So this happened

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 09/20/2015 at 18:00 • Filed to: None

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The scary part was that it worked. A more detailed writeup will come when I get the video off my friend.

ShiroZ31 > MM54 09/20/2015 at 18:11

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Your bench has never been faster.

John_Harbinson > MM54 09/20/2015 at 18:13

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Are you suggesting that you “boosted” your small engine with a leafblower, roadkill style?

MM54 > John_Harbinson 09/20/2015 at 18:15

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Exactly.

desertdog5051 > MM54 09/20/2015 at 18:54

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If I were British, I would say “Brilliant”.

tromoly > MM54 09/20/2015 at 20:34

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I’m curious, why wouldn’t it work? For all intensive purposes a leaf blower is an electric turbocharger compressor that’s poorly optimized for IC engine applications, by design it’s a form of forced induction.

MM54 > tromoly 09/20/2015 at 21:01

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The biggest question we had would be if the carb would work in a blow-through situation. We tried it with a little Mikuni with all the vents routed properly and ending up blowing fuel out through the bowl gasket. Switching back to the stock carb let it actually function properly.

tromoly > MM54 09/20/2015 at 22:11

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Gotcha, it’s not like the pressure from a leaf blower is going over a psi or two as it is.

What’s the plan for all of this? I’ve been away for a bit so sorry if I missed any previous postings.

MM54 > tromoly 09/21/2015 at 07:40

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No real plan - I was up visiting some friends, it was raining, this stuff was on hand.