clutch side ducting affectiveness?

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sno*jet

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• Aug 25, 2016

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is the black plastic ducting on the clutch side side panel worth its weight? seems like it would only work when moving fast.
the top duct runs toward the top of the clutch cover, the bottom one routes straight to the secondary it looks like,

 

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• Aug 26, 2016

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Mine went straight into the garbage before I ever rode my sled (2016), no issues. They are blocked with snow most of the time anyway. Never ran the one on my '13 either, but it had all sorts of vents.

 

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• Aug 26, 2016

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Top duct I left in there. I waterproof heat taped it in better though, as it's crap secured in there from the factory. Bottom one I took off. It just fills with snow and jams up, at least the snow around here. You can put frogzskin over it but I still think it's kinda pointless unless you are only blasting down the trail all day at 60mph. The bottom one acts like a snow plow too. With it off snow doesn't push into the side there as much so there is less resistance moving through the snow when it's on its side. I took the vent that's for an 1100T in the nose of the sled and put it where the hole is there after taking it off. Double secured it with a bead of black e6000 glue cause the one I had on there last year started to peel off cause of pressure on it having my sled on its side so much.

 

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• Aug 26, 2016

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No ducting at all in my 2014 and no extra vents. Just the little frogzskin vent in front of the primary clutch on the side panel that the only the 2014s came with. No belt issues, but the 3"x4" area is open in front of my steering post with my BDX intake and it seems a lot of the under-hood heat is allowed to escape there. We pulled all the ducting out of my dad's 2016 and installed the little vent in front of the clutch like my 2014 has. Frogzskin on the big opening at the top of the side panel too after the duct came out.

 

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• Aug 26, 2016

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same as the rest frog skin the vent and removed all plastic from inside and frog skinned top vent also

 

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• Aug 26, 2016

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Ya get rid of that stupid scoop and put in a 2cool vent or modrods vent. I prefer the 2cool vents. Stupidest thing Cat did on our Mtn sleds was that dumb air scoop.


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• Aug 26, 2016

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same as ^^^^ did it on my 14 and my 16. frog skin and put the vent in the trash.

 

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• Aug 27, 2016

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It is pretty effective for throwing snow on your clutches when it's sugar

 

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• Aug 27, 2016

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lol! right on guys, more free weight off...
but i havent found a whole lot yet, so far just the shovel sno-flap, one piece of side panel insulation that looked pointless, and lopped 1.5 inch off both sides of the huge front bumper.

 

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• Aug 27, 2016

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I just use the cat vented panels and it gets rid of everything.