Anyone w a single ever tried running w the hatch cracked open
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Anyone w a single ever tried running w the hatch cracked open
To get more air for the Blower? Most of the blown boats I have seen have a scoop ..Mine doesn't .It barely clears. Do you think the ol Reggicraft w the 2 air inlets is enough to let my starving motor eat ??
Any experience would be sweet..
I have to do like short passes to try to get everything figured out. I don't have a place I can run for miles except the ocean and today it was 10' swells and WOW .!! 8-10 with an ocational 12 was Like HOLY !!!!
The old 27' flew Quite well though. It must have been the full tank of fuel that made it handle it so nicely..That and me being a surfer ..So I can read the ocean waves.
I was thinking If I were to loose power I would be consumed by the ocean for sure..One of them almost broke..
Anyway that all happened today...
Any experience would be sweet..
I have to do like short passes to try to get everything figured out. I don't have a place I can run for miles except the ocean and today it was 10' swells and WOW .!! 8-10 with an ocational 12 was Like HOLY !!!!
The old 27' flew Quite well though. It must have been the full tank of fuel that made it handle it so nicely..That and me being a surfer ..So I can read the ocean waves.
I was thinking If I were to loose power I would be consumed by the ocean for sure..One of them almost broke..
Anyway that all happened today...
Last edited by mcprodesign; 03-29-2008 at 09:29 PM.
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Just curious! Wouldn't you be worried about catching air under the hatch? Seems like it would be quite possible after awhile of the hatch weakening and blowing off! Also seems it would create drag. A classic example is a converible car. I had a 70 Torino GT convertible in my younger days. Would probably run damn near 140 with the top up, top down it would struggle to run 110! Granted that's an extreme example but seems plausible.
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Loto shootout a couple years ago there was a guy that ran with his hatch part way up I thought it was going to come off three quarters of the way down the track. I don't know if that is what he was doing or if he for got to close it all the way. I was just a spectaor.
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i seen somewere. a fountain that they had opened the side vents some and had some fairly neet air scoops on the side that looked stylish yet worked rather well in getting the air into the engine
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I am thinking about doing something like that with my Pachanga or possibly getting an extra bilge blower to help feed air. Has anyone added an extra bilge blower before and did it help?