Cattitude

So I went to Navarre/Destin for 4 days and despite my good intentions, I found some sand, never felt it hit, might have just grazed.

I noticed things sounded different after idling 100 yds out from Juana's/being beached and attempting to get on plane- looked at the gages, water temp was 180ish, shut it down.

Quickly found strainer to be full enough to the intake hose. cleaned the strainer, unplugged the hose to the strainer and flushed. removed the line to the sea pump and there was hardly and sand in it at all, flushed it too. Running a KPM pump with run dry capability.

Cleaned reassembled and all ran good including water pressure.

Do I have to worry about lingering sand in the block or does it flush out over time (if there is any in there)

Thanks

Oh- and the Pantera kills big water- what a blast

tomcei

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Cattitude

Plowing 50'+ fishing boats make the biggest wakes/troughs I could find, enough to get me wet. The Destin pass can be fun passing boats as you head out out at 40-50. The Gulf was pretty mild except for Monday when the wind was more prevalent lots of hull air, occasional prop air, 5 blade works pretty well keeping us hooked up. Tina is getting much better at the rough stuff. she prefers leaning into the gunnel, standing behind the pass bolster squeezing the rear facing chicken handle.

with the colors, and Tina looking good, I never saw so many cameras pointed our way. In the gulf, one charter made the captain stop so they could take pictures. We were stopped and had just passed them out the pass putting on a good show. I could hear them talking about how much they loved the go fasts and thanking the captain for helping with the pic.

It was a good time- can't wait to go back- I'll see if I can get some pics up

Strip Poker 388

I don't think it will flush out. Mine has some sediment in it every time I tear it down and I never have ran aground , it just gets in there I guess from monurving around,churning up the bottom when I am in shallow places.

birdog

I lost an engine once..packed with sand. The guages never read hot because the top was still cool....Pull the drans & fish around inside with water running

Cattitude

Been racing too much and finally got to sand removal, got about 1/4 cup or less out of each side- flushed each side for about 30 minutes with the drain plug just above the oil pan removed. there was an initial "wad" then some sandy water then clear within a minute. Thanks for the help guys

Think that will be an annual and every trip to the ocean thing.

talon25

cattitude ,

glad to here you got rid of the sand , sounds like you had fun in the ocean . How is that new blower motor working out for you ? What pitch 5 blade are you running on that beast .

HIMES(JAIME)

post the pic's of that bad azz boat, thanks for the story. himes

Cattitude

It's a strong runner, even in the sweltering heat wave. The blower (2.3) is really a bit undersize for the 540, will likely sell eventually and replace it with a 3.3 and a cam change, then dial down boost a bit for a detuned reliable setup. I've been high 70's with lotsa gas, 99 degrees, 1120 ft of elevation and flat water so I'm pretty confident 80 is there with more favorable conditions.

The ocean trip wa sa blast, will do at least once a yr, maybe go down to Destin for the races in Nov.

I had a 25" p5x for the 575, Throttle up reworked it to 26", and I've been seeing 5100-5200 out of it so it should be about right overall. did not want to lab it as I'd rather have it stout than chase the last digit or so.

not letting me put a pic in for some reason