850 Matryx Slash Cooling
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Spring is fine once it gets slushy more often, the freeze and thaw this time of year is terrible... We rode some VERY icy trails the other day, didn't matter what brand, tunnel or snow flap. They get hot FAST when your riding over rock hard frozen snow.
Speed is critical.
I noticed I can run anything except lake ice and stay cool at 40+mph. Scratchers don't do enough at 25mph to make a difference. So if the trails in have a speed limit or are too tight we end up digging in quite often. Open it up and go 60 and it'll run 110 with scratchers, but overheat if you forget them.
I noticed I can run anything except lake ice and stay cool at 40+mph. Scratchers don't do enough at 25mph to make a difference. So if the trails in have a speed limit or are too tight we end up digging in quite often. Open it up and go 60 and it'll run 110 with scratchers, but overheat if you forget them.
Run 60 and there goes your track
I'm not a very good trail rider. I don't even think I could get it up to 60 ??
Haven't lost one yet, but also not holding it there for miles.
I guess I've always just pulled off the trail a little and ride on the edge a couple hundred yards to cool off and go again. If the trail is that lacking in snow and the off trail snow is so hard that you can't penetrate into deeper snow, Is it worth going out in the first place? I grew up riding short tracks in Eastern SD and days that the trail was so windblown that the snow was like concrete, barely leaving any tracks on it. Hitting drifts was like running into a wall. Riding on those days was usually not fun and destined to tear stuff up. After riding and moving out west and hitting ice on trails on a long track with a non studded track or lug screws makes me nervous to hit those areas in the wrong place. Running 60mph during those times is just begging to be a tree dart.
Thats no joke, we had a GNARLY rain crust in the riding areas I've rode the last 2 weeks and you couldn't even pull off the trail to cool. everything lower elevation was SOLID ice. so brutal.
I was just wondering. Does anyone use Hiperfax anymore? I remember having a set after melting a pair or stock ones and dealer was out. They were like slick as snot and let off the gas and she'd slowly coast like rolling on ball bearings. One bad thing was if the skis didn't dig into the hillside or you lock the brake, the sled would want to roll backwards.
I don't care a bit about the hifax. I just want the snow/ice to be hitting the heat exchanger.
I reached out to him and he said he is working on something.
Are you talking Axys sleds?
Get BRP Ice Scratchers. Put them down at the beginning of the day and forget about them. Dual coil so you can reverse with them. They are short, great cooling. They help circulate the snow/ice in the 1/3 section of the track, rather than Polaris' stock long crappy scratches. I've never had an issue with cooling.
Had a little experience with the Ice Storm scratchers. They work VERY well.
'22 Khaos slash 165" on Icy ascending trail. Hit 154 degrees, then increased speed to 30(ish) MPH.
Temps went down to 110 - 113 and stayed there.
Those buggers kick up a TON of snow & ice spray!!
'22 Khaos slash 165" on Icy ascending trail. Hit 154 degrees, then increased speed to 30(ish) MPH.
Temps went down to 110 - 113 and stayed there.
Those buggers kick up a TON of snow & ice spray!!
