Sourced an older diamond S titanium tube apex chassis. Had a stock chassis 2860 impulse apex 162 that I always wanted to do this to. The chassis was a little rough when I got it. It had a wrecked stock front end, M7 skid junk maverick 162x2", holes in the tunnel skins.
My Plan is to redo the chassis making it look new again, drop in a built engine to be able to hold 500+ hp, bigger turbo (gtx 2867), Motec standalone with a custom race style wiring harness, titanium front end with exit shocks. chassis already has a drop and roll with 8t 3" pitch drivers with tons of clearance for my bigger paddle.
Theres still a long ways to go but I should have it ready for snow this upcoming winter.
One of the bigger projects to the chassis was to move and redo the rear skid mounting brackets, getting rid of the stock M series skid and putting in my KMOD 162 and camo extreme 3" cutdown track. if anyone knows welding ti takes a bit more prep and care to not contaminate the weld itself.
Ill update this thread as I move forward with the project.
Stock chassis turbo apex mtx 162 fully wet, 12 gallon impulse fuel cell setup, comes in at 673lbs! (174+176+323 rear) its heavy but balanced better than any other sled on the snow!
Im hoping to get it into the high 500 lb range wet/ready to ride by doing this conversion and a solid 400 hp engine/turbo setup.
Im sure people are gonna wonder why im doing this with such an old heavy dinosaur... I have always wanted to have this exact sled, I like being and having different things than everyone else (not everyone is chris burandt on their wrapped turbo twin) the power and sound of a built big boost apex is the best thing in the sport of snowmobiling, plus I already had the sled and theyre not worth that much anymore to sell so why not just keep pouring money into it! Ill still have less in this than a new factory turbo sled!
My Plan is to redo the chassis making it look new again, drop in a built engine to be able to hold 500+ hp, bigger turbo (gtx 2867), Motec standalone with a custom race style wiring harness, titanium front end with exit shocks. chassis already has a drop and roll with 8t 3" pitch drivers with tons of clearance for my bigger paddle.
Theres still a long ways to go but I should have it ready for snow this upcoming winter.
One of the bigger projects to the chassis was to move and redo the rear skid mounting brackets, getting rid of the stock M series skid and putting in my KMOD 162 and camo extreme 3" cutdown track. if anyone knows welding ti takes a bit more prep and care to not contaminate the weld itself.
Ill update this thread as I move forward with the project.
Stock chassis turbo apex mtx 162 fully wet, 12 gallon impulse fuel cell setup, comes in at 673lbs! (174+176+323 rear) its heavy but balanced better than any other sled on the snow!
Im hoping to get it into the high 500 lb range wet/ready to ride by doing this conversion and a solid 400 hp engine/turbo setup.
Im sure people are gonna wonder why im doing this with such an old heavy dinosaur... I have always wanted to have this exact sled, I like being and having different things than everyone else (not everyone is chris burandt on their wrapped turbo twin) the power and sound of a built big boost apex is the best thing in the sport of snowmobiling, plus I already had the sled and theyre not worth that much anymore to sell so why not just keep pouring money into it! Ill still have less in this than a new factory turbo sled!
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