over water exhaust?

**serious3** · 02-10-2012

following on from my modding a 40 twin, i would like to hear my motor scream so i was thinking about modding the lower leg to make it an over water exhaust, would there be any reasons not to?

**Fast Fred** · 02-10-2012

most drill the foot, if you drill the mid you should run a weld around the hole so it won't crack.

**serious3** · 02-10-2012

eh? any pictures for referance? ( and some details on your damper set up! tried to pm you but your inbox is full!!)

**Mark75H** · 02-10-2012

Fred's advice is good. Cracks are possible, more than a few people have lost nice props and gearcases with cool sounding mids

**Fast Fred** · 02-10-2012

what you run for power? the dampener is straight forward, bolts to an ear added to the power head bolts, a bracket with an upright mount that pivots so she will tilt and not bind, bolted to the transom. works on anything

**serious3** · 02-11-2012

i'm running a yam/mariner 40 twin on a zapcat like yours!! she gets a bit tank slappy in the chop....is that a pro-comp damper on yours? i have a few small/med shock absorbers here i'll head in the workshop and have alook methinks!!

**Fast Fred** · 02-11-2012

i'd drill the foot on that one, there is a rib inside the foot, if you cut it down the exhaust will empty out the cavplate with no out side cuts, looks stock, sounds kick a$$, a shock is not goin to work make sure it's a Dampener , it kills all the pos neg input from the prop. how do you drive left handed ( reg) right handed ( not reg)

**Fast Fred** · 02-11-2012

oh i don't run a zapcat, i at one time imported hulls, but found that you can not trust people to honor there word from so far away. i only sold zapcats cuzz it pissed them off

that red one went to Cal. they are ok to buy one hull from, but i would not set up shop and toss a hundred G's, into boat stock with people that would sell a hull directly to the guy across the street form my shop on the same week my hulls showed up. some things are hard learned in life. the zapcat factory is cool, there built in distributors make them a bad investment passed one hull.