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impala63k10

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Headers..wet vs dry
« on: November 11, 2008, 09:42:43 AM »
Does anyone really know the benifits of each? I'm new to this jet boat stuff and am just curious which way would be the best to go. Thanks much
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beerjet

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2008, 10:20:30 AM »
Run um wet . No real advantage to running them dry . They are a little quiter wet too , so that should keep the fuzz off your ass , not to mention all the powers above require them to be ran wet .

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i dont but im all for stuffin shit in her ass to make her go away :-*

impala63k10

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2008, 10:26:23 AM »
Thanks man your alot of help
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19ftCheyenne

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2008, 10:59:00 AM »
actualy alot of people hate running water, jack tells me to run them dry everytime i see him
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SLCKREG

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2008, 11:51:29 AM »
I assume he's talking ot headers, I'm with beerjet there can't be much hp loss runnin them wet. I ran a set of dry headers with an a/f gauge for a trip or 2 and you could feel the heat radiate when you'd stop. I guess if it was a cold day you could call that a bonus, it wasn't that great in the middle of july.lol
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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2008, 01:17:52 PM »
actualy alot of people hate running water, jack tells me to run them dry everytime i see him
Thats true . The fuzz dont like it when you run them dry and it's real easy to tell if are or arent . I always ran water through mine . I put a thread on HB.com many moons ago and pretty much everyone who has tryed it both ways didnt notice a diffrence either way . You can and probably should run a seperate water line from your motor to your seat , gate valve , and then back to your headers . That way you can tune how much water you want coming out in a real world app. I would use the gate valve over a ball valve mearly for adjustabilitly . There are a few other ways of attacking this . Easiest of course would be to run them dry .

Impala, what do you have and how do you plan on using it . Probably should have been my first question .

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impala63k10

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2008, 02:35:50 PM »
Hey Beerjet, I just picked up a 1970 Sidewinder SS set up for a sbc and a bayjet...(knock off berkeley as far as I can tell). This is my first jet boat so this is all new to me. Anyways its set up for over the transom headers and I'm just looking to have a good time. Speed is not my concern and I don't want it super loud. I will want to pull the occasional skier and wake boarder. I'm going to drop in a 1972 corvette 350 thats been warmed over a little bit. I do need to rebuild the pump what would be a good impeller do you think also. Thanks so much for your time helping me out.
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beerjet

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2008, 04:24:12 PM »
GT is pretty good with pairing up the SBC to an impellor and so is Tom at Jet Boat Performance . Those 2 have lots of experience in that department. Tom can set the pump up as well with the correct impellor . I'd go B impellor with an inducer , but then again , it's not my money  ;D

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impala63k10

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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2008, 04:53:27 PM »
Thanks for the help...I will definately get ahold of them and see what we can do...those inducers look like a pretty good thing. Thanks again
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Re: Headers..wet vs dry
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2008, 09:52:17 PM »
Ever since I milkshaked the engine i try to run as little of water through mine as possible. Banderlog is a beautiful thing.
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