I have no doubt that there will be some fine tuning involved, that's a given. Going from a track that weighs 48lbs and that spins all the time to one that weighs 55lbs and bites in twice as hard there will be a heck of a different load on the engine.
I know the track is looser than it should be too, at one of the rest stops it was visibly sagging under the weight of the snow dropping from the tunnel coolers. The stock 5.1 did it a few times when the sled was new and the track was still stretchy. My sled doesn't have any extroverts on it at all so I know it needs to be banjo tight.
I only have 1 ride with it so far so I'm not going to get rid of it right off the bat. So far I'm impressed with what I see and the traction this track provides on setup snow... it reminded me more of how my 900 tractors up stuff with more confidence at slower speeds. Clutching is something I've been battling with this sled since I got it so that's no big news to me. I wish it was more like my 900 where it doesn't really care how fresh the clutching is, but it just doesn't have the torque so I'm going to have to spend more time dialing it in. I will say this though, I am pretty impressed that I have almost 1200 miles on this thing and the belt still looks pretty good, the 900 isn't quite as forgiving when it comes to belt life.... and it's fully vented!
I know the track is looser than it should be too, at one of the rest stops it was visibly sagging under the weight of the snow dropping from the tunnel coolers. The stock 5.1 did it a few times when the sled was new and the track was still stretchy. My sled doesn't have any extroverts on it at all so I know it needs to be banjo tight.
I only have 1 ride with it so far so I'm not going to get rid of it right off the bat. So far I'm impressed with what I see and the traction this track provides on setup snow... it reminded me more of how my 900 tractors up stuff with more confidence at slower speeds. Clutching is something I've been battling with this sled since I got it so that's no big news to me. I wish it was more like my 900 where it doesn't really care how fresh the clutching is, but it just doesn't have the torque so I'm going to have to spend more time dialing it in. I will say this though, I am pretty impressed that I have almost 1200 miles on this thing and the belt still looks pretty good, the 900 isn't quite as forgiving when it comes to belt life.... and it's fully vented!