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Mark from MearImage...but he seems to have fallen off the face of the earth :confused:
I know he has had numerous heath problems since he was hit by a car on a snowmobile some time back.
It's a shame , because he duplicated the originals only on the reverse color scheme and redsigned the guage panel for twin oil temps , fuel pres. and water pres.
It's not in this photo but he also did the passenger side perfectly. It even has the same texture as the original so no glare :cool:

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dgduck13 is right, I think the factory Silent Thunder platform is great.
My F-206 has it and I couldn't do without it. Most member don't think it sounds good enough or is loud enough. I'll stick with it because sooner or later all states will have noise limits on boats and I won't have to worry about it.

Here's my F-206 http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=50864

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I do, about the Silent Thunder platforms. I don't like the rectangular exhaust tips. To me, and this is only my opinion, they should be ROUND. Had Formula been able to make the tips round, I would have liked it much better. Maybe they did this for a "Formula" look, and if others like that, more power to them. I just don't. Again, like Cuda, I like the look of a clean transom. Plus it is a lot of weight and our boats (311's) are already very azz heavy. Between losing that platform and swapping to the EMI Thunder exhaust I've dropped 400 lbs of dead weight right over the props. Get two two hundred pound guys and have them stand on the platform and watch how much lower it goes in the water. Well that's how much higher my boat now is and combined with my Hydromotive props (stern lifting as we all know) I should have even less drag, same as shortening the "X" demension, which theoretically should increase speed at all rpm levels.

When I modified my box, it improved the sound to what I would deem acceptable for an offshore boat. I also gained over 200 rpms when I did the mods.

I am very very proud of owning a Formula, they are unquestionably the best "mass" produced boat made. Countless magazine articles have favorably compared them to some of the best "custom" boats built.

Plus I've gotten nothing but positive feedback on dropping the platform.

Again, for you guys that like them more power to you. That's what makes the world a better place, that we all like to do different things to our boats to make them special, especially to us. R

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Outlaw-

Very well said! We all have our own opinions.

Don

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here is how the guages came in my 311, the previous owner did them, I put in the GPS speedo :D

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Wow I like the blue...I had my throttle powdercoated they were worn like yours, you can see it in the top pic...Much better!

I am going to take my platform off and see how it looks...I hate how azz heavy my boat sits beacuse of it small size

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I think I'm going to go carbon fiber when I update my dash in the 302.

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As I said I like mine. It seems to hold up very well in the sun and because the pieces of the dashboard you are mounting them on are simple in design (just a bunch of squares), it was very easy to put on.

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Bill272 - Who did you get to do your interior? Are you happy with the work? I've got my interior out beacuse I want to go all white with it but I haven't picked a shop yet. Shelby Auto Trim did some work on my last boat and I was very happy with it. They are comparible in price to what you paid.

Outlaw - What's wrong with rectangular exhaust ????

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I had team marine do my dash. They came out real nice

Jon