Electric water pump on v-drive

[bad_behavior]

I've looked on the site and haven't been able to find a good discussion on the use of electric water pumps on V-drives or jets. Who has experience with this? Good idea/Horrible disaster waiting to happen?

I'm not sure with it being an "open" system if if would even function but I could see some advantages if it would work.

[RiverRatgrl]

When we bought our V-drive it came with a electric water pump made for a fish pond or something like that. You couldnt run it at high speeds or it overheated. This week we put a cam driven Magnaflow water pump on it and it works great.

[bad_behavior]

Good to know. I've seen electric pumps as the preferred method on the strip but didn't know the practicality of it on a boat.

Anyone else?

[gary slagle]

magna flow is a good choice,very simple,easy to change impellor & will last a good while if you keep trash out of raw water intake.best to keep a spare impellor around as a backup . iv'e seen some dragboats use electric pumps to cool block after a pass with an intake hose in a 5 gallon bucket of water..on the trailer. dont think it would work too well when running