Exhaust

smax

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Anyone ever drilled the exhaust on a Force like the old Mercury's? If so was the sound obnoxious?
 

Frank Acampora

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Re: Exhaust

Not strictly legal but I have drilled the lower unit just above the cav plate--four 3/8 diam holes on each side about one inch up. No real performance boost, and yes, a lot more noise.

Let me see if I can find a photo and come back and post it. There you go! You can see the holes just above the prop. They are 3/8 or maybe 1/2 (I forget what size I went to) and then countersunk to 3/4 or thereabouts.

BTW: Chrysler 140, Old school, Merc bronze racing prop, either 23 or 25 pitch--again, I forget which.
 

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