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I've already tried that...tripled the size of the intake holes. They work perfectly at slow speed or even up to half throttle. I can't seem to find a reason for it yet, but anything over half throttle and they just stop pushing water into the hull. I have a temp probe on the motor and I can see an increase in temperatures whenever I go full throttle and it stays high until I slow down and run a few laps at half throttle. I am hoping that a new rudder will fix it...I redid all of the lines so there really isn't much else I can think of.
I don't want to upset the mods by continuing to bump this thread (item has already been sold to me) ... so here is the original post identifying the problem with my Traxxas Spartan rudder.
http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...816#post595816
If anyone has any ideas...please comment on that thread instead. Thank you
Thanks for the tip AMP EATER. I do have the upgraded twin intake rudder, but I foolishly went with one from ebay rather than buying the one from OSE. I'll remove the nipple and see if maybe there are some burrs which could be negatively affecting the waterflow. I also purchased the boat in this thread so I plan on using that rudder (hopefully it's the OSE version as I never bothered to ask) to see if it helps the water flow issue. It's a very strange issue as I haven't been able to find anyone else posting similar problems with the Spartan nor do I have this problem with any of my other boats. It's very possible that it's just a cheap rudder and the inside is full of burrs and defects which interrupt waterflow when under a certain pressure. (The one I'm having problems with is a HOT RACING rudder.)Last edited by fidelity101; 03-11-2015, 09:37 AM.Comment
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do you have the factory single pick up Rudder. If you haven't already get a dual pickup rudder and plumb the esc and cooling jacket on their own circuits. Also pull that nipple of the rudder and inspect for burrs possibly being restricted there. I hope that helps happy boatingComment
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