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1998 POLARIS INDY TRAIL: An Entry by Minnesota State University, Mankato in the “Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2000”
Technical Paper
2000-01-2574
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A student team from Minnesota State University, Mankato's Automotive Engineering Technology program entered the Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2000. A 1998 Polaris Indy Trail was converted to indirect fuel injection running on a computer controlled closed loop fuel system. Also chassis, exhaust, and hood design modifications were made. The snowmobile was designed to compete in eight events. These events included acceleration, emissions, hill climb, cold start, noise, fuel economy/range, handling/driveability, and static display.
The snowmobile modifications involved every aspect of the snowmobile with special emphasis on emissions and noise. Laboratory testing led to the final design. This paper details the modifications and test results.
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Authors
- Aaron Hein - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Dustin Jagusch - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Josh Mills - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Jesse Olson - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Marti Price - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Brett Russenberger - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Jeremy Thoennes - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Scott Betcher - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Mark Brandl - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Allen Caldwell - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Ryan Erickson - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Jeff Gillen - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Lance Groth - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Dale LaRue - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Nathan Lindeman - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Brian Martin - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Jan Smith - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Jason Wilke - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Bruce Jones - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
- Kirk Ready - Minnesota State Univ., Mankato
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Hein, A., Jagusch, D., Mills, J., Olson, J. et al., "1998 POLARIS INDY TRAIL: An Entry by Minnesota State University, Mankato in the “Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2000”," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2574, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-2574.Also In
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