The thread leading up to this one is here http://***boat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160051 if you care to see what led up to this.
Does anyone know if it is possible to reduce water flow or pressure on my boat. I have a Bravo one drive leading to a Mercruiser seawater pump and am looking for a way to reduce the water pressure to my motor so I can effectively increase my motor temperature. I tried running a t-stat but I need a better way. The motor runs better at higher temps but I'm afraid of creating too much pressure in the block/heads. I have a water pressure gauge and oil temp gauge on order. Regardless of what my pressure reads at rpm I still want to find a better way to raise my temps then using a t-stat and the only thing I can think of is finding a controlled way to reduce the water pressure or intake.
Please help