2 stage sea pump plumbing question
01-06-2021, 08:17 AM
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the whole header is gold not hot spots, im 95% sure its a header issue and not a water flow issue, sending the headers to cmi to get fixed and then selling them, putting stainless marines on the boat.
this was more of a question of is a 2 stage too much for the drive pickup
this was more of a question of is a 2 stage too much for the drive pickup
01-06-2021, 10:05 AM
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IMO the way you have your system plumbed yes ,drive pickup is not enough. The lines through the transom get pretty small on a bravo. The biggest mistake made is assuming pressure means you have enough flow. If your taking your pressure readings from the block and have a restriction point before your headers, they could be starving for water. On my system we pull pressure from bell housing with the smartcraft and from the block witch is after the bell housing and also a in line trans cooler. The pressures will vary up to 6 lbs at times between the two. My final restriction point is in the jumper hose to the tail pipe, to ensure enough flow to header. My point is in your system your restriction point is ahead of the header. Maybe if you could y the dump for you intercooler back in line after one of your coolers before the engine it would give you back that volume of water to the header.
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01-06-2021, 11:06 AM
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current setup in my boat is 1.25 hose from bravo xr its transom with sportmaster lower to sea strainer then to 2 stage hardin pump, with common outlet < Both stages exit into 1 1.25 hose> through oil coolers ect then to crossover out intake into headers and then overboard, i have a 1/2 line taped off the outlet of pump feeding intercooler and dumping overboard, the rear intake is plumbed into the rear of the header water manifold so they flow out headers
is the 2 stage pump too much for the single line through transom?
i cooked off 1 header last weekend had a water flow issue,header turned gold melted the exhast coupler at the transom ect, boat had 14 psi water pressure at 5200 rpm, im thinking theres a issue with a cmi header more than anything but have been curious about the setup. only had the boat out twice, thought about going to a transom pickup but dont want to slow the boat down with them
is the 2 stage pump too much for the single line through transom?
i cooked off 1 header last weekend had a water flow issue,header turned gold melted the exhast coupler at the transom ect, boat had 14 psi water pressure at 5200 rpm, im thinking theres a issue with a cmi header more than anything but have been curious about the setup. only had the boat out twice, thought about going to a transom pickup but dont want to slow the boat down with them
01-06-2021, 11:08 AM
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motor is a 540 ci 871 blower 800 hp
01-06-2021, 11:36 AM
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I looked at your first post and saw that you have intercoolers can you see the amount of water that exit the intercoolers ? And to answer your question I think you have to go to a transom water feed to get the full water flow from the two stage pumps the piping inside the bravo's are to small
01-06-2021, 01:17 PM
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If you are not having a problem with your engines running hot or high oil temperatures and only 1 header cooked sent it out and have it checked out , if they find no issues you are going to look for the cause , other than that I would think the piping is adequate for your application .
