Tony's Tips ARTICLE DATE: October 1st, 2006
Exhaust System Images
 
Exhaust System Images - 1
Yanmar - 31 Bertram - Starboard Exhaust riser.
Cummins QSC 490 with V-drive, port side - 4" dry to 6" mixer. Very long 4" dry riser to adapt to current 6" wet lift muffler system.
Cummins QSC 490 - "Over the Top" dry riser for V-drive - 4" dry to 6" wet mixer.
Cummins QSB 380 Riser to mixer to custom 5" 40 Degree elbow. Cummins QSB 380 - 4" dry to 5" mixer.
Cummins QSC 490 with V-drive, starboard side - 4" dry to 6" mixer.
Cummins 670 QSM with 4" dry riser and 6" wet mixer. Tight 6 inch riser design - Had to clear engine combing.
Good and safe exhaust design.
New Custom WET MIXERS installed on old risers, 3" dry to 5" wet. Custom Wraps
Cummins QSM 670 - 4" dry to 6" mixer to custom 8" FRP elbow to existing 8" exhaust & muffler - Was under 25" H2O at WOT.
Cummins 350C 4" dry riser to 6" wet mixer with support. Combo exhaust and deck supports.
Vert tight Collection T - 6 inch to 8 inch to double 5 inch. Cummins QSC/QSL Turbo exhaust flange adaptation to 4" pipe weld 90's.
Cummins 6BTA 370 / 31 Bertram port engine - 4" dry to 5" wet mixer to Custom 5 to 6" FRP wet 90.
Cummins QSB 380 Port Riser to mixer to custom 5" 55 Degree elbow. This picture shows how well the "High Mount Turbo" option can lend itself to a simple exhaust system in a 25 Ft Bertram V-Drive set-up. This owner only wanted the best of everything and took unbelievable pride in this repower....

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Cummins QSB - 4" dry riser to 5" wet mixer to 6" factory lift muffler to 6" side outlet.
Cummins 370 Diamond - 31 Bertram port engine cross over-3" to 4" dry to 5" mixer. Yanmar 6LYA370 dry riser - 4" dry to 5" mixer to 6" stern exhaust-V-Drive application.
Detroit Series 60 - 6" dry riser to 8" wet mixer to 10" FRP tube collector to twin 6" outlets to stern - Right side of pics show 100% dry aux exhaust thru side of vessel - 90 Ft Aluminum converted crew boat. Cummins QSL 400 dry riser - 4" dry to 6" wet mixer.
Detroit Series 60 dry riser - 6" dry to 8" wet - Notice flexible hanger above wet mixer-SS 6" dry flex / "bellows" under wrap on riser.
Cummins N-14 Dry turbo connection - 5" dry to 8" dry muffler and stack. Cummins 6CTA 430 dry riser - 4" dry to 6" mixer.
Simple Cummins QSM - 4" dry riser to 6" mixer to 8" wet FRP mufflers.
External stern exits - 5" into custom 6" stern port corner outlets. Custom lift muffler for 20Kw aux and 8" under water exit for Cummins QSM 635.
Simple riser for Cummins QSC 540 - 4" dry to 6" wet. 5 to 6 inch Surge tube connection
QSB riser pointed to the "right spot" eliminating and hard wet bends.
Difficult design with long dry riser for Cummins 6CTA on commercial vessel - 4" dry to 6" wet to existing 8" outlets - Has dry "flex" in riser and flexible hanger attached to "cold mixer". Yanmar 6LPA custom exhaust riser - Notice pyro probe lacation.
100% dry exhaust to side outlet - Aluminum boat.
Using Factory elbows - Budget sometimes prevails & goes against my wishes. Cummins 6BTA 315 - 4" dry riser to 5" mixer to 6" "surge tube".
Detroit Series 60 - 6" dry riser to custom 8" wet mixer on 85 Ft commercial boat-4B 37Kw Aux in background with 3" dry riser to 4" wet lift muffler.

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Earlier style heat wrap design using wire to fit / secure the wrap to dry riser - We prefer the more expensive "SS spring" design.
Un-finished 6" dry riser. Deep hulled sail boat - Tall dry risers for both the Cummins 4B main and 2 Kw Yanmar auxiliary. The tops of both engines are about 12" below the waterline.
Cummins 6CTA 8.3 with 4" dry to 6" mixer. Cummins 6BTA 370-Starboard riser in 35Ft Bertram - 4" dry to 6" mixer.
6" simple 95 degree "wet elbow".
Cummins 370 Diamond-Starboard-3" dry to 5" mixer - 36Ft Hatteras. This style dry riser shows the ultimate in safety-100% "over the top" water injection on the down hill side.
Cummins QSM 580 with 4" dry riser to 6" mixer to custom lift muffler w/ 8" side outlet. Properly designed flush side exit.
Connection to 6" surge tube.
Cummins 255C with high mount turbo-Port "over the top" dry riser and 5" wet mixer. Cummins 255C with high mount turbo-Starboard "over the top" dry riser and 5" wet mixer.
Tacked up dry riser to 6" wet mixer. Simple dry system riser for Cummins 350C.
Cummins 6BTA 370 - Port riser/crossover 31 Bertram.
Yanmar JH3 - Sail boat dry riser to 3.5" mixer and lift muffler. Yanmar JH3-Dry riser, shown without exhaust wrap.
Cummins 6CTA 8.3 - port crossover - 5" wet mixer to 6" surge tube. Cummins 6BTA w/ 4" riser to 5" mixer.

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Starboard side - 6LYA-2 440 Yanmar w/ 4" dry riser to 6" mixer to modified lift muffler-notice active "anti-siphon" bypass just right of riser.
Port side - 6LYA-2 440 Yanmar w/ 4" dry riser to 6" mixer to modified lift muffler-Both of these engines flooded with the "factory wet elbows" on the vessels maiden voyage.
3" dry to 6" mixer with 2" inlet. Flared "spray ring" - makes for high velocity and full spray water flow without undue restriction.
OEM lift muffler design that failed on maiden voyage. 6" modified lift muffler.
Yanmar 6LPA-V-Drive, 3" dry to 5" mixer Custom riser.
Simple 4 dry riser to 6" mixer. An example of how to use "all available height" in the engine room when designing a safe wet exhaust.
Rubber 90's - Reliable way to accomplish exhaust connections in many cases. Exhaust water by-pass.
Cummins 350 C with 4" dry riser to 6" mixer-V-Drive set-up.
A typical 4" to 6" dry riser adaptation welded to a factory supplied SS turbo flange on an earlier Cummins QSL. Exhaust water "by-pass" and active anti-siphon out side of vessel.
One of the simplest of all exhaust systems - Straight back, straight down, and out the transom BELOW the water line at exit. High mount Turbo on a Cummins C with a V-drive. Another example of a "High Mount Turbo" exhaust system. Notice our method on "hose clamping" for the exhaust hoses, and the accessory drives used for this high hour/hard use commercial application.
This shows how we "mock-up" in the shop using supplied measurements from the other side of the country. A simple drawing with the needed measurements is all that is needed to make a "perfect fit".
Twin Series 60 Detroit's - 6" dry riser to 8" mixer to 10" collector to twin 6" outlets. Tight 4" dry riser to 5" mixer on Cummins 6BTA 315.
Cummins 6BTA 315 - 4" dry riser to 5" mixer to 6" surge tube.

Tony Athens  |  October 1st, 2006
 
 
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