Laid Back Boaters

i am new here my brother n law told me about this site his name is brent muhlenberg we live in vegas i bought me a 21 ft spectra and it has a ford hardin 460 and i am looking for the rubber flappers that go in the exhaust water outlets one is good the other is gone this keeps the water from entering the exhaust i am told i don't know were to get the replacements any help would be great i bought this boat from my sisters boy bradly ellison in reno can any one help me with this

I personally I don't use them they just tear and blow off on my BBF I've never had any water back flow on mine and I'm running the Harman logs and risers with 4" tips.
But there are a lot of guys that swear by them though

Big Nasty wrote:I personally I don't use them they just tear and blow off on my BBF I've never had any water back flow on mine and I'm running the Harman logs and risers with 4" tips.
But there are a lot of guys that swear by them though

I used to think the same thing for yrs.But then one day I was at campfar west and I went to the other side and beached my boat up the shore alittle and the waves were smacking the back of the boat for about 1 hr or so and when I got in the boat to leave the motor wouldnt turn over.So I had to pull all the plugs and turn it over. Then put them back in and all was ok then .Thats how I learned and it never happened again

454 blue boat wrote:

Big Nasty wrote:I personally I don't use them they just tear and blow off on my BBF I've never had any water back flow on mine and I'm running the Harman logs and risers with 4" tips.
But there are a lot of guys that swear by them though

I used to think the same thing for yrs.But then one day I was at campfar west and I went to the other side and beached my boat up the shore alittle and the waves were smacking the back of the boat for about 1 hr or so and when I got in the boat to leave the motor wouldnt turn over.So I had to pull all the plugs and turn it over. Then put them back in and all was ok then .Thats how I learned and it never happened again

I've been lucky I just got tired of spending money on something that lasted about 15 minutes and would tear off.
I need to find a beter flapper for my 4" tips. I was thinking maybe this style might last longer it's hinged spot not right in the flow of the exhaust

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=10412

Chris thats the same ones I changed over to and at least when the waves hit the back it stops the water from going through and the snails will stop what ever dose go in. And now I put a set of basket baffles in and I drill holes in the front plate so it dosnt slow the flow coming out but will slow down the water going into my tips and it still sounds good

I switched mine over to those style as well. I bought mine down in a store in Arizona, and he said his ski boat has had them on it for about 5 years or so same set. He used to replace the other internal style almost yearly, and it always seems that the tear right at the hinge point. But the thing is that those internal ones are not hinged in the heat and also don't have the sharp edge to hinge against. I like mine so far.

this would be fine but my outlets are 4 1/2 out side dia and was told the 4 in would not work



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454 blue boat wrote:

Big Nasty wrote:I personally I don't use them they just tear and blow off on my BBF I've never had any water back flow on mine and I'm running the Harman logs and risers with 4" tips.
But there are a lot of guys that swear by them though

I used to think the same thing for yrs.But then one day I was at campfar west and I went to the other side and beached my boat up the shore alittle and the waves were smacking the back of the boat for about 1 hr or so and when I got in the boat to leave the motor wouldnt turn over.So I had to pull all the plugs and turn it over. Then put them back in and all was ok then .Thats how I learned and it never happened again

I've been lucky I just got tired of spending money on something that lasted about 15 minutes and would tear off.
I need to find a beter flapper for my 4" tips. I was thinking maybe this style might last longer it's hinged spot not right in the flow of the exhaust

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=10412[/quote]

i was told the 4 in would not work on my out lets mine are 4 1/2 out side i would love to have some that clamp on that would save me a lot of time and money too
i also have the snails and my brother n law was the one that told me i need to have them on there
like i said i am new at the boating thing my first boat had it in the water 3 times last yr is all
so i am still learning how to drive and have fun safely with is i know backing it up is not fun yet lol

Here is a 4-1/2"

http://www.monstermarinestore.com/produ ... 2&incat=54

of if a 5" is needed

http://www.monstermarinestore.com/produ ... 7&incat=54

thank you to all that replied to my wanted message you guy6 were a big help i just had to rplace the 2 u joints between the pump and the motor thought the rods were coming out of the thing when i fired it up scared the hell out of me wow glad it was not the motor
this is a pretty new engine hardin marin 460 345 hp runs alright not real fast does about 4300 rpm on the lake would like to see 4700 and around 375 hp
but i dont know what i can do to get that i am a ace auto mechanic does this fall in the same line as that can i put a differant cam in it and roller rockers like i would a car and a electronic dist it had a mallory duel point in it now any one know what i can do to get just a little more out of it

i am fairly new to this jet boating world myself but in my opinion the engine doesn't know what its in.the things that create horsepower if the engine was in a car still create horsepower in a boat

sounds good

Big Nasty wrote:I've been lucky I just got tired of spending money on something that lasted about 15 minutes and would tear off.
I need to find a beter flapper for my 4" tips. I was thinking maybe this style might last longer it's hinged spot not right in the flow of the exhaust

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... sNum=10412

Hey Kris, I have a set of those style flappers in 4" that I'm never going to use. PM me with you address if you want them. I've been thinking about how to return the favor to you for the guzzle of gas you gave me last year at Ski Beach.
Dale

I got them today Dale
Thank You very much
I owe you now and maybe we can kill a small bottle of Jack or El Jimador Tequila one weekkend next summer or a large bottle.
Well thanks again Dale