Watched a few youtube videos of people who made monster snowblowers by mounting v-eight engines to their machines. Well not quite v-8's but much more than what came stock. For example one guy went from an 8hp stock engine to a 16hp on a 30" blower. In watching the videos I have to say that I couldn't see an increase in throwing distance. In one video the only thing that happened was the extra power caused the metal chute to buckle and knocked the chute teeth out of whack. Guy had to replace the chute. I guess you can have too much power (sorry Tim Taylor) and throwing distance isn't only a result of engine power.