Red pipe dual cooling

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mplombardi8

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So I got my ski going and runs excellent hooked up to the hose and before it overheats on the water. I'll list what I've done. Rebuilt bottom end and pistons, msd enhancer, Ada girdled head with 35cc domes, Riva red pipe, Riva water box. And this is a 61x with a sbn44. Was out today in very cold water and it ran amazing for about 20 minutes then stalled. I chugged in and the pipe was scalding hot and head was hot as well. I have dual cooling but am thinking I routed it wrong. I followed this picture and mine looks exactly the same. Can someone help me out with the water routing.
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x2mafia

x2mafia

Maximum effort
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WA
You could try to dedicate one line to the pipe and have the exhaust be completely seperate. Then have the motor have two pissers. One pisser for the pipe.

How was the water temp coming out of the pissers? Were they pissing the whole time? Did you potentially loose a cooling in line at your pump.
 
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mplombardi8

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Can you further explain what you mean by one to pipe and one to head. I tapped the Mani on the red pipe and ran two water pickups into that.
I checked for loose or popped off cooling lines and everything is good and tight. The pisser dedicated to the head sprays constant while the t on the pipe sprays but much more when giving throttle. Would it help to remover the t in the pipe and have one pisser? It was only about 60 degrees out today and the water must be 50.

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mplombardi8

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Yea not a bad idea. The pipe was much hotter than the head. I may try something similar tomorrow. How does the cooling system work? Would the exhaust jacket suck in water?

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Mike W

Mike W

Infidel
Location
North Florida
Is it your pipe or motor overheating? If it's your pipe then remove the water lines and blow compressed air through the water jackets. You probably have an obstruction.
 
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Mike W

Mike W

Infidel
Location
North Florida
Do you ride where there is a lot of debris in the water? When I ran a red pipe years ago I would have to clear the water jackets out every now and then. Not really sure why I had more trouble with that pipe than a B pipe as far as obstructions go.

This is how I ran my water lines on both Riva and B pipes. Never had any issues. If you have single cooling then just one line goes to the front of the manifold.

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mplombardi8

Location
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The pipe still got a little hot. This picture describes how my water routing is set up. All using 3/8 hose. The pisser T'd from the pipe doesn't spray nearly as much as the pisser from the head. I'm thinking I need a restricted to divert water to the pipe as the head does not get too hot. When I blocked off the pipe pisser it helped keep the pipe cooler. What I've noticed from your set up is you went from the head to the bottom of the water jacket instead of the top as I have it. Should I change that? You also have a smaller hose on your pipe too. What purpose does that serve? Should I add a valve to restrict flow somewhere?
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Mike W

Mike W

Infidel
Location
North Florida
Either way you run the waterline either from the head to bottom or top of the manifold it should cool ok. Do this, hook up a water hose to the bottom of the head pipe and disconnect the top water line. Turn on the hose to see how much flow you actually have. You are running dual cooling so there should be more than enough flow without restricting any water lines.
 
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mplombardi8

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OK will try that. Why do you have a fuel line from your chamber to the T?

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