Moving from outboard to inboard, what to know?

Just like Pete said in a previous post, it matters what kind of water you run in. The lake I run in, the water is fresh (NO Salt water allowed) and clean. The strainer you can see if debris is in there, but the water I run in is fresh. Plus, I have always heard as you guys talken in some posts, direct drive inboards need at least 6ft of water to run in give or take. I stay away from banking the boat while running etc.. But a strainer is needed to keep unwanted junk out.. Yall agree?

skicat2001 wrote: .....I have always heard as you guys talken in some posts, direct drive inboards need at least 6ft of water to run in give or take... Yall agree?

Six feet is a lot of water, far more than is needed by our ski boats. Half of that is plenty deep for most inboard ski boats.

i run my boat in a lake that is anything from 2.5feet to 5 feet depending on the ime of year. The bottom is quite silty nd we get alot of weed. I do run the boat with a strainer, and it always has stuff in it, the only problem i have ever had with it was a slight split in the sealing ring, therefore it leaked air in and caused the temp to shoot up, this all depends on the boat, if u have a more recent one with a heat exchanger, this wouldnt have been a problem. I reckon with the depth etc, ull be fine and in my oppinion, i would recommend on running a strainer.

boat dr wrote: Chris is this your opinion or do you OWN A BOAT that has one installed? We will wait on your reply, but I assume the latter is not the case.

first hand experience from installing and using one. Glad your contributing nothing to the thread richard.

Bet you just can't wait for Oct to come so that you can enjoy the 79nautique all month long there on your CCF calendar.

79nautique wrote: boat dr wrote: Chris, just pokin' fun at you again....... You have a lot to add to the threads and your input into the makeup of boats, motors and trailers. Do not let me distract you from your duties,sorry if I poked a stick in your eye. You have been missed, we always need an opossing veiw.......Billy Sorry But I just don't see it your way, and it's getting very old.

white flag raised

Yall angry.. Damb! lol I think he inboard, we got him convinced, he just was worried he couldnt run it in shallow water..


I am ready for summer damb it..

you made a very good choice to stay away from the outboard and i/o's

skicat2001 wrote: http://www.boattrader.com/search-results/Zip-77493/Radius-any/NewOrUsed-any/Type-Power/Category-Ski%20and%20Wakeboard%20boat/Length-18,20/Year-1978,1990/Price-2500,20000/Fuel-GAS/Engine-DIRECT%20DRIVE/Sort-Length:DESC/

Lee's link

Lee,
We've got to get you to handle the linking properly!!

skicat wrote: I heard the guy at GL had the problem because the area around the camp ground was so shallow this year the BFN he was in sucked the mud off of the bottom while at idle waiting to pick up the truck driver. By the way, this same guy told me the impeller was way cheaper than the tire blow out or the prop the above mentioned truck driver bent up by hitting the bottom!

Yeah..it sure was fun traveling with you 2 guys. Never a dull moment.

john