Development of Clean Snowmobile Technology for the 2005 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2005-01-3679
Kettering University's Clean Snowmobile Challenge student design team has developed a new robust and innovative snowmobile for the 2005 competition. This snowmobile dramatically reduces exhaust and noise emissions and improves fuel economy compared with a conventional snowmobile. Kettering University has utilized a modified snowmobile in-line four cylinder, four-stroke, engine. The team added an electronically-controlled fuel-injection system with oxygen sensor feedback to this engine. This engine has been installed into a 2003 Yamaha RX-1 snowmobile chassis. Exhaust emissions have been further minimized through the use of a customized catalytic converter and an electronically controlled closed-loop fuel injection system. A newly designed and tuned exhaust as well as several chassis treatments have aided in minimizing noise emissions.
Citation: Carrick, N., Davis, G., Warchuck, D., Block, C. et al., "Development of Clean Snowmobile Technology for the 2005 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-3679, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-3679. Download Citation
Author(s):
Nichole Carrick, Gregory W. Davis, Dennis Warchuck, Carl Block, Jake Maurer
Affiliated:
Kettering University
Pages: 14
Event:
Powertrain & Fluid Systems Conference & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Clean Snowmobile Challenge - 1: The Early Years, 4-Stroke Engines Make Their Debut-SRP-002
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Exhaust emissions
Fuel economy
Catalytic converters
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