Student at UCF builds 600+ HP outboard motor

**Chaz** · 12-17-2019, 09:59 AM

That's mild

compaired to the 3" long piece of Home Depo brass pipe they had sticking out of the bottom at one point ....

**perfmarine1** · 12-18-2019, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Chaz

100% accurate ...

Todd D. and Brent taught me what works . So it (whole concept) belongs to them as far as I'm concerned .. I've done a few for others .. with their permission, but never posted pictures.

J.P.
Mine is a little more subtle than some they tried ... I do the "street version" ..

So you are saying the witch nose flys above the bottom of the boat and you picked up 13psi water pressure?

**Chaz** · 12-18-2019, 04:51 PM

First I started by making these ..

You can see the pick-up sitting in the "notch" ..

Thru the bottom and out the transom ...

It worked, but not as good as I wanted. The boat goes up and down, in and out of the water .. but the gear cases usually stay in the water .. or close to it. besides , the water doesn't have to go thru the boat .. hoses and everything else. Just up the lower .. and done .. So yes, 13 PSI additional. Most importantly, no alarms ...

beeeeeeepppppppppp .. in guardian we go ..

And my notch is only .250 deep .. plenty more left , but I don't think a 16" wheel would fit ..

**perfmarine1** · 12-19-2019, 10:59 AM

[QUOTE=Chaz;3179328]First I started by making these ..

You can see the pick-up sitting in the "notch" ..

Thru the bottom and out the transom ...

It worked, but not as good as I wanted. The boat goes up and down, in and out of the water .. but the gear cases usually stay in the water .. or close to it. besides , the water doesn't have to go thru the boat .. hoses and everything else. Just up the lower .. and done .. So yes, 13 PSI additional. Most importantly, no alarms ...

beeeeeeepppppppppp .. in guardian we go ..

And my notch is only .250 deep .. plenty more left , but I don't think a 16" wheel would fit ..

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Ok now I understand,your statement (I added the "witch's nose" to the front of my sporties) had me thinking you put it on the sportie, not on the boat. I am surprised it does not effect the water flow to the props but I guess with the big diameter prop and only 1/4 inch below the bottom you are getting away with it. Are you blocking off the holes in nose cone or leaving them flow? Thanks for clearing that up Chaz,I appreciate it.

PS pretty trick how you made it adjustable!

**Chaz** · 12-19-2019, 11:53 AM

Clear as mud ..

No, I said :

First I started by making these ..

Then I said :

It worked, but not as good as I wanted. The boat goes up and down, in and out of the water .. but the gear cases usually stay in the water .. or close to it. besides , the water doesn't have to go thru the boat .. hoses and everything else. Just up the lower .. and done.

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. What I did was spend good time and money on making parts, buying hyd hoses with stainless fittings etc. to do those "remote" water pick-ups. While they worked .. "I wasn't happy with the results" so I did away with them and did "the witches nose" modification on the gear cases themselves, which are at the very least half again better than the much more complicated remote system.
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