When can you use silent choice?
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When can you use silent choice?
We have a 2000 38' Fountain 502 efis with cmi headers on it with silent choice. I've been told that you can only use silent choice while idling, is this the case? Or how fast can you run with the silent choice on?
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Re: When can you use silent choice?
I think it depends on the motor... think about it, lots of non-Mag 454's out there only have through prop exhaust and they dont' have a problem.
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Re: When can you use silent choice?
I asked the same question to a mechanic at a Baja dealership about My 496 mag ho with switchable exhaust. He said it's ok to run it either way, just don't switch it while at the higher RPM range, He recomended to switch at idle or low RPMs...
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Re: When can you use silent choice?
I've ran mine at 75 with no problems... I've actually heard in some cases that it's better out of the hole since you have more backpressure which gives you more low end torque.... but that depends on the engine.
I got a few exhaust tip mufflers made so I don't need to run on silent choice on the busy weekends at Lake Havasu... I'm sure the exhaust running on silent choice doesn't help out the drive temps when it's 115 degrees out.
I got a few exhaust tip mufflers made so I don't need to run on silent choice on the busy weekends at Lake Havasu... I'm sure the exhaust running on silent choice doesn't help out the drive temps when it's 115 degrees out.
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Re: When can you use silent choice?
Originally Posted by kfm237
I asked the same question to a mechanic at a Baja dealership about My 496 mag ho with switchable exhaust. He said it's ok to run it either way, just don't switch it while at the higher RPM range, He recomended to switch at idle or low RPMs...
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Re: When can you use silent choice?
There was a "Teague on Tech" article in Powerboat about six months ago that said motors with horsepower above 300 should have the exhaust open above 3000 RPM's.