How are the Boondocker turbos running?

[pinit]

well i tore into the sled today and just before i was going to pull the throtle bodies off the wife call me to come eat. But just before I went in I took my light opened the throtle bodies looked down in the reed cage and could see on the bottom in the middle a big piece of reed missing. have a new set on the way hope to go and try it again this coming weekend.

 

[INKEDRIDER]

I use to have a banshee that we put on the trinity racing cv intake kit which got rid of two carbs and went to only one carb for both cylinders. It actually helped in syncing both cylinders to each other. It ran awesome and gave it more power so I don't doubt that the theory one injector will work or can work.

What elevation did you ride you banshee at?

 

[Timbre]

How is the fuel going to be distributed equally between each cylinder with only one extra injector?

I tried that one time and it was a ticking time bomb, glad I had egt's so I could watch the one side get hot.

Spend the money and get two injectors. Stop going the cheap and easy route.

I am assuming by your post that your kit has 2 additional injectors that are positioned before the reeds?

 

[M8Chris]

those that are running boondocker turbos on their pros would you reccomend them then??

 

[turboless terry]

They run awesome. my wife's has only been ran at 8.4 pounds. With the new 3d programming it has been flawless. It is currently a one cylinder. I think I have a bad injector. If I pour gas in cylinder it will run on two. Polaris problem not boondockers.

 

[dcturbo]

those that are running boondocker turbos on their pros would you reccomend them then??

I don't know?? Maybe now since we have tested everything for them.
All turbo kits have learning curves. Some just less than others.

 

[turboassault]

2009 boondocker turbo assault

I have a 2009 turbo assault with a 155 camo extreme and extroverts ( soon to have a 163 and new rear skid. I installed it myself and had minor issues that the guys at boondocker were happy to help me with. Now it pulls like a mule!! It seriously pulls the skiis as long as your on the throttle. Be careful though its not the last money you will spend on the sled. When you boost you change everyting.

 

[Arcteryx]

Maybe

Not sure if I would buy BD again or not. Loved their kit on my Dragon, but the kit on my Pro is a little disappointing. It runs well at 8 lbs of boost by try to go more than that and it leaves me unsatisfied.
If I had it to do over again I would test both the Silber and the BD at different boost levels, then choose whichever one ran better. I have yet to be on a Silber.
I think I would be happier with my BD kit only it seems like they have just left us hanging. Yes it took some time to get them tuned in right (3D programing), but what now. I don't hear a word about an intercooler or what to do with the 3rd injector. We paid for the injector and now it just sits there like a 3rd nut not doing anything. So what is it for? I'd like to think there was more to the plan than just putting it in there and letting it collect dust. If there is a plan what is it??? And as some have pointed out on this thread, if they do turn it on will 1 be enough to work right or will you need 2 before the reeds to do the job right (as Silber has done).
I'm sure some BD defenders will chime in soon so my question to you is why did I pay for the 3rd injector?? What is it doing there??? Was it just a BD screw up and now it sits and does nothing??
Actually, now that I think about it no, I wouldn't do a BD. I would go try some of the others that go above and beyond on the fit and finish, that don't charge the highest price for their kit, and seem to be able to run higher boost. If I liked the ride on those I would probably go that route.

 

[allblowdup]

I like the BD kit but it really does need an intercooler. The third injector will be fine when it it is turned on once we can run over 220 hp but there is no point right now until we have an intercooler. The power gains start to diminish so fast once you get above 8 psi and the deto sensitivity increases that there is really no point and not enogh gain to go higher without the intercooler. Having a real cold air intake helps alot also and lets you increase the boost before the intercooler is a must. I know guys have run higher boost without intercoolers but they are just putting unneeded stress on all the components. BD WE WANT AN INTERCOOLER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Silber]

Here you go, why wait when I have one for you.

 

[Arcteryx]

Silber,
Any idea what type of temp drops we would experience if we used your intercooler with the BD turbo??

BoonDocker,
If we add Silber's intercooler to your setup will we somehow be able to activate the 3rd injector and be able to start turning up the boost?


I'm tempted to just do the Silber turbo fix and just get on with my life, but I spent a lot on my BD kit and money isn't exactly growing on trees around here. If anyone has done the Silber fix on a BD turbo will you post up the results. I'm curious to see if you have been able to run more boost, how much, and does it "feel" like some good HP gains?? If I get to a point and can do the fix you can be sure I will let everyone know the results!

Thanks for any answers people can supply.

 

[Dirt2oil]

From what I can tell Silbers intercooler looks like it replaces the BD airbox which would eliminate BD's third injector. From my understanding the 3D programming isn't using the extra injector, so I'm assuming you would just eliminate the injector all together. With Silbers intercooler I think we would be limited to the two stock injectors. I'm very curious to this subject because I want an intercooler in the worst way also.

 

[dmkhnr]

Wouldn't it be possible for the third injector to act as a misting injector thus cooling the charge. It would be better if it was out in the charge tube. Just some food for thought.

 

[Tec]

Wouldn't it be possible for the third injector to act as a misting injector thus cooling the charge. It would be better if it was out in the charge tube. Just some food for thought.

Not with fuel, but you could use water injection kit. It's nice because they are boost activated and inject windshield washer fluid which is pretty cheap and available pretty much anywhere.

 

[dcturbo]

If you were to get Silbers intercooler you would need to get his fuel rail and his fuel control box.
I also think you would have to fab up the fittings from the turbo to the intercooler.
Then your EBC would be worthless.
Thats a lot of wasted money.
I too would love to here some feed back if someone was to do this.

 

[Liv4snow]

I have a boondocker turbo and a silber turbo both on 2011 163 pros. The boondocker runs ok but the silber is a animal. I am running 11 lbs of boost with strait 100ll on the silber, only time I hit the det is on the trail once in a while from over rev. I spend most of my time at 5000-6000 ft. My bd kit won't go over 7.5 lbs of boost or I start having a lot of trouble. The silber kit with the extra injectors and the bov is the way to go and it's cheaper and cleaner. The ceramic coating and billet throttle body boot makes this kit very nice. I will never own another bd product again as one of there reps said I was a whiner and didn't know how to ride a sled that's why my kit wouldn't run properly. I've talked to a bunch of guys with the same frustrations as me. Also I can't afford to buy new reeds every 180 miles for the bd. I have over 300 miles on both all I do with the bd is work on fuel settings, the silber I put oil and gas and smile.

 

[hobbes]

I can't speak for the Boondocker kits because I've never even seen one on the snow. But after riding 8 straight days on my Silber Pro at 12 lbs of boost I CAN tell you that I'm pretty happy I went with the Silber kit. 300 plus miles of smiles, zero messing with the box, zero tuning, the clutching he recommends is bang on perfect. This sled just flat out rips with zero hiccups! I also rode with 2 other Silber kits both with 1200 miles plus on em and they haven't even looked at the reeds...

I love this quote from Silber...

How is the fuel going to be distributed equally between each cylinder with only one extra injector?

I tried that one time and it was a ticking time bomb, glad I had egt's so I could watch the one side get hot.

Spend the money and get two injectors. Stop going the cheap and easy route.

I recommend you DO go the cheap and easy route and buy a SILBER kit!

 

[Timbre]

So....get a SILBER kit....best running kit out there....save about $2000.00 over BD....customer service ROCKS!!

Hummm...sounds like a no-brainer to me

 

[RMK-King]

http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=261194

 

[friscospices.com]

How does a air to air cooler compare to a water to air cooler. And then when you add the cold air intake what will that do to temps. Andrew and Shane may have this info since there kits are similar.