I finally had a little time for myself to do another mod for my already modded 6025. I decided to cut a few slots on the underside of the shroud for several reasons:
1. I noticed with the increased flow, the pump tends to draw some air bubbles if too close to the surface;
2. The underside of the shroud is the closest to the prop so a potential to maximize the flow;
and 3. If my slots don't look good, they are not that noticeable.
After the mod, I can say by the feel of my hand the flow is very close to when the shroud is completely taken off. And we all know that is a lot of flow. I don't have a way to test it but my guess easily 1,500gph. Also the pump now can be less than one inch from the water surface without drawing air.
First is the standard mod:
This is the "wide flow mod" where the from part of the shroud is cut all the way back to the ball, leaving only enough room to put on the fish screen:
Now the "full blast mod":
Anothe shot of the "full blast mod":
Fully assembled:
When I get around to do the same mod on my second 6025, I hope I can do a better job and make the slots look nicer, if anyone can offer some pointers on how to do so with a dremel please tell. Maybe I need more than just a standard dremel kit, maybe a guide?
But first thing first, how do I display the photos directly in my post? I used to just unpload to RC, now I am using Yahoo Photos from my DSL account.