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poddy

10-09-2009 06:36 AM

Dry Sumping

How much extra mph do you guys really see by dry sumping the #6's

poddy

10-09-2009 10:54 AM

i guess you guys do not see an improvement in the performance of the Apache

c_deezy

10-09-2009 11:33 AM

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/d...-6-drives.html

ApacheCarl

10-09-2009 11:49 AM

3-4 Mph.

BattleCry

10-19-2009 01:34 AM

Depends on if you are talking about the Mercury 6 Dry Sump or sending the drive to Weismann to have it done. I am told that the Weismann is a true dry sump drive and gains much more efficiency than the Mercury. I could be wrong though.

Biggus

10-20-2009 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BattleCry (Post 2975371)

When you say it's a true dry sump, does it have a scavanging pump and seperate tank for the gear lube?

BattleCry

10-20-2009 10:56 PM

I believe so.

ApacheCarl

10-21-2009 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BattleCry (Post 2975371)

I was just talking about switching from a wet 6 to a dry 6. A weismann with a separate tank may very well be more efficient.

BattleCry

10-21-2009 11:32 PM

Carl
Send Pat a message here. He goes by the screen name Shifter. He can tell you more about it. I was going by a conversation that I had with Rique Ford(Ragamuffin Racing).

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