The full Boondocker tunnel is a superior tunnel to almost anything out there. Great strength, excellent deep snow function and excellent cooling performance.
I think that a complete VE Boondocker Replacement tunnel is in the neighborhood of $1700 with standard cooler, add $100 for a double pass cooler, $150 per color for powder coating and $200 - $300 for shipping in the Western states. That comes to about $1900 to $2250 for a VE tunnel plus installation.
Now for those of you out there that don't know Super Dave3... he is a Polaris master-mechanic that can do stuff with his eyes closed where I would need to go back to school to learn... a real Polaris "Jedi Master".
For the mere mortal wrench slingers...Labor to install a complete tunnel.
Remove Seat, Console, fuel tank, steering hoop/stirrups, lower front body work, Secondary clutch, Chaincase/gears, jackshaft, drive shaft, track, Drain the coolant from the system, remove the coolant hoses from the tunnel, Then grind-off/drill-out all the rivets that hold the tunnel on, remove the tunnel stock tunnel. Then carefully align the new tunnel, Rivet it in place, cut the holes for the driveshaft, locate the suspension holes and drill them, fab new plumbing for the new running board edge coolers and reverse the process above to re-assemble the sled.
Most of this can be eliminated with the concept proposal that I'm talking about here.
Would getting most of the function and looks of a Boondocker tunnel, without the need to strip the sled to the bulkhead, make a difference on weather or not you would purchase a tunnel mod "kit" compared to a full tunnel replacement?
I think that a complete VE Boondocker Replacement tunnel is in the neighborhood of $1700 with standard cooler, add $100 for a double pass cooler, $150 per color for powder coating and $200 - $300 for shipping in the Western states. That comes to about $1900 to $2250 for a VE tunnel plus installation.
Now for those of you out there that don't know Super Dave3... he is a Polaris master-mechanic that can do stuff with his eyes closed where I would need to go back to school to learn... a real Polaris "Jedi Master".
For the mere mortal wrench slingers...Labor to install a complete tunnel.
Remove Seat, Console, fuel tank, steering hoop/stirrups, lower front body work, Secondary clutch, Chaincase/gears, jackshaft, drive shaft, track, Drain the coolant from the system, remove the coolant hoses from the tunnel, Then grind-off/drill-out all the rivets that hold the tunnel on, remove the tunnel stock tunnel. Then carefully align the new tunnel, Rivet it in place, cut the holes for the driveshaft, locate the suspension holes and drill them, fab new plumbing for the new running board edge coolers and reverse the process above to re-assemble the sled.
Most of this can be eliminated with the concept proposal that I'm talking about here.
Would getting most of the function and looks of a Boondocker tunnel, without the need to strip the sled to the bulkhead, make a difference on weather or not you would purchase a tunnel mod "kit" compared to a full tunnel replacement?
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considering i will have some sort of sno-eliminators and a tunnel ext/bumper before the year starts anyways, i would love to see this concept go into production.
