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Apparently, it's classified information.

Although, he does mention that it's an "AN" fitting. lol

I've gone out of Kingsville area with friends and am curious about this too as i doubt the waters differ too much between Baffin and Rockport

Same here, was in a 24 v hull this morning and with gusts up to thirty I was glad to have it 😂

How shallow will it run on plane? Laguna Madre

The low water pickups are under the tunnel. Zero issues with cooling.

Ok I’m old school back when the water pickup was in the lower unit I haven’t been around these newer outboards my last outboard was a 2006 250hp Yamaha.

​@@brianlaplante4286 Nothing wrong with old school, it get's the job done! These particular boats were purpose built to fish the waters in our area, with nifty tweaks to run the motor in almost nothing on plane. We've got lots of skinny water with randomly exposed limestone bottom and oyster bars EVERYWHERE 😮‍💨😆 you either know where your going, or you idle... unless you have one of these and you can see water, lol.

@@aaronmtusa9004 things have come a long way good luck fishing this season

He's got a hose pulling water from the underside of the vessel I believe. Cooling the engine.

@@BopyouUpyup. You can see the tube running to the lower unit. It’s a low water pickup.

Hahahahahahaha no dude. No gheenoe runs that shallow. Owned a classic and an LT25. They are a gimmick. Paper thin and hull slaps like a cat

Just a regular ProXS outboard with a low water pickup

Boats that run this shallow usually have a low water pickup in the tunnel or at the bottom of the transom. No overheating.

I'd watch that video!

Like oyster bar? Do it all the time.

@@lifeaccordingtobri you are high brutha. I see these boats out there from time to time. But no sober sane person is going to run a $90k rig near shoals. I build custom skiffs with 1/8" and 3/16" bottoms. I hit them all the time with no issue

$90k boat over an oyster bar? Ooof please don't do it, I'm cringing just thinking about it... Sheesh

@@JoseSierradeLeste thats what these guys are claiming. I see them out there and they do seem to run shallow. But not functionally shallow

It's referred to as a transom mount water pickup, Bob's Machine Shop sells a kit to do it, I have owned and run it for years on my tunnel hull. Others sell similar, some people just make their own, transom mount pickups have been around forever, they aren't common though, they are an extreme way to go, personally, love mine, zero issues with water pressure. I've got an inline strainer on mine as well, so I catch debris/weeds and can empty it right at the strainer, works excellent. Sounds like they route theirs into their tunnel instead of doing it back on the transom, given that a person wants the water coming out of that tunnel to be as clean as possible, I don't know that putting it in the tunnel is a great idea, again, normally, one mounts them on the transom. But these guys make great rigs, so, I'd say they obviously make it work.

@@calling4life Thanks for the response, but it isn't an answer to my question. Does anyone actually sell a kit to make this happen, or does one watch enough UA-cam videos to figure out how to piece together their own?

@@calling4life Thanks for the response, but it isn't an answer to my question. Does anyone actually sell a kit to make this happen, or does one watch enough UA-cam videos to figure out how to piece together their own?

@@Texcajun06 To do this exactly as these guys do it? Like into the tunnel, no, nobody sells that kit. Or what do you mean by kit, are you actually referring to whether you can bring your boat to someone and they'll do this for you? To do a transom mount water pickup which is the same thing just with the water pickup on the transom instead of in the tunnel, yes, Bob's Machine Shop has a kit. Their kit has everything except for the hose, so all you'd need to buy is the hose you want to use, they can't know where or how you'll run your hose so they leave buying the hose up to you. Plus, the hose doesn't need to be anything special. To do this, and to do what these guys in this video have, which is the same thing, they just have the pickup located in the tunnel. You drill into the lower unit where the water accumulation chamber is, you thread that hole, you install the Bob's fitting. Now, locate where on your transom you want the actual pickup, mount the pickup bracket and tube. Run a hose from the fitting on your outboard to the pickup tube on your transom. Now you could buy the Bobs kit and instead of using their transom mount pickup, you could buy the brass high speed pickups like Micro Draft uses and then install them in your tunnel and then you'd run the hose to these, I wouldn't personally recommend going into the tunnel, but it's your life. So, yes, the Bob's Transom Mount Water Pickup kit, is a kit, with everything except for the hose, it has the fittings, the screws, the pickup tube, bracketry. And yes, it is an undertaking to do and do right, and yes, you need to run it into your lower unit, which means drilling into your lower unit. It's slick as snot, I run extremely shallow, I haven't replaced a water pump in my outboard since I installed it either, several years, it gets water to the motor great. I run my motor extremely high, 50%+ of the prop above the water line, I use a PowerTech 4 blade stainless prop like Micro Draft does, they work great. Here is some guys youtube video showing his, he used a strainer inline too, like I did, that is not included with Bobs kit because they don't think it's needed, and maybe not... depends, I love it. ua-cam.com/video/mZkHyqfP4LQ/v-deo.html It isn't rocket science to do, but it is involved. You also need to block off the normal water intake inlets on your outboard so the transom mount pickup is all that feeds water to your motor.

@@calling4life Thanks dude! I'd say you more than answered my question. Yes, I wanted to know if someone sold the pieces/parts to install a low water pickup. I thought Bob's only sold the nose cone mod, which I had no interest in. I wouldn't feel comfortable fitting the nosecone by myself, but I would not have an issue with drilling and tapping a hole into my lower unit. Thanks again!