Hello all--I have been mercilessly bloodying knuckles and engineering solutions for a while, thought you all my enjoy some updates..it is coming along nicely! Pictures of course, I know you all are suckers for pictures. As you can see, I have been a busy little guy relocating all of the gear to aft centerline. You may recall my removal of the bulky muffler a while back to make this space in my 2006.
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This of course required exhaust routing changes, which are shown below. The risers were removed and then reversed to point to the bow of the boat--I received new O-ring seals for FREE from George at Marine Power--major shout out to them for their support! After a long and careful hunt, I decided on this setup--with a fiberglass elbow and a curved section of wet exhaust hose. Fewest connections, simplest setup. Hopefully its durable and quiet.
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So all of this messing around has resulted in wide open lockers all the way aft to the transom. My custom bags will fill every bit of this space. I took an idea from WABoating in covering up all the potentially sharp things in the space with PVC caps 5200'd to the transom. I have also rerouted wiring and relocated the grounding block so that full bags don't interfere with them or put undue pressure on them.IMG_4619.jpgIMG_4621.jpg
All in all, the port sac should be somewhere near to 1690# and the starboard about 1550#. Next I move onto the pump install and hose routing. I don't anticipate this to be too crazy, as my boat is already wired for the pumps and locations I will use--roughly speaking. Just a couple holes in the hull to make and we are off! Speacial shout also to chpthril--aka Mike's Liquid Audio--for consulting, assembling pieces and shipping me everything I need. I can't wait to piece it all together!
IMG_4620.jpg
This of course required exhaust routing changes, which are shown below. The risers were removed and then reversed to point to the bow of the boat--I received new O-ring seals for FREE from George at Marine Power--major shout out to them for their support! After a long and careful hunt, I decided on this setup--with a fiberglass elbow and a curved section of wet exhaust hose. Fewest connections, simplest setup. Hopefully its durable and quiet.
IMG_4615.jpgIMG_4622.jpg
So all of this messing around has resulted in wide open lockers all the way aft to the transom. My custom bags will fill every bit of this space. I took an idea from WABoating in covering up all the potentially sharp things in the space with PVC caps 5200'd to the transom. I have also rerouted wiring and relocated the grounding block so that full bags don't interfere with them or put undue pressure on them.IMG_4619.jpgIMG_4621.jpg
All in all, the port sac should be somewhere near to 1690# and the starboard about 1550#. Next I move onto the pump install and hose routing. I don't anticipate this to be too crazy, as my boat is already wired for the pumps and locations I will use--roughly speaking. Just a couple holes in the hull to make and we are off! Speacial shout also to chpthril--aka Mike's Liquid Audio--for consulting, assembling pieces and shipping me everything I need. I can't wait to piece it all together!
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