CcanDo

Interesting thread...,.Thanks !

What does diamond do with the water pickups ? How much does the water pressure change with the modification ?

Longer skags make sense.

dreamboater

I have no idea what they would charge now. I know 2 years ago it was very reasonable. I don't have it done to my boat but have a friend that did it. From what he told me it's a very noticeable difference. He said he could raise them as high as he wanted even to high where he had a ton of prop slip and still keep enough psi on a 300x to prevent the buzzer from going off.

CcanDo

Thanks.....It would be interesting to compare the two solutions, hull bottom to lower unit.

dreamboater

the lower unit mod is the trick. The hull notches are really easy so maybe try that first. Most people don't run their motors that high
the while time rather just for a radar run.

BMCCRAY

If someone could post a picture of the water pickup mods that would be nice.

offshoresteve

Brad take a look @ my Skater @ the storage facility.My ramps were done @ Skater.
Steve

skate

My ramps that I posted photos of were done at Skater this year. Are your ramps different?

skaterjim

I have compared the 2 the water ramps are not needed if you do the lower mods and you can run 2 inches of height with just the lowers done. both ways work for water pressure I think the drive is a better way to go if you really want every mph but then again you just might not see it. the hull mod is easy.

raymo1979

I have the ramps But with the cross winds my water psi still would drop.So me and Rob at HTG racing did a mod to my lowers and it's fine now Iam going to rase my motors up to 1 7/8 and try it.If somebody can post pics for me that would be great just send me your email.
Ray

BMCCRAY

Hey Jim, its Chummy... could you post a picture of the water pickups on your gearcases? Thanks