OMG, I really got confused until I saw your post, yes I confused SPI with SLP, sorry about that
Well, they have state of the art certified engine Dyno's for Snowmobiles, ATV's, and chassis dyno for snowmobiles, ATV's, motorcycles, carts and more. Plus you can go there for tuning for your own sled in the Famous Heart Breaker Dyno that can prove if the products you bought are putting out the power you were promised. They have a full machine shop, welding, etc. The owner Jason Houle held the NSSR World Speed record 7 times on snowmobiles. They compete in snow cross, cross country like the famous Iron Dog winning, water cross, hill climb, asphalt racing, grass drags, speed runs and backcountry...So yes, I would say they know what they are doing. They were more known for their Skidoo heritage but have taken their knowledge of performance to Polaris with great success. That is why guys like Eric Woog (Tuner of Chris Burandt's and other pros) and Matt Entz are running Strightline Performance single pipes because they work.
Well this is just my opinion but vohk and entZ have had strong ties with slp for awhile. If slp had an 850 single pipe I don’t think running an spi (straightline) would even be a consideration. I believe they do run good but it’s their best alternative to not having an 850 single. The twins are pricey and not pull and go so they aren’t for everybody.
Your right, Dyno runs can be manipulated and misleading. Dyno's are a great place to build parts and test but that is why I like real world tests to back up claims. Back when I ran big bores from Carls cycles you never got a Dyno sheets, you got a target rpm that the build was built to perform in and they always impressed me and they flat out worked. From their 660's on up Ive ran almost all of theirs and no one asked Carls for a Dyno sheet because it was closely guarded secrets, the proof was in the backcountry. Im running a Strightline Performance pipe on my 2020, Ive seen them and rode it and was impressed. Several years ago when I was testing the prototype 850 Polaris and they had stock 800's and 1 stage 3 Strightline Performance sled (pipe, y-pipe, can and clutching) everyone that day was also impressed. Ive also ran Starting Line pipes, big bores, porting etc with mostly good results, and won me some races. So I won't talk bad about them or any of the others Ive ran, but I didn't care for their last single pipes on the 800 when they were cracking and leaving us stranded on the hills. Yes, they warrantied them, but the backlog was months and months meanwhile you had to put on your stock pipe by the time a couple of my close riding buddys got their warranty pipe the season was over.
There were no production 850 pipes released to the public last year. They wanted to do some hard testing in the field and get lots of hours and miles in different scenarios. So the only ones that got them were test engineers and maybe some pro athletes. For this reason they are slower to release products to market than some to try to make sure they get it right which I'm ok with. I just talked to Spencer Cowling at Strightline about this.
I ordered directly from Spencer at sp,i otherwise he told me id be in a waiting line if I ordered from a 3ird party. I still haven't received it yet, its getting close but not sure if ill have the pipe my thurs the 28th for my ride with Chris.
Just pipe, Erik from alpine personaly advised me to just buy the pipe.
Curious if you have 19, 19.5, or 20 flash?
I tried eth mode and never got any det codes but it run like garbage.
