Sea strainers with blower motors
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I have two Hardin Marine swirl away sea strainers I used on my natural asperated engines. I'm adding whipple chargers and wondering if I need to add an additional strainer for the whipple intercoolers?
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Most likely the strainers will be a good enough water supply but you might want to consider 2 stage sea pumps. I'm not sure how much water the intercoolers need but I wouldn't want to take any water away from cooling the engines. Just my 2cts.
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I would stick with the single stage pump unless you have a larger pickup. If you are using a bravo drive to supply the engine, then a 2 stage pump isn't really going to help.
I use a transom mounted pick up and force feed the intercooler. You should run a seperate intercooler strainer. I really like the sand strainers from Hardin.
This one.
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-14571...ead-mount.aspx
Eddie
I use a transom mounted pick up and force feed the intercooler. You should run a seperate intercooler strainer. I really like the sand strainers from Hardin.
This one.
http://www.cpperformance.com/p-14571...ead-mount.aspx
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I'm with Eddie. Why take away any water from cooling the motor??? When you add a blower, you increase cylinder temps and need all the cooling you can get, the cooler the better. Add an offshore pickup and run a separate strainer.
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