If i was going to buy a new sled...
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lol weird my cat does that trick too, I was just saying dealers have holdover 800's(m8's and rmk 8's also), for the same price as a new 6. If you don't need the extra power though it doesn't matter. m-sleds and rmk's handle very simular.
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All I can say is, the more horsepower the better. At least that is what I have found in my experience. Rode a 600 for a few months, then tested out a buddy's 800, went back to the dealership and never looked back. Though I am on a turboed apex now....a guy is just never happy enough with what he has I guess..
I c...what dealers have left overs? plus weren't the xfires 144 1.25? I need a 2.25 or larger lug...
then who is this guy talking about apexturbo's...pist your sleds a 4 stroke and weights 1,000 pounds dry...no mey gusta
lolLong tracks are over rated. The rider makes all the difference and the same goes for 600 or 800. I ride a 440/800 121" 2" and there is only a few days that I couldn't go where the long tracks go but I tip the scales at a smashing 160 with full gear. I think a 6 hundo with a mid size track 130 something is a good combo. With a short track your season seems longer because you don't have to be in 3 feet of fresh to have fun as you do with a long track, shorties are fun even when just alittle snow falls.
Just my opinion, oh and the shorties fly better
Just my opinion, oh and the shorties fly better
I'll agree and disagree. If you can go where long tracks go those riders suck or you're in the parking lot. I have a 162 and frequently ride with short tracks, which limits where we can go. And those guys can ride, well, most of them.
A short track is definitely more fun in spring snow/hard pack/trails etc. It's not as much fun in powder when you're stuck on the flats watching you're buddies rip up the hills.
Those few I call the epic days and I would hate to stick to flat ground for them. The ideal setup is 2 sleds. One setup for climbing and powder and a short for spring/hero snow(I'm looking for a plain jane 440 if you got one). If you don't plan on getting two the sled you get should suit what you have the most fun doing.
Hahaha I don't roll on a 121, it's like riding a scooter lol.
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AKkatz
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I think that you'd regret buying a 600. i ride with a guy whose Girlie has a piped 600 RMK 155 and it's gutless, even she thinks so. 700s are great compromise, but I'd say go 800. The 800 will do anything you want; you can ride it easy or tune to the edge and hang with anyone out there... except the turboed sleds, of course.
800's are still going for $1000 more than a 600 and i have a turbo laying around i'll just throw on it, work on a map wideband.and be set basically be set
well turbos themselves are a very small portion of what you need. Fuel system, oiling system for the turbo, fuel managment, intake manifold ect, ect... with stock 800's putting out 160 now and 600's with 40 less I'd spend the extra 800$.
Idk it will depend on what I find now. I think a new one is out of the question I'm ganna go a year old I think. So whatever I find. I'm loving the rmk switch, and a lot of them are 600's and I'm alright with that.
As for the turbo crap, I get a ton off a subie and most likely would run a dry sump pump for the turbo feed, and intake would just end up being aluminum FMIC piping and I'd run a stock wrx intercooler...Basically all the rejected stock wrx stuff off my legacy lol.
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IQRIDR
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Idk it will depend on what I find now. I think a new one is out of the question I'm ganna go a year old I think. So whatever I find. I'm loving the rmk switch, and a lot of them are 600's and I'm alright with that.
As for the turbo crap, I get a ton off a subie and most likely would run a dry sump pump for the turbo feed, and intake would just end up being aluminum FMIC piping and I'd run a stock wrx intercooler...Basically all the rejected stock wrx stuff off my legacy lol.
I'm here to tell you that as a turbo guy, both on cars and sleds...sleds are way harder to just throw a kit on. Carbs and clutching are a big part of it. getting the fueling dialed in is a whole other thing. Although the EFI sleds are a hell of a lot easier to deal with..
NOOO WAAAY!! a track in between 144-156 are perfect, unless you ride a heavy mountain sled. We have just as much fun in the hard packed overheating snow as we doo on the deeeeep placer days, 2 wheel kit and a lil throttle even the longest of tracks will carve on the pavement. plus a long trrack that weighs what a shorty does flies just as good and imo level out better of ramps and whatever else you wanne leap off
