AL SHIMPA

Euclid, MN

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
STOL CH 701
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Kit
Building Experience
Have worked on airplanes before
Flying Experience
Private Pilot
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Hill Climb Coordinator for Arctic Cat Inc.
I work and build snowmobiles in the Race Dept. The main job is building ECU programs for hill climb sled.
The CH701 I built has a 3 cylinder 660 turbo Suzuki engine from a snowmobile. It runs very well.

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  • Ron D Leclerc

    Hi Al...
    Like your choice of engine! I have some questions: In regards to weight of the engine as installed... how heavey? Is this a water cooled setup? Do all Suzuki 660 3 cylinder engines come with a turbo? Is Artic Cat the only snowmobile builder using this engine? Can this engine be bought new from Artic cat?

    I have a chance to buy a wrecked 2001 Artic Cat ZR600EFI machind with 3955 miles on it! I'm building a 701 with a few mods... and the engine must be able to handle the 701 of floats!
    Do you have any more photos of the setup?
    Thanks Ron

    Feb 12, 2010

  • Jesse Hartman

    Hi Al.  I see that your an Arctic Cat guy.  Im thinking about putting the z1 turbo engine in a ch750.  Do you belive this is a proven engine yet?

    Mar 15, 2011

  • Normand Lambert

    Hi AL,

    very nice engine bay you got there.  How heavy is it ? Just love that stuff !

    Keep photos coming !

    Regards,

    Norm

    Apr 25, 2016