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US1 Fountain 07-15-2013 09:29 AM

Keep in mind you may have exhaust/ hatch clearance issues if you stray away from what you have w/o putting inserts in your hatch.

intimid8 07-16-2013 01:39 AM

Has anyone seen or heard of 496 ho's on a 32?

Wildman_grafix 07-16-2013 06:16 AM

Why do you want to go with the 496's so bad?

I would think they would look just like the 35EX that has them, the 32 just doesn't have as much room in front of the motors.

BTW

Other then the intake and header height, 525's are the same size as a 502. Does your 32 have the hatch insert?

cp5899 07-16-2013 07:56 AM

525's is my vote. Very nice motors and the boat would run very good! I don't know much about the 496's besides that they are not mod friendly with out internal upgrades so my research stopped at that since I like to modify.

boatnt 07-16-2013 08:41 AM


Originally Posted by intimid8 (Post 3959423)
Has anyone seen or heard of 496 ho's on a 32?

yes factory made a few with 496hos

Cole2534 07-16-2013 10:07 AM


Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 3959438)
Other then the intake and header height, 525's are the same size as a 502.

They are? I figured the breather sticking out the front would make the 525's longer.

intimid8 07-17-2013 08:32 AM

Id be open to putting 502s back on it if I could find some. Im not a mod freak and from what I hear 496s run veru smoothly and are as fast if not faster than the stock 502s. 525s are a bit outta my price range

sonickevin95 07-23-2013 02:19 PM

Hey john, we know where this gentleman can get 525's with whipples and bravo xr drives!!!!! Only problem is they sure were not reliable!!

tbrown15239 07-24-2013 05:45 AM

I had stock 502s in a 29 which has the same engine bay size and it was tight. I dropped in a set of 500 efis with lightning headers and was amazed how much more of the bildge and engine bay we could see. changing plugs is easy as well as anything else . I can actually see my bilge pumps and could never see them with the 502s. lightened up the azz end now the boat sits at least 2 inches higher out of the water. overall a great alternative to the 502s plus better performance

sonickevin95 07-24-2013 07:08 AM

cant believe im agreeing with a guy from Pittsburgh!


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