Scott, I checked out your profile after seeing you were a fellow Canadian with a 47 Commander. I see you have one of the two legenadary 47 Commanders powered with 8V71Ns. I would love to see engine room pictures and hear how the boat runs!
It would be fun to meet up in Orillia, are they still doing the Chris-Craft rendezvous there every summer? I'll need to run that by the family for concurrence as I'm still treading lightly after losing all of the 2022 and half of 2023 boating seasons due to the repower of our 47. It would be great if we could get Steve V's 1969 47 "International Eagle" there as well.
Regarding mufflers, my 1973 47 had the 6" fiberglass Venatones from the factory. I'm not sure how it actually sounded as I bought it as a project on the hard. When I removed the Cummins VT8-370Ms and installed Caterpillar 3208TAs I added Vetus waterlift mufflers inline between the turbos and the Vernatones. I was able to mount them behind the engines above the shafts. At the transom with the engines running you can't hear the exhaust over the engine mechanical noise coming back from the engine room vents.
Scott, I checked out your profile after seeing you were a fellow Canadian with a 47 Commander. I see you have one of the two legenadary 47 Commanders powered with 8V71Ns. I would love to see engine room pictures and hear how the boat runs!
I try to see if i have some...everyone asks and i have it down to take pics in the spring...
I have some ....but have to find out what file year i have them saved.
I changed the mufflers on the boat and had a custom design made...and it was great improvement with the sound.
Hi Warren, Im coming up to orillia this june 2024..Christmas in june activity, maybe we could meet up?
Scott,
It would be fun to meet up in Orillia, are they still doing the Chris-Craft rendezvous there every summer? I'll need to run that by the family for concurrence as I'm still treading lightly after losing all of the 2022 and half of 2023 boating seasons due to the repower of our 47. It would be great if we could get Steve V's 1969 47 "International Eagle" there as well.
Regarding mufflers, my 1973 47 had the 6" fiberglass Venatones from the factory. I'm not sure how it actually sounded as I bought it as a project on the hard. When I removed the Cummins VT8-370Ms and installed Caterpillar 3208TAs I added Vetus waterlift mufflers inline between the turbos and the Vernatones. I was able to mount them behind the engines above the shafts. At the transom with the engines running you can't hear the exhaust over the engine mechanical noise coming back from the engine room vents.
Another muffler shot from my repowered 1973
That is a nice looking engine room!!