No vents from the factory?!
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EPA noise regs on Drive by... the sled would never pass with vents installed.
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milo303
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Interesting
Simple question, simple answer.
Curious if something as simple as a factory gauge lifter and small vent placed low on each side panel would still make to much noise?
I'm personally just going with the gauge lift and shock tower/clutch vent in hopes that a lot of heat will be pulled out thru the gauge lifter.
Simple question, simple answer.
Curious if something as simple as a factory gauge lifter and small vent placed low on each side panel would still make to much noise?
I'm personally just going with the gauge lift and shock tower/clutch vent in hopes that a lot of heat will be pulled out thru the gauge lifter.
I agree with Pro. In any kind of fun snow my sled ran dead on at 127. No matter how hard I ran it. Now I had a gauge lifter with that vent at the top but the hood has a lot of vented area stock. The only time I see how I want more venting is a lot of really slow full throttle pulls in deep snow and then you would need a fan to move air because you aren't moving fast enough to get air flow.
Venting is not to reduce the coolant temp of the sled... more to reduce the under-hood temps that place extra load on the clutching/belts/electrical etc.
In the long run, this may have a SMALL effect on the engine temps... but that is moe dependent, IMO, on the cooling system.
See this thread for a good discussion on DUCTING VS. VENTING.
CLICK HERE
Cheap insurance IMO.
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In the long run, this may have a SMALL effect on the engine temps... but that is moe dependent, IMO, on the cooling system.
See this thread for a good discussion on DUCTING VS. VENTING.
CLICK HERE
Cheap insurance IMO.
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I think I will go with the BlowHole. I just don't like the look of vents plastered everywhere.
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Pretty much took the words out of my mouth.
We actually did a little comparison last year on three sleds. No vents, some venting and one with a bunch of venting. Now obviously the sleds were not identical but they were close.
Ran the sleds in the same areas for the same amount of time, stopped and checked the clutches on each and you could tell the difference on the three. The one with the most venting was obviously cooler.
By the way, later that day the non vented one, blew a belt.
When it comes down to it, it can't hurt so why not.
We actually did a little comparison last year on three sleds. No vents, some venting and one with a bunch of venting. Now obviously the sleds were not identical but they were close.
Ran the sleds in the same areas for the same amount of time, stopped and checked the clutches on each and you could tell the difference on the three. The one with the most venting was obviously cooler.
By the way, later that day the non vented one, blew a belt.
When it comes down to it, it can't hurt so why not.
