lots at play during break in...extra fuel, oil, restricted rpm, timing ... unburned fuel in combustion chambers and inefficiency were seeing hotter temps melting plastics.
My buddy's 2018 was a flame thrower
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Side panel melting
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lots at play during break in...extra fuel, oil, restricted rpm, timing ... unburned fuel in combustion chambers and inefficiency were seeing hotter temps melting plastics.
My buddy's 2018 was a flame thrower
Friend's Gen 4 ski-doo melted the right hand panel a little too last year. Stock can and all. We ask for narrow side panels and this is what we get I guess.
I have always ran vented side panels by http://www.2coolairvents.com/
and AC vented hood panels on my last handful of Proclimbs and they keep the underhood heat down so much I have a helluva time getting my burrito hot enough to eat throughout the day!
I have side panel vents coming for my Alpha but have not checked to see AC offers the hood panel vents yet.
and AC vented hood panels on my last handful of Proclimbs and they keep the underhood heat down so much I have a helluva time getting my burrito hot enough to eat throughout the day!
I have side panel vents coming for my Alpha but have not checked to see AC offers the hood panel vents yet.
Yeah, they're getting to be virtually shrink wrapped. I figured the stock can would be the coolest with all the insulation for sound deadening. It probably just takes longer to get there and once heat soaked is close to a lot of stuff.
Melted mine at top of muffler first ride. Added 20+ layers aluminum tape on inside
Saturday was a real deep day with lots of long WOT. I could smell melting plastic a couple times but have looked it all over and can see no heat damage other than that from my original post. I had added more heat tape to anything close to bare exhaust pipe. Still running the stock can.
Mine was replaced on warranty, along with the melted skid plate from the exhaust.
I had my Alpha out last weekend all stock. Couple feet of new snow. Melted the side panels, exhaust valve cables, throttle cable, and dealer said it roasted all the grease in the recoil starter. Now on hold with arctic cat customer service because they are saying parts are backordered. Love the sled but this is a deep powder mountain sled we shouldn't HAVE to get a can to avoid this issue. I have a 2018 M8000 with a can and it had no issues no melting was fine riding in the same conditions. Pretty annoyed right now.
Had a cpc can on my MC last season with zero melting.
Silber turbo this year and it melted wire looming, zip ties, side panel foam, AND MY PULL ROPE!
Cobra cord is stout, k.o'd the outer jacket, but the plasma rope core held. Jacket got cought in the recoil eventually preventing it from returning in.
Silber turbo this year and it melted wire looming, zip ties, side panel foam, AND MY PULL ROPE!
Cobra cord is stout, k.o'd the outer jacket, but the plasma rope core held. Jacket got cought in the recoil eventually preventing it from returning in.
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My cobra pull rope did the exact same thing on my sled today. Melted down where it goes into the engine. I had to start my sled with a rope on my clutch all day. no turbo, I think my stock can did it
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