Silent Choice Question
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Silent Choice Question
Ok, forgive me for showing my ignorance here, but I have never owned a boat with silent choice. I never understood why a guy in his 20's would want a quiet boat until hearing of some friends' run ins with the law lol. Anywho, I am hearing conflicting things. At some point through the RPM's does the exhaust have to run through the hull, and if so, is the exhaust supposed to switch automatically off of silent? Its a 502 if that makes a difference, and was factory installed by PQ.
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Exactly what I thought, and what I have been adhering to when the fun police are around. Thanks for the info!!!
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I haven't let it get that far as I was afraid of damaging something. I have gone a bit past 2000 thinking it might, but haven't made it on plane.
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Ok, forgive me for showing my ignorance here, but I have never owned a boat with silent choice. I never understood why a guy in his 20's would want a quiet boat until hearing of some friends' run ins with the law lol. Anywho, I am hearing conflicting things. At some point through the RPM's does the exhaust have to run through the hull, and if so, is the exhaust supposed to switch automatically off of silent? Its a 502 if that makes a difference, and was factory installed by PQ.
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My 280 Silencer with a 454 Mag had silent choice and there was no such sticker with any warning on it. I used the slilent choice while pulling the kids tubing and skiing and at other times above 2000 rpm. I owned the boat for 8 years and never had any issues. If you ran it hard the acuators would give way and the exhause would open back up.
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The system automatically opens up from the force of the exhaust when the RPMs get high, it won't open all the way, so you get a "little" bit if diversion. You can switch it on all day long and it won't stay closed at higher RPMs. I ran mine all the time in my 260.