I had a set two years ago, put them on right after buying it, so I don't know about any perf. improvements. I was going for BLING ;D and weight savings. I did not have to re-prop the boat so perf. improvements if any were nominal. I did have trouble with the back of the power steering reservoir hitting the manifold. Fixed that by robbing parts off my stock car, new pump with remote reservoir, more BLING ;D Just sold them when I bought my new engines.