Dana exhast?
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Originally Posted by hillbilly24
It is getting a little old Gary, every time DMP starts a thread you jump in and tell your story about some bolts. I hate to be an a$$ but if I got a mail order part and it has the wrong bolts I would go to the hardware store and get the right ones without even calling them, it's just not worth the trouble or the wait to have them send them out to me. As far as the brackets, yeah it sounds like they screwed up and sent you the wrong one's but I gotta tell you there are about 1000 diffrent brackets for aquasteps, I have installed many of them and don't think I have ever used the same brackets twice most of the time we wind up making are own out of aluminum plate. You have made your point now give it a rest.
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To be totally fair about the GSmith story when Gary ordered the Aqua step he did specify he had Dana Marine swim steps. The problem is that over the last few years and the growing desire for people to install the Aqua Steps to our swim platforms we made a machine change on our steps. We have been pre-drilling and tapping all of our steps for the last couple of years. When the Aqua Step was ordered he specified that he had our steps and they were on an Eliminator Boat. We sell hundreds of sets to Eliminator and it is physically impossible for us to know what version of the step he had. We shipped him our standard set up which bolts directly to our swim steps. Upon receiving the step Gary realized his steps were not pre-drilled and tapped and required longer bolts so he could through bolt them. I do remember Gary calling to discuss the bolts and at no time was anyone rude to Gary, we simply suggested that if he wanted to get it handled relatively quick he could find the 1/4-20 bolts at any local harware store. There was never any bad words exchanged, he said he would take care of it. As a matter of fact I never heard another word about the subject until it was brought up on OSO, where I learned that the brackets wouldn't work either. As stated on another thread, if Gary was mis-treated, talked to poorly, or any other form of attitude, I could understand his frustrations. He ordered the step, it was delivered in a timely fashion at a fair price and he had to make a slight modification to install it. Sorry for long, drawn out story, since we aired out half of it so many times, now everyone on OSO knows the whole deal. Thanks for all the support.
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Getting back to the original reason for this thread, US Fountain, the drive bottle is bolted the motor and it can stay there, the exhaust will get closer, but it will work. We can make you the little oil filter legs. You use your stock oil filter bracket, we will provide you will two little stand off legs to adapt it to our risers. No Problem.
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How about some more info on the exhaust? Is there a website? More pictures? How do these flow compared to stock merc manifolds and CMI headers? How good are they with salt water?
Too bad I got stuck in a flame war about ladder bolts...
Too bad I got stuck in a flame war about ladder bolts...
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Dana, KYElimEagle mentioned that your exhaust was a little wider than stock. How much wider is it? I have a little room to work with, but not alot. It could be an issue and I would like to be able to measure before ordering.
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Our website is www.danamarineproducts.com, go to the products icon, scroll down to exhaust systems and the Dana Marine Flow Torque exhaust will be listed. The manifolds will fit out of the box on 34.5" center lines. I'm not familiar with how wide a stock manifold is, but measure your engine installation and we can see if they'll fit. We can specialize the manifolds to get down to 34" center to centers.
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Hey Zimm, when being used in a salt water environment we hard anodize the manifolds before the powdercoat. This will seal the aluminum and you'll be good to go. Of course, we don't charge 1 extra red cent for this service, unlike others.
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Originally Posted by hillbilly24
It is getting a little old Gary, every time DMP starts a thread you jump in and tell your story about some bolts. I hate to be an a$$ but if I got a mail order part and it has the wrong bolts I would go to the hardware store and get the right ones without even calling them, it's just not worth the trouble or the wait to have them send them out to me. As far as the brackets, yeah it sounds like they screwed up and sent you the wrong one's but I gotta tell you there are about 1000 diffrent brackets for aquasteps, I have installed many of them and don't think I have ever used the same brackets twice most of the time we wind up making are own out of aluminum plate. You have made your point now give it a rest.
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I am considering pruchasing the Dana Marine exhaust for a new Catamaran being built this winter. Do they make custom tail pipes? What size pipe can be used 5 inch?
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The biggest reason I am considering the Dana's is because they can build different tailpipes if needed. I only need a stock configuration for silent choice right now, but if I decide to up-rade motors that will change. I like the fact that I won't have to buy a completly different set of headers if I do! I will just have to change tailpipes. What is availible, I don't know, but I am sure Dana will chime in and tell you!!