Thanks guys for all the help. After all that I tried to fit the manifolds and realized that they hit the oil filter and bracket on the left side and hit the throttle body on the right side.
My buddy has some Stainless Marine risers that he had on his stock manifold that will work so I'm going to go that route for now. When I build the big engine, I'll just have to suck it up and spend some money for good exhaust

You could do a lot worse than Stainless Marine.

I'm actually in a situation right now where my tail don't line up to go through my hull and I'm trying to find these wedges does anyone know where I can find so a link or anything I've been searching with no luck thanks

http://www.cpperformance.com/c-396-tailpipe-wedges.aspx

stainless marine makes good stuff. BUT the stainless marine riser that fits the stock merc manifold is no better than the stock merc riser. then manifold is the HP and flow limiter. the SM risers are prettier but that is about it. if your risers are bad, scare up a used set of stainless OEM merc risers for now. usually found on ebay.

here is 1 set. http://www.ebay.com/itm/816900-C-Sta...lYuHRF&vxp=mtr

I know I have one merc stainless riser, let me see if I can find the other one.

Are you guys answering the year 2008 posts or the one above today from Bassett03 ?

crap. didn't notice the thread date.

Ha- I didn't look at the dates either.