Firsthand report...finally got to unleash the beast
You know the song Jesus Built My Hotrod, by Ministry?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI for those of you heathens that dont know music)
WELL, it appears he builds snowmobiles TOO! AND, he isnt dead, he lives in Lolo Montana...Dang-alang-a-DINGDONG.
The fit and finish of my build is one thing...exemplary.
Shane started with a 2013 black RMK stocker. He then built a water-to-air intercooled aerocharged beast, Machined heads, machined clutch, clutched as well as adjusted the shock for my fact arse...loaded a box with goodies such as belts and redline oil and sent it off to me. I was all in about $20k, which considering a stocker with taxes in Canada will run you $16k or more (without the spare blets and cover and plugs and 2trk oil etc).
It arrives, and I go away fro a month...but finally I got to unleash last weekend.
Now to give you perspective;
1) I already own an intercooled HM 2011 with aerocharger controller - I63 CE and all the goodies
2) I in no way get any kickbacks or am in anyway affiliated with HM
The sled farking RIPS. I thought I simply had a ****e eating grin, but I later found out I had pooped my pants.
Throttle response;
linear power curve that feels like the stock response, only like riding it on pavement...it just snaps off the line, but then you have this seemingly endless topend. I could keep it pinned because it wants to throw you off the back. Its not becasue of bad track distribution from overpower, it just feels like you cant rein it in...
When you get into the thick of the trees, you've turned down and stopped facing downhill, but want to go up...the power is there in an instant. I dont NOT notice lag...and im very acutely tuned to noticing lag.
You can be in and out of the throttle as much as you want, as often as you want...but then squeeze it when you need it, and it's all there...in spades.
His exhaust system had guys on the hill fooled. No gauges or any visible sign of turbo...and because the sled wasnt drowning everyone out with a mass of noise, people were very confused as to how I was going up lines the fairies that like to spend the whole day DOWNHILLING THEIR SLEDS (what's that all about) were making. No one was trying to go up that ****e. 3ft of fresh snow on a deep soft base - and I'm going up stuff no one was going up. Into the trees and I was riding like there was 6inchs of snow on a set-up base.
Also, he has built an airbox that draws from under the stock gauge through snowfilters...and the sled is completely vented as well. Underhood temperatures were far better than my stock 2011.
It just rips.
My 2011 is getting Vipec'd too now...I didnt have the patience with it previously...you'd pull up a hill, go to the bottom and pull again, and because it was hotter, it wouldnt run the same. Push some buttons, scratch your head, go into some tough terrain and get stuck...not on the 2013!
This thing just runs constant, perfect...the driven clutch could be held by your hand after 15 minutes of pulling and ripping in the trees. My stocker used to hiss if snow touched it under the same circumstances.
THe Vipec'd HM turbo has lived up to EVERYTHING I hoped it would. I had people PM'ing me warning me that I was going to be dissapointed. That there will always be lag and that was always going to make it less userfriendly in tight conditions. I completely disagree having ridden it.
Pick holes in what I am saying all you want peoples...but I am telling you, this is my take on this machine.
ya it is that fast and smooth, if not smoother than a stock sled. all smiles from me
cant wait to get a turbo on my sled and i will with out a doubt i will be running vipec and i will have cody tune my sled. thanks again to cody he is the man
