How to get more power out of my 20 Kawasaki on my Conquest ??

[DanDANthefisherman]

I run at around 10,000 feet quite often, and with my extended track system with steel grousers, I barely have power to turn when climbing in low gear. I have the high altitude jets. What can I do for more power ? Really don't have the doe for a bigger engine !

[moos-a-boo]

I run at around 10,000 feet quite often, and with my extended track system with steel grousers, I barely have power to turn when climbing in low gear. I have the high altitude jets. What can I do for more power ? Really don't have the doe for a bigger engine !

I would try adjusting the spring on the driven clutch (transmission clutch), moving the spring to hole # 1. Rock Doctor has 2 vidio clips on this sight that show how to do it. I re adjusted my spring on my 1999 conquest & am climbing hills in HIGH gear where before I would have to be in low gear & almost smoke the belt. Doesn't cost anything & makes a BIG difference! I would also recommend going through your primary clutch (engine) clean things up give a good visual & reassemble with powder graphite, again using Rock Doctors video for a good reference if you never tore into these before. Ultimately, these are a simple fix with big results, was for me! Good luck!

[DanDANthefisherman]

Thank you moos-a-boo and thank you Rock Doctor for the vids.

[madmac]

where are these vids at,i can't seem to find them

[DanDANthefisherman]

http://www.6x6world.com/forums/transmissions/10118-argo-clutches-vids.html?highlight=argo+clutch

[JohnF]

Yep, what he said.

RD makes two adjustments:

. He shims the drive clutch spring which will move the engadgement RPM (and therefore torque) up a bit. You'll notice this one as the machine will seem to engage a little later but not bog down on launch.

. And he also changes the spring tension on the driven clutch. This will in effect keep it in lower gear longer/sooner (upshift/downshift).

Cleaning and lubing the clutches when needed improve things quite a bit too.

Make sure your belt is up to snuff. When sitting engine off the belt should protrude a bit out of the driven clutch. (1/16 I think - don't take my word for this, look it up.)

Check the sheaves for grooves. There is nothing you can do for this except replace the clutch as far as I know.

I bet if you do the above we will be seeing smiley faces in your "after" report.

A side note:

Some high altitude shops will drill out the drive clutch weights. I found mine that way. I would replace them with the original weight weights. Lighter weights changes the belt pressure per RPM of the engine such that at any given RPM there is less force. It's a great way to move into a higher RPM (and then HP) range on the engine but your engine is limited by a governor; an RPM that you probably already reach. All you would be doing then is reducing clutch force at you max RPM.

Now if you tweek (or remove) the governor (and do all other things to ready the engine for higher RPM work) then I would reduce the weights. And No, I have no idea how to modify this engine for higher RPM work. I don't think it is done but I don't really know why.