We know, it's been a long time coming, it's back and it's going to be coming out to you when we have new products to introduce, specials, and great tech advice! If we have something we need to tell you about, you can expect a letter from us in your inbox! We'd love to hear your comments! Our newsletters will be coming out with surveys, and we would like to see what you guys are thinking, what new products you would like to see, and in general how you are doing! So for now, just sit back and wait for thefirst edition of the Black Magic Newsletter!
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August 24, 2007 14 Days until
HayDays, the official kickoff to winter! Get your order in now and we'll
bring it to HayDays for you!
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on going. Currently we are working on getting past the pesky 50mph
barrier on the new Prowler. When you hit 50, the ignition cuts out.
Doesn't matter what rpm, as now the Prowlers are cutting out based on
speed rather then rpm. Well we have a fix for that, it will be
available soon! We are also working on a few options for the intake.
We have our in-expensive KickAss air intake, which we are field testing
right now, which should be available soon. We are also working on a
complete air-box system to replace the stock unit. It draws air from a
different location, getting rid of the funky air intake snorkel that
draws air from the right rear wheel wheel. We have a slip on system and
a full exhaust proto-type that is being tested and we hope to have that
available soon.
Well its that time of year again, your sled has been sitting now for 5
months. The crank is starting to rust, gas is way old, seals are starting
to dry up, track needs to be run, I think you better get after it. We have
talked about this many times in the past, but some of you seem to forget,
and you happen to be the ones who are the first ones at the Dealership for
service. This can be avoided, go fire that thing up! It doesn't hurt a
thing. Crank it up and let it run until the heat exchangers are warm and
shut it down. Do this again in September and you will save yourself a
whole lot of grief and a whole lot of cash! Get some fresh gas in the tank
and maybe even bring a can of pledge and shine er' up. Be ready for the
first snowfall!
Black Magic is making preparations for HayDays. We will be in our regular
booth, E6,E7. Right next to Arctic Cat. If your looking to order something
and are planning to attend Haydays, now is your chance! Place your order
now and we can bring your item to HayDays!
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Black Magic newletter. Due to
the over-abundance of tech calls we have received recently and a recent
tech short we spotted in a popular snowmobile rag, we are going to discuss
the issue of fuel and performance mods.
I'm not sure how many of you read the snowmobile magazines out there
today, but I'm guessing that a few of you do. We here at Black Magic page
through every mag 2-3 times before it gets put back in the rack. Recently
we received our copy of a particular magazine of which we are pretty fond
of and paged through. We ran into a little excerpt about Arctic cat 800 &
1000 Y-pipes and ECU's that really struck a nerve, and we would like to
add
our opinion!
The article talks about the Cat 800 & 1000 engines and specifically about
some bolt-on items that have incredible performance gains, but require no
fuel. According to the note, the technical consultants indicated a Y-pipe
can be added without changes to the fuel map other then making sure you
have the latest ECU programming installed from Arctic Cat.
Now we've seen some of the claimed gains from adding just a Y-Pipe, and we
wonder how this can be?
We have spent many hours on the 800 and 1000 motors, both on our dyno and
in the field testing. We have seen the gains of 10 or more horse on our
superflow dyno. We have witnessed the performance gain in the field. But,
as with any performance mod, in order to make horsepower you need one
thing. Fuel!
These new Cat motors are much leaner then the motors of the past. Gone
are the days of being able to utilize any "extra" fuel in the stock fuel
map. We have seen it first hand while testing the 800 last winter, and
spent money repairing a couple of 1000 motors because we wanted to see
what
happened when we ran Y-pipes and other mods without adding fuel. They
either went Slower or burned down. Some of our findings were backed up by
a tech article in the February 2007 issue of Cats Pride.
The article started out with the statement, The adage, "There is no Free
lunch," remains true as ever, especially when it comes to performance
upgrades for your snowmobile.
How very true!
The article goes on to say Arctic Cat engineers were recently reminded of
this when testing an aftermarket exhaust product on the new 1000 2-stroke
engine. Equipped with stock fuel mapping, the modified engine seized a
piston during its first dyno run. The problem: the modified exhaust
required different fuel calibration for the engine's EFI system.
Now we wonder, who is right here?
According to all the testing we have conducted at Black Magic, we will
side with the Arctic Cat engineers. If you are going to add a Y-pipe, or
any other mod to your 800 or 1000, you best be spending an additional
$300-$400 for a fuel control box. It is not possible to gain 10 or more
horse on these motors without adding fuel! Plain and simple! If you
modify your snowmobile engine to produce more power, it needs more fuel.
If you're told you don't need more fuel when adding a power-increasing
part, you need to ask why.
Last Tuesday morning, we woke up to 2" to 4" of the WHITE STUFF!.
Granted, it didn't stay long, be we are hoping it is a precursor of
things to come! It certainly made us smile!
We have also been working on a add-on after muffler quiet exhaust for
all the hunters and people who just want to be a little more stealth.
We got something we like so far, just going to get some testing on it
and make sure it holds up! Stay tuned!
Did you hear? West Racing recently competed in the first ever ATV
Endurocross down in Guthrie, Oklahoma. How did it go you ask? Well,
piloting Arctic Cat 700 EFI's equipped with Black Magic exhaust systems,
Jesse West took 1st place, and brother Josh West took 3rd. Pat Brons
rounded out the team effort with a 5th place effort! Just how good was
the effort by the West brothers? Well Jesse posted lap times a full 2
seconds faster then any other Utility quad. Furthermore, the fastest
overall time for ALL ATV's, was posted by Jesse West. Faster lap times
then the 450 sport quads! Now thats haulin!
The product for all 2008 sleds is ready and waiting to be tested and
verified for performance and durability. First snow we will be out! We
will be running Y-pipes, single pipes, clutching, canisters, timing and
anything else that needs to get checked.
Also, look for clutching for the Jaguar Z1, the '08 F570 and of course
the new updated 3 weight 1000 motors.
On this weeks special we have a deal for all the new F & Crossfire 800
and 1000 owners. Order our Super Single Pipe, TFI fuel controller and
HearthThrob clutching and get the whole package for $700 U.S.D. Thats
$100 off retail! We will also expand that for all F and CF 600 owners,
get a Super Single, Clutching and canister for $700 U.S.D. Thats $133
off! Got an 03-06 Firecat? Get a Super Single Pipe, clutching, and
canister for $700.
Special does not include any special items or services such as ceramic
coating, custom setup or substitutions.
