how would YOU lengthen you 144raw chassis to 155 or more??? new oem 155 tunnel, custom tunnel extension, call VE or fabcraft??
what say you???
what say you???
lets just say... 144raw stretched to 155+
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Gone Sleddin
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trade it for a new one with a longer track
ah yes, the plot thickens... let me add some criteria, NO INJECTION, carbs only...
I'd just bolt in a 155 skid and call it a day. Why extend the tunnel? Or is money no object? A guy here in AK as a 2008 155 skid up for $450
more of an intellectual curiosity than anything... will the 155 skid fit under the 144 tunnel without suckin the snow flap under??
Bonz,
The cost of a VE or other aftermarket tunnel is around a grand or more. Plus all of the fitment and down time. Plus, most of the time, the 144 would be too hacked from removal to resell.
Buy a stock 155 (or a 163 for that matter) tunnel AND bulkhead already assembled for $1049 US and switch out the components... That will give you a chance to clean everything up, use new rivets on all of the plastic to tighten it up, and build it out well.
The new RAW tunnels are right in there for weight with the aftermarket, the tunnel uses an integrated cooler that is actually part of the tunnel structure.
If you are pumping up the power in the engine... the added cooler length would do you well, especially if you are not running the front-tunnel-cooler like the new 800 Dragons
Sell the 144 raw bulkhead/tunnel to someone on ebay for $800 and call it done. He!!, the SledNecks types would love to take their 800 Dragon to a shorttrack 144" for downhill carving, jumping and tree riding! Thats the sled they didnt make but should have, IMO.
REF 4, ASM-CHASSIS MTN 7 SDI,155,NAT Part number 1015472-309 , $1,049.99
Includes Bulkhead and Tunnel/cooler assembled
The cost of a VE or other aftermarket tunnel is around a grand or more. Plus all of the fitment and down time. Plus, most of the time, the 144 would be too hacked from removal to resell.
Buy a stock 155 (or a 163 for that matter) tunnel AND bulkhead already assembled for $1049 US and switch out the components... That will give you a chance to clean everything up, use new rivets on all of the plastic to tighten it up, and build it out well.
The new RAW tunnels are right in there for weight with the aftermarket, the tunnel uses an integrated cooler that is actually part of the tunnel structure.
If you are pumping up the power in the engine... the added cooler length would do you well, especially if you are not running the front-tunnel-cooler like the new 800 Dragons
Sell the 144 raw bulkhead/tunnel to someone on ebay for $800 and call it done. He!!, the SledNecks types would love to take their 800 Dragon to a shorttrack 144" for downhill carving, jumping and tree riding! Thats the sled they didnt make but should have, IMO.
REF 4, ASM-CHASSIS MTN 7 SDI,155,NAT Part number 1015472-309 , $1,049.99
Includes Bulkhead and Tunnel/cooler assembled
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