Rage exhaust location
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Great! Thanks for the pic's. I had downloaded the information on IMCO a couple of years ago but wasn't sure if I had the room to set it up between the drive and the exhaust.
The exhaust outlets look to be in the same position as those on my boat. I'll bet that was fun to install. I've looked around that area on my transom and I've decided that I need to loose at least 10 lbs. before I can work around in the back there.
Did you have to restrict the tilt limit so you don' damage the swim platform with the drive in the trailer position?
Thanks again.
Pat
The exhaust outlets look to be in the same position as those on my boat. I'll bet that was fun to install. I've looked around that area on my transom and I've decided that I need to loose at least 10 lbs. before I can work around in the back there.
Did you have to restrict the tilt limit so you don' damage the swim platform with the drive in the trailer position?
Thanks again.
Pat
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I carefully reshaped the ear on the Imco (Bravo drive) external steering bracket ear area that hits the swim platform at full up with a hand grinder and then had it powdercoated. I was very conservative with metal removal so as to not significantly weaken the bracket so there are still a few drive location angles that will rub the platform at full up but still 99% better.
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My cap did hit the swim deck. I installed the factory merc trim ram spacers in the rams. This limits the rams extension. I also reset my trim limit switch to stop the ram before it contacts the swim deck. My drive will hit if it is turned first, then if I straighten it out with the steering wheel I can raise it some more for trailering. These boats sit so low on their trailers I wanted to be able to raise the skeg as much as possible from the road. So, now you can raise the drive with the switch on the throttle regardless of the drive angle and the limit switch will stop it before it hits then when it’s on the trailer I straighten out the steering wheel and raise it with the transom trailer switch till the ram spacers stop it. I have no chance of dinging my swim deck setup like this.
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Powdercoat777,
Not to be a killjoy... but IMCO makes a tight fit external steering system that would have probably fit inside your stock exhaust location. A picture of a 1/2 system in the tight fit configuration can be seen in post #7
Looks like you went to a lot of extra work.
Chris
Not to be a killjoy... but IMCO makes a tight fit external steering system that would have probably fit inside your stock exhaust location. A picture of a 1/2 system in the tight fit configuration can be seen in post #7
Looks like you went to a lot of extra work.
Chris
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Powdercoat777,
Not to be a killjoy... but IMCO makes a tight fit external steering system that would have probably fit inside your stock exhaust location. A picture of a 1/2 system in the tight fit configuration can be seen in post #7
Looks like you went to a lot of extra work.
Chris
Not to be a killjoy... but IMCO makes a tight fit external steering system that would have probably fit inside your stock exhaust location. A picture of a 1/2 system in the tight fit configuration can be seen in post #7
Looks like you went to a lot of extra work.
Chris
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A little late figuring this pic thing, but here's another example, though my pipes appear to be further out from the factory?
Last edited by 90mphRAGE; 04-29-2010 at 09:17 PM.