Rooster weights

[jakey-boy]

Is anyone running rooster weights on a stock 800? I am wondering what you are running for weight.

Right now I have

52 gram base weight with green screw and tungsten washer in the heel and green screw in the middle. Should equal 60.5 grams of weight. Running black purple secondary spring and stock helix. Tried SLP blue/pink primary spring and stock black polaris primary spring. No difference really which is odd.

Sled will consisitenly pull 7900-8050 at 8-10k feet which is tolerable but would like 8200. Just doesn't feel like it makes the speed it should be. In a drag race it will lose to same sled with bone stock clutching by a few lengths.

Will be trying lighter exhaust valve springs this week but I am curious if anyone has a good setup for clutching with these weights? I dont expect much of a gain from these weights but the adjustability is nice. If they are going to hurt the sled I will just sell them off & go back to stock.

 

[AdrenalineAddict]

This doesn't really answer your question but may be of value to you. I've been riding with a group of several Pro's every weekend of the winter since 2011, all we do all day is compare, compare, compare. We've tried most every recommended set-up that is out there and several of our own combinations. What we've learned is that the stock clutching is very hard to improve on. We compare clutching on the road, across a lake, hardpack pulls, big powder pulls. The stock clutching seems to give the best all around results at 8,000 to 8,100 R's. I'm currently running a 2014 with stock primary spring, 10-60's with the stock helix and the black primary spring with two delrin washers. Backshift is good, powder running it pulls 8,100 R's and road races like a banshee, I'm done experimenting, just riding and having fun!!!

 

[bryceraisanen]

Same rpm on trail as off trail?

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[AdrenalineAddict]

Pretty much, very consistent. We'll see 8,300 R's on the trail at 8,000' but will settle in at 8,000 to 8,100 at elevation depending on snow conditions and temperatures. At extreme elevation 11,000' it will still pull 7,900 R's, the Pro doesn't really fall on it's face until less than 7,800.

 

[roni87]

Is it necessary to use the Loctite for the rooster weights?