Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Which replacement system should I choose for my totally stock 1996 502 Magnum MPI GenVI with Mercruiser's Silent Choice system which I want to keep in a 22 Donzi Classic in fresh water with stock Bravo 1 drive and 25" MiragePlus prop.

Both kits supposedly come with all necessary brackets and in "Silent Choice" versions.

My priorites/concerns are ease of installation, performance, reliability.

I have heard the installation of the Gil Magnum Choice system requires some work to get it to fit.

Any comments greatly appreciated.

Thanks
SL

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

i've seen alot of problems with the Gils. Stainless Marine is a quality product with great service and factory support.

Contact Too Old for the best price.

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Ive been using and have installed Gils for years. Never had a problem and they work well. Cant compare them to the SM since Ive never used them.

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Based on what I have seen over the years I would prefer the Stainless Marine exhaust system over the GIL's.

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

stainless marine all the way !!

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Stainless. Had a set of gils fail.

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

I have a '93 Baja Islander that I put a 95 502 EFI in. It had Corsa silent choice with the stock 7.4 when I got the rig. After I had it all up and running with the 502 and stock cast iron exhaust manifolds I put a used set of Gil mags in and no problems for 2 seasons. Have fun. ttfn

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Have you checked into the revolution marine exhaust? I'm pretty sure they make a set for silent choice.

Doug

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Stainless Marine makes more power than any... Tested them all in the dyno, the Gen 3 made 30 horses more than the CMI in a 540. Stainless Marine has allot of years of expertise.

Re: Stainless Marine or Gil Exhaust
 

Here is a breakdown for CMI Tube Top, CMI Elbow Top, Stellings, Eickert, IMCO Powerflow, Gils, Stainless Marine v1, v2, Merc 500HPEngine in Excell that has different comparisons.