Home Made Fresh Air Exhaust for 100$ (Sunsport 87)

Hey guys, Here's my new fresh air exhaut system made by me and two friends , it take about 6-7 to make it but it's really nice !!

Material we use :
- 3'' stainless pipe 1' long (free)
- 3'' aluminium pipe 10' long x 1/8'' thick (65$)
- 2x 3'' stainless exhasut clamp (15$ ea.)

1- We cut the the 1' stainless pipe in half and weld each part to the plates that are srewed to the transom.
2- Couple measurment here and there + couple 22.5 degree cut on the aluminium pipe , welding all together
and grindind a bit to smooth it out.
3- VOILA !!
4- Now i have to decide if i polish/chrome it or powder coating flat black or blue like the boat will be paint next autumn !?

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I'm digging that set up, man! You will have to let us know how it goes after you get it on the water!

For sure i will let you know how good it is (i hope) and i'll try to have a sound clip !!

Looks almost the same as a real one... good work! I'm curious as to how the rigid mounts will holt up. The FAE has several rubber mounts to isolate vibration and protect against impact damage.

That looks preety sweet! But was wondering the purpose of it. More horse pwr, better sound etc.

The purpose is to kill the noise and fumes of the exhaust, muffles it with the water. That way you can hear better for conversation, tower speakers, etc.

Do you leave it on when cruising around? I would think that would put a lot of added stress on everything.

Yes, you leave it on. It does put a lot of stress on stuff, important to have it braced the correct way. Here's the product he mimicked:

http://www.freshairexhaust.com/

To me, it looks like it's going to work out for him. He nailed the shape of it, just have to worry about bracing, but I don't think he's forgotten about that or anything : )

Have you had a chance to drop it in the water and see how it worked out?