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Old 09-12-2008, 04:21 PM
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If you switch to a transom water pickup is it nessessary to still let water flow through the drive. In other words, should you loop the hose and just discharge the water overboard?
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Is the drive not picking up enough water? Why would you switch to a transom mount?
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A buddy has a bravo Top Gun that has transom water pick-ups. Soemone used the drive water pick-ups to discharge water right onto the top of the drives (like a drive shower). We hung over the transom one weekday in calm water at 40mph to see water dumping right on the drive at speed......pretty cool set-up I thought.
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I was thinking of doing the drive shower thing but just wanted to know if it was necessary to keep water flowing through the drive.
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It is necessary to run water thru Bravos for cooling.
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Here is what I did on my Pantera. It also had a dump out the side of the boat for excess water.
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Very cool, thank you!!!
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