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I thought I had it bad with 3/4" out of alignment, but "1 inch" out.....WOW, blind monkeys would be an understatement !!!!!!
I do feel your pain though. I too opened up the riser stud holes to allow me to cheat a little more at the manifold in lieu of cutting the transom holes anymore than nesserary. It all worked out fine in the end. Thanks for the heads up on the "SHINEY" Flappers, I'll have to check those beauties out.
Originally Posted by Boatally Insane
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Cpperformance has some nice looking stainless flappers...
http://www.hardin-marine.com/images/...410-280176.jpg ....And yes.. apparently, Velocity DID employ blind monkeys to cut their exhaust holes..... When I went from the 496 Mag to a tall deck raised exhaust port big block, I had wedges made to raise my tails which is to be expected... However, I also had to slot the mounting holes in the port side riser as THAT tip was outboard over an inch ! The starboard side lined up fine. Didn't notice with the stock exhaust because of the ling hoses.. now, looking at the transom it's noticeable.... http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd6ycm0zg.jpg |
Did someone mention "blind monkeys" ? 496 out, 502 in.
http://s1133.photobucket.com/user/ro...g.html?filters[user]=116794977&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0 http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/...psxpelhf7x.jpg |
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Originally Posted by Boatally Insane
(Post 4537326)
Cpperformance has some nice looking stainless flappers...
http://www.hardin-marine.com/images/...410-280176.jpg ....And yes.. apparently, Velocity DID employ blind monkeys to cut their exhaust holes..... When I went from the 496 Mag to a tall deck raised exhaust port big block, I had wedges made to raise my tails which is to be expected... However, I also had to slot the mounting holes in the port side riser as THAT tip was outboard over an inch ! The starboard side lined up fine. Didn't notice with the stock exhaust because of the long hoses.. now, looking at the transom it's noticeable.... http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...psd6ycm0zg.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...320_165608.jpg |
Yep..............$$$$$$$$$$$$$$......:faint2:, I noticed they were "REAL" proud of those babies.............. Looks like I'll have to put my creative thinking cap on again and see what I can fab up. Might be worth a trip down to the local Kenworth parts store to see if they may have something to fit the need.......
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Yep, love those SS flappers but due to the Crazy price and that no 0ne other then me will likely see them because of the platform.....I said forget about it.
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Originally Posted by Padraig
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Yep, love those SS flappers but due to the Crazy price and that no 0ne other then me will likely see them because of the platform.....I said forget about it.
Padraig Couldn't agree more. There are things for Semi's call Rain Flaps in polished stainless for $80 per, I'm look'n into if that can be mod'd for my set up. |
Sweet jesus those flappers are insane. I just polished my tips and trreated the rubber flappers and was wondering about something better. Thats no bueno.
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Just think'n on an alternate Stainless Exhaust Flapper:
$75.00 ea. Standard 304 Stainless "Rain Cap", for 4" OD pipe/tube: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...w.jpg~original http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s.jpg~original Would obviously need to cut down the counter weight on the flap door to give it a cleaner look and free up action and add some rubber somewhere to kill the metal to metal noise: http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...0.jpg~original http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...u.jpg~original Thought's, comments..................... |
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