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02-09-2013, 10:50 PM
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Mark,
A quick question for ya, ....(post 1543 pg.155) there's a pic of your Mag 27 engine bay, are the stiffeners in the bilge floor from the factory?....just wondering if I should incorporate the same while I have the chance -or- is it merely for a race type setup? .........do you have any more pics that show a better angle...........Thanks
A quick question for ya, ....(post 1543 pg.155) there's a pic of your Mag 27 engine bay, are the stiffeners in the bilge floor from the factory?....just wondering if I should incorporate the same while I have the chance -or- is it merely for a race type setup? .........do you have any more pics that show a better angle...........Thanks
02-10-2013, 01:35 AM
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Mark,
A quick question for ya, ....(post 1543 pg.155) there's a pic of your Mag 27 engine bay, are the stiffeners in the bilge floor from the factory?....just wondering if I should incorporate the same while I have the chance -or- is it merely for a race type setup? .........do you have any more pics that show a better angle...........Thanks
A quick question for ya, ....(post 1543 pg.155) there's a pic of your Mag 27 engine bay, are the stiffeners in the bilge floor from the factory?....just wondering if I should incorporate the same while I have the chance -or- is it merely for a race type setup? .........do you have any more pics that show a better angle...........Thanks
02-10-2013, 07:42 AM
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Pete,
Post some pics of your eng compartment either here or on your resto thread. I have not seen gussetts like the one pictured above. My main stringers look heavier also. I would run two additional stringers 1/2 way between the existing and the center. Mine is this way you just hve to make the new ones short so they dont come into play with your oil pans.
Here is a pic from my resto.
- M
Post some pics of your eng compartment either here or on your resto thread. I have not seen gussetts like the one pictured above. My main stringers look heavier also. I would run two additional stringers 1/2 way between the existing and the center. Mine is this way you just hve to make the new ones short so they dont come into play with your oil pans.
Here is a pic from my resto.
- M
02-10-2013, 09:05 AM
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Pete,
Post some pics of your eng compartment either here or on your resto thread. I have not seen gussetts like the one pictured above. My main stringers look heavier also. I would run two additional stringers 1/2 way between the existing and the center. Mine is this way you just hve to make the new ones short so they dont come into play with your oil pans.
Here is a pic from my resto.
- M
Post some pics of your eng compartment either here or on your resto thread. I have not seen gussetts like the one pictured above. My main stringers look heavier also. I would run two additional stringers 1/2 way between the existing and the center. Mine is this way you just hve to make the new ones short so they dont come into play with your oil pans.
Here is a pic from my resto.
- M
02-10-2013, 05:22 PM
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Mark,
that picture illustrates it very well .......thanks! -I'm definely going to do some form of stiffening in the engine bay because my boat seems to be like the "plain jane" in that area compared to other Mag 27's....i'm sure other's would disagree
Marshall,
Here's a pic of my engine bay right after I put the new transom in........I like the idea of a much smaller & beefier stringer that's left & right of the Keel stringer...hard to see, but are drain holes cutout in yours?
that picture illustrates it very well .......thanks! -I'm definely going to do some form of stiffening in the engine bay because my boat seems to be like the "plain jane" in that area compared to other Mag 27's....i'm sure other's would disagree
Marshall,
Here's a pic of my engine bay right after I put the new transom in........I like the idea of a much smaller & beefier stringer that's left & right of the Keel stringer...hard to see, but are drain holes cutout in yours?
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02-10-2013, 05:49 PM
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You are right about water being trapped, that's why I didn't go crazy with the bracing. I believe all Mirages came from the factory with race engine mounts & extra bracing like mine, some even had more.
02-10-2013, 06:01 PM
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02-10-2013, 11:41 PM
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Not much Jim only about 6", we could have used that 2' to 3' that they got out east to bring the lakes up. I keep saying that if I had bought a Sedan as my first real offshore boat instead of a Klem Gem I would have never had the need to get anything else. Got to love that old STAGE COACH...
Sorry about the snow amount, I know you really need the water there.. its starting to get a little dry out here also , very little rain last month and looks dry for this month also.
The very first Magnum that I looked at to buy back in 75 was a yellow Sedan up in North Jersey,, But we couldn't find the guy that owned it,, I then went for a ride in a H/M 302 Ford Black Sport near me and liked it and then decided to sell my Pantera car and buy a Sport,, made a deal with a guy in Maitland Fla for his Purple Sport(Sea Wraith) and then the rest is history as they say
Thank you
Jim
