2005 Vertical Escape 700

[jsandgren10]

Hey guys,

My buddy has a bone stock 05 700. I am a little newer to the polaris performance stuff, I mainly deal with the yamaha and ski doo stuff.

Anyways we are looking to wake it up a bit. I know we need to get a riser for the thing because the bars are way too low. I have also heard to take the sway bar out. Any easy way to do that?

His secondary clutch looks to be the team clutch. I was wondering what is a good clutch setup? He is a 144" track, and bigger guy about 240 pounds.

We are mainly looking at clutching, and if need be gearing to wake the sled up. I know usually clutching is the best bang for the buck and was wondering if this stands true for polaris stuff.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Jeff

 

[SNOWBOUNDRMK]

The clutch combination you have works very well for that machine. My suggestion would to remove clutches, clean and inspect. Replace worn parts as needed. I have put heavy hitter weights in the primary along with new springs in both clutches. Install new belt, make sure the clutches are aligned properly and the belt deflection is correct. Dropping one gear also would work good.

If you are interested in engine related updates, I would suggest getting as much air into the intake as possible using vents, big air kits, etc. Another thing that has worked very well for me is using an ATAAC to help with jetting. I also would look at an aftermarket single exhaust system.

By all means remove the sway bar. This will help the sled pull over in the fresh deep snow. Just remember that the trail corners will be a bit more interesting.

All of these things have helped bring my sleds to life.

 

[rmk 700]

should i really take the sway bar out on my vertical escape? pulls over fine too me it seems.... is it a big difference with out it?

 

[treemagnet03]

Just a small side note that he may notice the most gains by increasing the length of his track. I find my 144 to be too short often and he's got about 70lbs on me...a huge deal in deep powder. That sled has no trouble turning more rubber either. If you go the route of the single pipe (recommended) also look into the airbox. SLP makes a nice kit that really helps pull in more air to the motor. This is a motor that has been modded for a long time and a lot is out there to make it go and go fast. Good luck.

-T

 

[whoisthatguy]

They can get real unstable with the sway bar out. The sway bar stiffens each side by about 50% when they are worked separately. The sway bar helps you corner on the trails better. I left the sway bar in and added much stiffer XC springs so that it cornered like a race sled. But then you give up the throwing it over in deep powder game.

 

[Goinboardin]

I pulled the sway bar out of my 04' 800 vert edge, super easy to ride in the deep stuff. The decision to pull it out rides on the type of riding the sled will be used for. I ride about 6 miles of trail a day (maybe 30 minutes total) and primarily deep snow/hills/backcountry so it made sense to sacrifice trail handling. If you mostly ride trail, I'd probably leave it in. If you're really torn, take it out (by drilling out rivets, not cutting the bar itself). If you hate it without, its only 6 rivets and a little front suspension work to put it back in.

Not sure about the 700, but on my sled I'm loving the 19/43 gearing.

 

[jsandgren10]

Thanks for the responses guys. So stock clutch setup is pretty decent?

I'm not sure what the gear is stock. I'll look into some vents and maybe a pipe to help wake it up some. Anyone do the head on it? Sort of like the SLP kits?

 

[MARV1]

Do the SLP single pipe/can/y-pipe and head. 719 helix wakes these up in all conditions. Ran 2 seasons with a swaybar on my old sled, ran without when it finally broke off and wished I could have done without it sooner. But this was with Ryde Fx clickers on the front, shocks make a huge difference in how one's sled reacts to bumps and having a swaybar or not.
On other hand, I hated my IQ rmk without a swaybar, ordered a replacement right away.

 

[The Fourth Wolf]

They can get real unstable with the sway bar out. The sway bar stiffens each side by about 50% when they are worked separately. The sway bar helps you corner on the trails better. I left the sway bar in and added much stiffer XC springs so that it cornered like a race sled. But then you give up the throwing it over in deep powder game.

It's an RMK. If cornering is a major performance concern...you on the wrong mo'cheen.

Take the swaybar out and back off the gas a skosh on the trails.

Oh, and if this sled doesn't already have Snow Eliminator or Better Boards, definitely install some.