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Old 06-04-2014, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mange
....Mine...... no fancy bling, just rough

[ATTACH=CONFIG]524249[/ATTACH]
You can't help but love this set up. Brutally affordable and 100 percent wet.

WAY TO GO!!!

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Who needs drive showers with 2 gallons of gear oil
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Just to clarify the topic. The boat in the picture is not mine, i seen it in the classifieds and though it was interesting.
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Here's mine I made.[ATTACH=CONFIG]524311[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524312[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524313[/ATTACH]
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Originally Posted by kaama82
Here's mine I made.[ATTACH=CONFIG]524311[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524312[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]524313[/ATTACH]
Man does that look slick!-- have you had ANY cavitation issues -- looks like you have one big water pick up

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No issues yet. Its a #8 line going up, then 3/8" tubing.
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The shower I had on my 28 Pantera. Engine had separate water p/u.
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Originally Posted by Griff
TRS drives don't really benefit from drive showers.
I saw a difference when I put showers on my trs drives. For one the white one the side of the drives went away, and it must hav cooled the drive oil enough that it stop spewing oil out of the vent after a hard run.

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Anybody tap into the water passage on the drive itself? I have transom pickups, so I'd like to make use of the drive pickups

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Originally Posted by 32hustlin
Anybody tap into the water passage on the drive itself? I have transom pickups, so I'd like to make use of the drive pickups

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