I want to change my water intakes from the XDP out drives to thru hull?

rick12

2005 342 with XDP out drives , 5.7 engines , I want to change to thru hull water intakes . Two reasons , 1. I run in shall water often and the XDP water pick up is in the front of the unit, I tend to take in silt into my heat exchangers. 2. I want to remove the water hose by the bellows to give more room for the bellows , I already have a 1 inch intake for the gen, I could tee it and run a hose from there around the engine to the power steering cooler on the port engine. I would want another 1 inch thru hull with strainer to power steering cooler on starboard engine . Then remove the water  hose from the lower unit to transom shield .
 So can this be done ? will it work ? where to drill thru hull for second pick up ?
thanks rick

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