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snowshoveler


tides in dirts out surfs up

Location: bridgewater nova scotia...aka the swamp
Joined: Jan 3, 2003
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high altitude jet kits...
Original Message   Feb 5, 2005 7:56 pm
this aint what you hope for.

the engines are designed to run properly  at sealevel or up a few thousand feet.

a high altitude jet kit will actually lean out the engine.

think about it ...less oxygen  further up you go .so engine requires less fuel not more.

thats why the folks climbing the high mountains carry oxygen bottles.

so unless the kit comes with an adjustable nozzle your in for a scorched engine.

bottom line is you wont find any manufacturer coming up with any legal way of selling you somthing to richen up your engine.

very large fines involved in that.

later chris

craftsman 10/28 snowblower with tracks   husky 372xpg chainsaw   sachs dolmar bc212 bushsaw   mondo trimmer   monster tractor with trailer    cheep wheelbarro and couple shovels and a partridge in a pear tree 
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Richie


Bring On The White Stuff

Location: Long Island, New York
Joined: Dec 12, 2003
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Re: high altitude jet kits...
Reply #6   Feb 8, 2005 8:14 pm
snowshoveler wrote:
im with Richie on this one .

we set snow engines to the max rated rpm.and we use one of those point and squirt tachometers good for at least 20 grand and accurate to 10 of rpms .i have noted that as little as 50 rpm will make quite a difference with the distance of thrown snow.

Thanks for that one Chris That was exactly my impression when I did that on my snowblower.  I'm told my maximum engine speed is, 3,450 RPM's, yet I set it 50 RPM's below that to 3,400.  My snowblower was able to tunnel into a snowbank 7" or 8" higher than the auger housing.  Prior to this, the engine nearly stalled trying to blow through the EOD equal to the height of the auger housing.

Richie
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