Saving Old Seagulls

i am thinking of shortning the leg on my seagull 5 hp
by cutting the exsorst/ drive and water pipe so it fitts on my boat in the well. any coments please

I have just done it on a 40plus,I cut it to fit my Mirror.No problems as long as you cut the same of each piece.
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Does not seem to make any difference to the performance
(shortened by about 8") [attachment=0]tonys gulls.jpg[/attachment]