Originally Posted by 4bus

Oh boy....those ARE surface drives, Indy to be exact. And like the others told you, the "pipe" is to get the HUGE diameter surface piercing props moving when they are fully submerged off plane. Once on plane the "pipes" (as you refer to them) are above the water line and no longer aerate the prop.

I am sure there are all kinds of things you can bolt on to your boat that will throw water in the air, slow you down, cause drag, and make your boat handle dangerously, just to look like a surface drive boat in the eyes of those that do not know any better.

Originally Posted by jrstoybox

You're right after I looked closer at the video it's clear as day. I definitely don't need them on my 303 but was considering it for my next which will be a 353 or 382.

Originally Posted by mickeymcclgn

Those are prop airaters (sp?) that looks like it could be a NXT or a #6 drive setup and it needs to airate the props to get some slip and get the motors revving and get on plane. You see them on a lot of the race boats and fast sh*t. Nothing that I own lol.