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07 xrs 159 Challenger lite Track

SJORMK7

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Has any one made this track work? Besides buying a differnt one. I have heard slicing lugs about one inch to allow them to lay over? Raising the rear suspension Mounting 1/2 inch to 5/8 of inch? Is ther any way to make this track better? Thanks for any suggestions
 
Yes

I spent a lot of time cutting & trimming the reinforcing ribs to make the paddles flex and it worked very well; however, I would never do it again. Just way too much time and many blisters. Better off to find a cheap used track, but then again, maybe time is more available (like I used to have).
Good luck.
 
Honestly I just rode mine for 2 years. Everyone talks about it as if it were un rideable. It's not the best in pow, but it's still a big track. I don't think id start slicing lugs unless you were willing to replace it....the lugs seemed quite fragile and prone to tearing off/getting sliced up in general. I'm sure any modification would only speed this up.
 
I had a customer that followed the forums(Dootalk, SW) and wanted the track swapped ASAP. I put a 162x16x2.5 CE on his sled, kept the Lite on my sled.

As the season wore on, I kept playing with suspension set-up and mounting locations(as well as clutching) while he kept adding HP.
Head, pipe, reeds, bored carbs and porting were all added. The more he read online, the more he was convinced the Lite was a horrible track.
Meanwhile I had a stock XRS with re-shaped heads for more compression, and a MBRP can. I wasn't less than 5ft from any highmark he put on the hill. It just pissed him off. No matter what he did, I just kept tweaking little things here and there, and he could never blow me out of the water like he wanted to.

I raised the front arm mount, and set the shocks front and rear, and did nothing else but clutch and gear the machine.

Could it have done better with a CE? Absolutely. The difference? He never once changed his suspension set-up. Never cranked his front springs, never set the torsion springs, never touched anything. Sure he clutched his sled to the power adders, but not once did he touch his suspension. And it showed.

Moral of the story, no matter what you do to your sled, powerwise, or trackwise, if it's not set-up properly, you'll have a helluva time making it better than a stock, well set-up unit. So whether you keep the Lite, or swap it out, you gotta remember that set-up is KING.

So yes it can work, but you'll have to play with your settings to find that sweet spot for yourself. Considering you are from CO, making the lugs a little softer won't hurt since I'm led to believe you guys have a lot drier snow than I would normally ride here in BC.
 
I agree with Reeb. I picked up my 2007 Summit X last year on a killer deal. It was bone stock except for a MBRP can. The track performed so-so the first ride out. After tweaking the suspension and the clutching a bit, actually quite a bit, the track performed pretty well. As stated above, it isn't the greatest powdery, dry snow track, but it can get you by if you don't have the funds to get a new track right away. It's not like it flat out doesn't work. There are better alternatives if you have the money to get one. For what it's worth, I just changed out my track to a CE 2.5 154". Hope this helps.
 
07 xrs track

Wow! Thanks for all the great replies and ideas, Reeb thank you for the extensive write up, By the way I ride in North Idaho not Co.
 
I dunno why I thought CO, musta had someone else's profile in my mind. Have fun with the sled dude!
 
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