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Polaris has had a bit of history with pre-pro demo sleds being not a fair representation of what a production sled is. I remember at Arctic Man many years ago, they had cut heads on their fleet of demos to compensate for altitude. I was riding an 800 Edge, was impressed. Then I got off and looked at the hood. It was actually a 600 I was riding. Blew my mind how well it ran.Interesting feedback. I've heard similar thoughts from a few other people who have had time on the production boost. Oddly, those who had time on the pre-production boost and have compared it to the production version say the bottom end has completely changed. Hopefully its something a flash can fix.
As to those commenting on the heavy feel of the sled, it has a lot more to do with lag, and weight transfer - not absolute weight.
I’ve been saying for a year since I got my factory turbo doo it felt a little anemic power wise at 10,000. Bikeman stage 2 puts it about where it should be, similar to an mpi or silber turbo doo.
I’m really excited to get my boost, hoping it’s similar power as the doo bikeman stage 2-3.
Here’s a little video I did a year ago weighing factory turbo doo 565lbs, doo with Silber turbo 557lbs and my khaos with a silber 527lbs. All full of gas and oil. I’ll weigh a boost as soon as I get one. Just glad I have a turbo and NA sled to switch off on and ride for different days!
Polaris has had a bit of history with pre-pro demo sleds being not a fair representation of what a production sled is. I remember at Arctic Man many years ago, they had cut heads on their fleet of demos to compensate for altitude. I was riding an 800 Edge, was impressed. Then I got off and looked at the hood. It was actually a 600 I was riding. Blew my mind how well it ran.
There are a couple things at play here. Heat exchanger moved forward, Heavy can, turbo weight, new suspension calibration. All these can make the nose feel heavy.I have Fox QS3. Not too planted. It's the weight of the sled. Takes much more effort to ride. Just my take. I have a Skinz hood and Diamond S can coming for it but I don't think that will be enough.
Does the 900 kit have much more power than stock?We’ll great way to tamp down my excitement Chadly. That was my experience with my silber turbo last year when it did occasionally run “right” I still hated the thing I never could understand how anyone liked them for anything other then chute climbing or riding bottomless powder in the alpine. Rode my na Carl’s 900 most of the year. My turbos supposed to be here in January and the non turbo in February.
The good thing is I should be able to sale the turbo for at least what I paid for it.
The Carl’s 900 is going to have to carry the load most of the year again. I’m so unlucky?
I am not sure I am happy with the new heat exchanger setup. I get the idea of centering the mass but heavier steering is not something I what out of my Polaris. They are already tough to steer in long, off camber hillsides that are too set-up and not steep enough to keep on 1 ski. In the Spring we get this in areas I ride to get to the good stuff. Also the Cat is horrible with this type of heat exchanger for dumping slush in front of the track during a stuck where it will set up and be hard to climb on top of. I have yet to try the Matryx but I really hope that new mapping is as good as I hear that I won't care about the heavier nose feel.The weight balance is definitely farther forward on any Slash model than it was on the Axys chassis - you see it clearly when forklifting them. And they seem to need more FTS pressure than what they come set at (not sure how that translates to your QS3 setup tho). Some people seem to like that because you can actually steer it a bit (as opposed to an Axys Khaos, say), but the more confident guys will likely want to make some adjustments. I think some suspension tweaking will help, but have not ridden a boost yet to comment on the feel.
Had an article years ago about "PeeWee", Carl's 660 Edge 144" that was putting the hurting to the 800's of the day. Big reason I bought a Carl's 660 in my '10.Anyway, I'm a little biased considering I've got a 600 EDGE, but even off the floor, those were the overachievers of the lot. The 800 only gave you another 20 HP and added 15lb or so. Would be really cool to take a Vertical Escape with a blown motor and swap in a built 660 twin pipe. Lots of people would call it a waste of money, but I'd still do it!
I definitely want to get back out on it and see what I can figure...don't have nearly enough seat time to make final conclusion.I am not sure I am happy with the new heat exchanger setup. I get the idea of centering the mass but heavier steering is not something I what out of my Polaris. They are already tough to steer in long, off camber hillsides that are too set-up and not steep enough to keep on 1 ski. In the Spring we get this in areas I ride to get to the good stuff. Also the Cat is horrible with this type of heat exchanger for dumping slush in front of the track during a stuck where it will set up and be hard to climb on top of. I have yet to try the Matryx but I really hope that new mapping is as good as I hear that I won't care about the heavier nose feel.
I ran that stretch in January on my Khaos with the skis set to narrow. Super easy, so hopefully the turbo guys get it figured out.That is an interesting point about the long sidehills. I know what you are talking about, there is one here behind Tamarack like that. Mile or two long, can't one ski it, exhausting to two ski it. I will see what my bud thinks of his Matryx Khaos on it when we go next.