Timbersled Intake help needed
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Timbersled is a Great Intake! I learned that way the hard way when i went bdx... Support your Sledding Background and buy the Kit. 280$ More towards keeping ur riding areas open.
Sorry, I can't help you with Timbersled pictures. It does look like a nice kit and I think they still have their sale going on right now.
But............. what was wrong with the BDX airbox elimination kit Bottom Feeder? I have read a lot of good things about the kit but, not much bad, except for having to punch holes in the belly pan.
But............. what was wrong with the BDX airbox elimination kit Bottom Feeder? I have read a lot of good things about the kit but, not much bad, except for having to punch holes in the belly pan.
Timbersled is a Great Intake! I learned that way the hard way when i went bdx... Support your Sledding Background and buy the Kit. 280$ More towards keeping ur riding areas open.
whats wrong with the BDX intake? pics?
what do you mean by " keeping your riding area open? "
pls explain yourself...pp
Ray, haven't you heard???
Timbersled donates 95% of the proceeds from their crap to BRC, the other 5% goes toward R&D for more crap.
Yeah, that BDX intake sucks, that's why every time someone asks, they get 10 answers-bdx to one timbersled.
Goater, I would think if you're making one, you could use two K&N type filters, pull your stock intake & use the throat from that (I'm sure plenty of folks would sell you a stocker for shipping costs if you want a spare) then you just need to create a block off plate & an attachment for the K&N filters.
I think you could build that pretty easy, on the other hand you could probably imitate a bdx/ snopro intake with some flow rite material easier & cheaper unless you've already got the filters.
Or you could give Allen your hard earned money so it can go toward him building more weak azz sh**! (your call
)get two pieces of tubing that will fit into the rubber boot on the throttle bodys and bend them to go through the opening in the bulkhead and run 2 k&ns off it.
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goater
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Alright well i'm all for buying the complete product from him but i have lowered my self to the college student level lol... thats my main reason to build my own stuff anyway. I was thinking about trying to sabotage the stock one into a nice mod but most people like to buy a used sled with as much stock parts as possible i've found so i may have to keep my eyes peeled to pick up a take off if i go that route or actually tear into it and see whats there and fab it from the ground up with the stuff i have laying around.
Do you think the K/N are the best filters out there for the application or would something like the Kickass filters be a better option? Also would you run prefilters? Thank you!!
Do you think the K/N are the best filters out there for the application or would something like the Kickass filters be a better option? Also would you run prefilters? Thank you!!
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Good luck. By the time you buy filters. Material etc. Time scratching your head making something, take it apart, remake it. Way more than the $280 for something that's. Proven. Been there done it. P.S. Kickass filters with the pre-filter work the best. Water stays out!!!
Good luck. By the time you buy filters. Material etc. Time scratching your head making something, take it apart, remake it. Way more than the $280 for something that's. Proven. Been there done it. P.S. Kickass filters with the pre-filter work the best. Water stays out!!!
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JHG
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Backcountry I usually agree with you but in this case I gotta differ. I bought the BDX intake last season after I read all the debates on here about what was better. I questioned it and got mobbed with people supporting the BDX intake. I should have gone with my gut feeling. I bought it and hated every thing about it. It's $10 worth of plastic sold for $180. I drilled all the holes, put the vents on and on the first deep powder day it filled up with snow. I came home, siliconed the crap out of all the gaps and it was fine until I hit a tree and broke the silicon loose. I started riding the trees more when the snow sucked and soon had vents full of holes with snow coming in. I would come out of the trees with like whole bushes sticking out of the front of my sled. I needed to put No2 jets in it and had to manufacture a bar across the top of the little white basket thingy to mount the jets in, only for the jets to wear a hole in the mesh that let the snow that was piling in to the nose(through the holes caused by the twigs and bushes) through to the throttle bodies. Now I know that some people love this thing, I'm just not one of them. I'm sure that some of my issues were preventable but should a simple intake really be this much of a PITA? I finally just got p!ssed and ordered a turbo to remedy the whole situation. Well, that's at least what I told the wife.
There are better solutions out there, of course for more money. CPC and speedwerx have nice ones. I guess you get what you pay for but I wish i had gone a different route. Just my experience.
There are better solutions out there, of course for more money. CPC and speedwerx have nice ones. I guess you get what you pay for but I wish i had gone a different route. Just my experience.
Maybe I was misled,
I assumed one needed a fuel controler to do a full blown intake.............so much for budget ?
Buget and snowmobiles never works anyways.
I assumed one needed a fuel controler to do a full blown intake.............so much for budget ?
Buget and snowmobiles never works anyways.
My main issue is this though: You get an intake with both, you pay $100 more for the t-sled, but with the bdx you also get screens to cover areas of the sled, and the ABILITY to create a cold air intake. If you want to make it apples to apples, take away the extras you get from the company selling the cheaper unit & you have one filter intake & one mesh intake ($100 difference too keep in mind) if you just don't do the screens/ cold air side of things the only issues that I hear of people having are gone, you just have a comparable intake for much less $$ & you can cover the three holes in your hood for free to keep out the weight.
I use a totally different system to get rid of the snow, a 1 piece bra made for the snopro racers, have yet to puncture anything significant through it, but if I do I can pull it off & patch it in about 5 minutes, or replace it even quicker. Still cost me less than a timbersled.
Totally see the point about the durability of the screens, but that's something you can just avoid easily.
X2. I am not to sure what screens you are talking about Backcountry but the timbersled intake comes with all the screening you will need, its not the best but it works fine you just put the screen in front of the stockers and re-install, this you do after gutting your hood. The timbersled intake is a little pricey but it works good, i didn't have the time to fab one up but it would be difficult to design and build one the same and save money or time. JMT
OK, so I just went to timbersled's site... I'll eat my words, I see they now come with screens for the hood, which in my opinion was an absolute neccessity. I still think Allen is a douche, but the kit is much improved with that addition.
I still feel the bdx is a better value, but at least the kit is something you shouldn't have to F with as much now, I also think it would be better with a bit of front end intake, but oh well.
, but the kit is much improved with that addition.I still feel the bdx is a better value, but at least the kit is something you shouldn't have to F with as much now, I also think it would be better with a bit of front end intake, but oh well.
OK, so I just went to timbersled's site... I'll eat my words, I see they now come with screens for the hood, which in my opinion was an absolute neccessity. I still think Allen is a douche
I still feel the bdx is a better value, but at least the kit is something you shouldn't have to F with as much now, I also think it would be better with a bit of front end intake, but oh well.
Ya i don't know what system would be better (depends who you ask), I think the timbersled with lots of venting will provide more air flow. Either or makes a nice improvement over stock but then again keeping it stock has its advantages too, all i know is there was a noticable improvement in the performance of my machine when i added the timbersled. JMT
