Originally Posted by
Ted
It will work, some of the Super V guys do/did it and saw noticeable gains with no other changes.
You should build some type of Dorade box to prevent water from getting in. It should be easy. Basically take the hose from the vent and plumb it to the middle of a small box, something like 8X8 or so (bigger is better, whatever you can fit in unobtrusively, maybe a long skinny one under the gunwale). Put a small scoop facing down on the inside (look inside a wet/dry vac for reference). Now plumb a hose from the top of the box to the throttle body. Finally put a small drain or drain hose in the bottom of the box to dump the water that collects there, you can either dump to the bilge or overboard. You will lose a small amount of pressure this way but not take the chance of taking a gulp of water.
Never say never when it comes to boats. ;)