SCX with through hull water pickups
 

Any of you folks running a IMCO SCX, but have thru hull pickups? How are you dealing with the water through the SCX case? On my XR I had it blocked off to the gimbal, but a 1/2" hole drilled in the side with a fitting directing the extra water at the side of the case for some additional cooling, Im not going to drill a hole in the side of a brand new SCX, but feel just blocking the flow to the engine will create too much water pressure for the internal water passages in the SCX case.

You don’t want to block off the water flow, the scx is internally cooled by this water. I hear you about not wanting to drill a hole in the side.... I’ve talked to some shops that will just run a hose from the gimbal to a dump right out the boat again. I may have to do something like this in the future.

Yikes that’s a lot of pressure. Imco might be the only ones that can offer advice at those speeds...

I left the hose off the helmet. The water cools my transom. lol

So just dumping it after the helmet is enough resistance? I like that idea, very simple!

Send it up? :D

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it crossed my mind, lol

let it come thru the transom then reroute back thru the transom with a SS dump fitting that dumps the water back on the drive. I have done that many of times. Its basically a stock drive shower you adapted.