Could be that the snow conditions on the west side of the Cascades is a whole lot different than those found in Idaho. FWIW
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Could be that the snow conditions on the west side of the Cascades is a whole lot different than those found in Idaho. FWIW
I agree I like stock
geo
Hurricane Tim
Love your replies.
There are three in our group that have a 2011 800. No one has had engine problems. My dealer has a 2011 800 with 3300 miles and he has had no engine problems. I talked to two dealers here in Northern Minnesota and one in Mandan North Dakota. All three of them told me that they have not had one 800 come back. Why does there seem to be a problem with the 800 in the mountains but not in the flat lands?
Granted the snow conditions were bad here last year but I believe that there are a lot more 800s in the flat lands than there are in the mountains.
And yes the older I get the more I like it just the way it is. KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.
I rarely look at the tach or speedo anymore. I go by sound and performance. If I am concerned with RPM I can check the history. I always watch my temp gauge. Always!
geo
Hurricane Tim
Love your replies.
There are three in our group that have a 2011 800. No one has had engine problems. My dealer has a 2011 800 with 3300 miles and he has had no engine problems. I talked to two dealers here in Northern Minnesota and one in Mandan North Dakota. All three of them told me that they have not had one 800 come back. Why does there seem to be a problem with the 800 in the mountains but not in the flat lands?
Granted the snow conditions were bad here last year but I believe that there are a lot more 800s in the flat lands than there are in the mountains.
And yes the older I get the more I like it just the way it is. KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.
I rarely look at the tach or speedo anymore. I go by sound and performance. If I am concerned with RPM I can check the history. I always watch my temp gauge. Always!
V
volcano buster
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That is true. I used to live in McCall. The Cascade snow is tremendously heavier. I was just throwing the point out that Carl's knows what it takes to make them run in "their" conditions.
Yeah I was all over F-bombs magic 7950rpm, but then I took some weight of on the hill one day. Same day, same line, just a few feet to the side. Rpm climbed to 82-8300 on load (not spike) and trackspeed crept up 1-2 mph.
I would still say overall perf is best around 8K since it has both a limiter at 8500 and a mathematical function that doesn't like to fast rpm rise.
As for stock vs. modded, my sled is setup on a budget by Fastrax with PAR head, MDS clutching and 60/40-.46 helix + 140/240 spring.
In some not so scientific head-to-head tests it outperformed another pro and held its own against some pretty hot sleds (short pull tho).
My buddy with a -11 Pro 163 told he'd gone this way if he had known...
Best advise: get proof! Like mentioned above, when someone hands you your a$$, get whatever he/she has. Or get a tuning partner with the same sled and do it right; change one thing and test, then keep the good stuff.
J
