Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

For those that have more SB usage under your belt, feel free to chime in.

For Hard EOD, the breakup of it, wet hard EOD that comes out the chute.....are you seeing any difference in how far it will throw whether it be a 7 HP machine or a 13HP machine.

I'm going to assume the 13HP won't bog down compared to a 7. Speed is not the goal.
Does both throw just as far...as it's sheer weight of heavy wet snow coming out the chute. Or that is relevent to impeller speeds of each SB characteristics

I'm fairly sure they use different platform depending on the engine size.  Putting a larger engine will definitely interfere with the handlebar.  The chute crank would probably be too short to go around the engine.

Not that it can't be done, but I haven't seen anyone putting a larger engine in a Honda.   It's a lot to do to make to work.  There are older machines that are easier and better candidates for larger engines. 

I'm surprised that you have trouble with the EOD with the 621.  It usually does perform fine for me until the snow is higher the intake and frozen.  I keep the 621 in top working condition with everything adjusted properly.  The engine is quite tractable and has lots of low end torque.  But the trick with any of these SS is feeding it the right amount of snow and keeping the engine RPM in the powerband.  It won't have the power to toss EOD heavy snow 10 feet, but 5-8 feet is typical.