GT-150 fuel tank / battery location

[thedeuceman]

its kinda late in the day to be trying to figure this out... but
i'm putting the floor on my GT-150 tonight and was wondering if there is an advantage to making space for the fuel tank, and or the battery in the front where the ski locker goes, i saw 1 thread about someone installing a tank in the front of one.
also read somewhere that adding weight to the front can helpful on this boat.
if im gonna do it i would run line and battery cables under the floor.
thanks

[Hyperacme]

My CV (from factory) has a copper fuel line runnin under side of deck and coming out of splashwell.
You'll also need a tank breather. Would be easy enough to do after boat is done.
I would run a 6 gal. fuel tank with a gal. or two of fuel in it, and put weight (sand bags) in front to see what happens to speed/handling.
My old V-156 liked weight in the back (2 - 6 gal. fuel tanks & battery) but GT's might not ... Don't know until ya try it.

Trick I learned from another member ... Put a shoe string ( cut peice of rag ) thru transom hole and into any water left in hull, it will wick out ...
Gets the last little bit out ... works great.

[scott r bishop]

I don't know if I'd put the battery up there just because of how hard it would be to reach it and how frequently batts need attention, but I posted this in WetRaiders post so I'll copy it here.

"Do this! We put an http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Moeller-Marine-Fuel-Tank&i=39527&r=view&from=grid 18 gallon (sorry, can't figure out the hyperlink, html doesn't work apparently) in the bow on our old 150 rebuild and the weight distribution makes a HUGE difference. There's a lot of weight in the rear of those boats (motor, battery, T/T pump, anchor/whatever else ya got) and putting fuel weight in the front made our boat plane out much faster and also ran more 'level' when on plane.  I have no clue why they didn't do this stock from the factory; would have made the GT-150 a much more desireable boat in my opinion."

I have more pics of our rebuild if you want them for reference.

[thedeuceman]

thanks, that's great info, and i would like to see some pix of what you did.
i did install wires and a fuel line under the floor "just because"

[thedeuceman]

does anyone here in the twin cities area have a tank to get rid of ?

[Jerry]

I got mine at Outboard Motor Recyclers It wasn't that much. I ran the steel line along the edge, with am electric pump, and Fuel filter.

[fireman24mn]

Joe I have 2 18 gallon tanks. Let them go for 20.00 each

[scott r bishop]

Here are a few more pics, I thought I had more but I can't find them...