MERCURY C, D-40, D-44, FE-44 MODs with BAZOOKAS

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

No Quincy stacks or anything like that here anymore! Maybe just getting ready for hunting with Mercs loaded with bazookas! Nice things about Mercs is that they are not heavy weights displacement to displacement against other manufacturers. Seems it is possible to have outboards that don't vibrate much, sound real sweet and go places without vibrating eveything they sit on or cause a tired pit crew revolt against. What ever happened to our much vanted North American early movers and shakers of the industry? Seems there was lots of problems that existed on the racing scene and in the corporate board rooms. Still, racers still then as now made them look real sweet and go like blazes in spite of it all!!!

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

With all the riverbank and cottage lot developments on the lakes worth millions of dollars, people despise these Modified engines when they run with their bells singing a tune. Out of 8 previously used used race sites here that were quite alright for running stock outboard beginning in the mid 1950s (with cornpopper 20Hs and C-Service in the package too) races, there is only ONE left where you can run a Modified Outboardand and not be escorted off the site by police these days. The rest require pre-approved conditional use agreements for fixed times and place. No sense of humor with those bylaw enforcement and police guys anymore! Alky boats with stinger pipes, motor crosses and snowmo drags or oval racing have no problems at any of these locations even today. Its all with those pipe bells.

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

Many ask? How loud? A local industrial safety lab and safety equipment provider tested the sound levels from belled system Mercs and found his equipment digitally quit reading at 275 Db whether the system was Bayer, Quincy, Hustler etc. they were all up and over that. He had no clue as to sound wave frequency other than you could count on it being real ear damaging. He sold many of us earplugs, of course.

[jeff55vDSH]

Nice projects!
Back years ago, I would run my 44mod at my Dad's cottage on the river. We never met so many of our neighbors until the first early evening we ran that thing down there! Most of them were quite grumpy too!


Hey J.T. send me your correct Email. I sent you one but it got bounced back to me.
Later.
J. Alan Yungen

[Roy Hodges]

Many ask? How loud? A local industrial safety lab and safety equipment provider tested the sound levels from belled system Mercs and found his equipment digitally quit reading at 275 Db whether the system was Bayer, Quincy, Hustler etc. they were all up and over that. He had no clue as to sound wave frequency other than you could count on it being real ear damaging. He sold many of us earplugs, of course.

I wonder where he placed his mics? INSIDE your stacks ?
Anything approaching that loud would immediately , permanently make everybody in area go stone deaf . I loaded live missles on F-101 jets and with engines running
they were not even close to that loud , but they were loud . we wore earplugs & ear muffs . at least the smart ones did . Those guys make my *** ache .-Was his name "chicken little " ? P S
a LOUD rock concert reaches 140 db up close, i am told . A LOUD one , like "The Who ". & each additional 10 db doubles the( apparent) sound pressure level of the previous level,but is actually 10 times the energy

[RichardKCMo]

Thats the law in Mo. here in the heartland.
Noise is only a problem on lake with more than 160 mi of shoreline . Duh sure don't get that one.
I think from 50' makes me wonder about Mel.
RichardF