Re: Captian's Call Exhaust
Also, I have found corsa but has anybody done this and what brand and at what cost did you see for installation/parts?
If you do the switchable (Quick & Quiet plus in the Corsa nomenclature) and purchase new, the parts alone will run $1500. I'm guessing another few hundred for a professional install. There will be no performance difference with your 5.0.
There is a non-switchable option called Quick & Quiet II; routes exhaust to both the transom and the hub. It goes mostly out the transom at idle, more out the hub when running so combined with the baffled exhaust tips it isn't all that loud at speed. It'll be cheaper to do it this way but you won't be able to switch from loud to quiet.
There are also a couple of other options other than Corsa; they're cheaper, but not by much. For example, Hardin Marine makes an air actuated system that's a few hundred cheaper than the electrically operated Corsa system.
Now you're probably telling yourself; "I can just run the exhaust straight out the transom, skip the thru prop exhaust and save a BUNCH of money"....sorry, that won't work either. You'd have to put block off plates where the y-pipe goes down to the transom assembly and that usually means pulling the motor. A lot less in parts, but a lot more in labor.
I love that V-8 sound as much as anyone, but it's going to be an expensive project any way you look at it. Sorry to be Sgt. Buzzkill here.
