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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:24 PM
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My single plane keeps collecting water in teh valley area, thinking of just drilling a hole to drain it, would that work??
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:38 PM
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Shownomercy
My single plane keeps collecting water in teh valley area, thinking of just drilling a hole to drain it, would that work??
Puddling water in the valley area...hmm. I had a single plane on my LT1 and didn't have that prob. So you can see water sitting under the plenium, looking down on the intake?
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 11:42 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 04:10 PM
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Yes, puddles under the intake runners.
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 04:17 PM
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Bilge pump is the only solution it see here. Some 6an lines, power source and a float switch and ur good to go.
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 04:44 PM
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Maybe you could recycle it for water injection, going to need a higher pressure pump than a bilge pump.

OR you could drill small homes on the undersides of the intake runners so they can just suck it up and save the weight of the pump??
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Old Jul 29, 2013 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
Maybe you could recycle it for water injection, going to need a higher pressure pump than a bilge pump.

OR you could drill small homes on the undersides of the intake runners so they can just suck it up and save the weight of the pump??
But, the intake will always be pressurized, how would it suck up the water?
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But, the intake will always be pressurized, how would it suck up the water?
Plumb it into one of these:

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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 10:36 AM
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The water should run down the back of the motor at speed. I would suggest running some sort of turbine setup to utilize the movement of the water into hydropower to generate electricity for your cigarette lighter so you can charge your bro phone while you bro out with your brahs, breh.
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Install a -6 bung , route the hose through the valley and down the oil return to a bulkhead in the pan. Or just drill a hole in the intake and install a petcock in the bottom of the oil pan.
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Not that anything here should be taken serious, but I actually do have a pool of water in my single plane valley. I leave the car out side on the trailer and we love to get rain here.
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by fex77k
Not that anything here should be taken serious, but I actually do have a pool of water in my single plane valley. I leave the car out side on the trailer and we love to get rain here.
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by fex77k
Not that anything here should be taken serious, but I actually do have a pool of water in my single plane valley. I leave the car out side on the trailer and we love to get rain here.
Always think a HG let go when I angle it and take it off the trailer.
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I make a hit and that water gets out real quick.
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