to test it at an elevation where it feels less than the previous model did at sea level. Worthless review
This is pretty cool... in theory, but for anyone else on the water, it's a missile. There are plenty of track-only land vehicles. With this much power and speed, these should be "track-only" or "deep-water only" to keep smaller craft and low-power users safe. I know 95% of PwC buyers aren't murderously heedless idiots, but these things go so fast that they are on top of you before they can avoid you. At least around here, you don't often hear " oh look, a PwC driver going slowly near the shore and being careful of others on the water". It's more like everything else on the water is just another flag on their own personal slalom course, with extra points for swamping or rocking other boats with their wake. This of course tars all the decent pwc users with the same brush, which is unfair. Still, speed is an important factor in boating deaths. Could we have a little tech to make these things safer, at least for other people on the water? An automatic sonar- based minimum water depth for full power? More stringent, multi-stage licensing, like with motorcycles? Sorry to be a downer on a fun machine, TK, but these things aren't always fun to be around. Cheers.
I took the boater safety course recently, it was far too easy. Any halfwit could pass that, and apparently they do.
😂
I'll trust my antique waverunner more than I would trust anything from brp
me too man lol I'd take my 98 2 stroke yamaha over this any day
The antique waverunner with 701cc engine is even more reliable than the new Yamaha
What's on your neck? And don't say nothing. That's something someone who got bit by a vampire would say.
Ha! It's a neck gaiter for sun protection.
@@tkpowersports Sun protection… that’s also something someone bit by a vampire would say.
😅 take care cool video. Thanks for the response. If your w’s start to sound like v’s I’ll know something is up.
Like this walrus is going to push this machine with all that upper body weight, sorry big man I am sure you like to get out there and ride but your niche should be focused on the big bubbas that like to ride, how it fits them, is it tippy... You should not be saying you can push the machine hard because you can't, if you can not do even a couple pull ups you are plush not performance.
Note: if that hull handled so well why did it need a steering damper? It is not a deep V, it has a pointy bow and a flat bottom with rounded corners. Seadoos bow hunt so bad it needed the steering damper. But The RXPX does hook tight corners well, I actually prefer the T3 more with its aggressive bite.