Thoughts on water pick-ups

[Mich. Maniac]

I was thinking about something different.. I would like to not use any exposed cooling lines just to keep things clean looking. I am building a cat style right now and just need to complete cooling. I was wondering what your guys thoughts were on using 4 of these on the ride pads? http:/=oct-ocsw
With that in mind Im thinking no just cause of the fact im running twin's and they would disturb water flow to props. Is there anywhere else on a cat you could put these to be efficiant? I was thinking pointing them to middle of tunnel part. Also I am expecting to pull around 70-80 amps per motor which is why im looking for lots of water flow.

Mike

[NorthernBoater]

Check this out.
http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/inf...tercooling.php

[crazzy maxx]

yea i think you should just go with what nothern boater said.

[txboatpilot]

I used this method described in the OSE tips...

Here is a picture.. I only did one pick-up.. That is all I needed.. It works fantastic!

[crazzy maxx]

he did it on a cat so ide go with him
with is basicly what northernboater said

[skidooguymxz550]

DO NOT BUY THOSE!!! they suck i put one on my scat cat and it noticibly decreased speed and batter life compared to the tube i had commin out the back. i'm going back to that style this season. the pickup your looking at is huge and creates a ton of drag

[Mich. Maniac]

Well,, I dont know if you should say all that. I have used them before on a mono and yes, thy did cause much drag but they worked great. I think I will go with the scratch built ones. thanks guys.

[Eyekandyboats]

rudder pick up for me :)

[SJFE]

DO NOT BUY THOSE!!! they suck i put one on my scat cat and it noticibly decreased speed and batter

You are intitled to your OPINION...But Before we BASH a product let's take a minute to consider a couple things. Maybe you didn't install it correctly or it wasent the correct part for your application. Advising some one a product sucks & not to buy it on this forum, that happens to be suported by the store in which said product is sold is not a very...well form your own Opinion.

[SJFE]

Mike MHZ has sweet 0 drag dual pick up units. Surf on over and have a look see. I am debating a set on the jolly to be honest.

[Eyekandyboats]

SKIDOO. i agree with you.
those things SUCK hugeness(<lol)

[Mich. Maniac]

Thanks, I always forget about them, sometimes there stuff is sooo overpriced. I think i will grab 2 large bore single pickups and 2 small bore "Y" connectors this weekend. If you look at the specs for the large bore "Y" they are like 4mm OD. a little large for our large cooling lines plus they are like never in stock. cool deal

[Mich. Maniac]

rudder pick up for me :)

Honestly Taylor, I originally posted I wanted to avoid exterior lines. Why even post that? If you have a solution that would be appreciated.

[Eyekandyboats]

but the lines look koool!!

your no fun.

[robby76]

Octura has some water pick ups available.
if there is a piece of hardware i need some other website has, i email steve here at OSE and see if he can sell it to me. most of the time he can and has done so for me.
i try to take care of steves OSE. the BEST on the web.