Trail Cooling on SLASH - How will it do?
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Sled length matters also.
My 155 khaos runs about the same temps as my 165 Alpha with the Khaos running a bit hotter, 130-160° on hard crappy trails.
My buddies 163 Pros run 20-40° cooler on the trail, 120°'s. They'll only get in to the 130°'s if it's icy.
Off trail, my Khaos is usually ~5° cooler than my buddies 163.
I tried running with a mini flap on the Khaos and seen 180° pretty quick.
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My 155 khaos runs about the same temps as my 165 Alpha with the Khaos running a bit hotter, 130-160° on hard crappy trails.
My buddies 163 Pros run 20-40° cooler on the trail, 120°'s. They'll only get in to the 130°'s if it's icy.
Off trail, my Khaos is usually ~5° cooler than my buddies 163.
I tried running with a mini flap on the Khaos and seen 180° pretty quick.
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I read somewhere that the 146" Khaos Slash has a longer cooler than the other Slash models, runs like 8" further back behind the gas tank vs. Stopping at the back of the tank like the others
Yes I remember seeing something about that as well.. They know who their 146 market is, and they know most of those people will be running a lot of trail.. So they adjusted their cooling accordingly.
I'd love to be in the market for one right about now. That's the sled I've been craving for the last couple years.
If I understand you correct, you are comparing an older Skidoo to a new Polaris chassis?
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I think he actually was comparing an 850 skidoo to a 19-21 polaris 850.
Good to know, I have one more year warranty left on my doo and can see myself on a khaos 146 after that unless skidoo comes out with some significant changes for 2023.
We were talking about cooling thats all, but yeah a little off topic.
My cut tunnel 146 Axys RMK consistently ran 100-110 degrees on the trail with the 18 head and off trail it ran 88-100*. Logged well over 500 miles with the 18 head and the prior 600 miles with the 16-17 head and it ran 120-126" in pretty much every situation. I wouldn't be too worried about the cooling systems capacity.
I rode a sks 146 2.25 lug last week no problems overheating actually thought it was running too cool 95-110 deg compared to what I was used to on my pro, occasionally on longer trail runs would get to 125 deg.
Just snow checked a Khaos matryx slash 146 with the 2.6 lug. Overheating is one thing and keeping hyfax lubed is another. They didn’t offer scratchers as an added accessory. Probably wouldn’t hurt to put a set on though? Thoughts? Thanks.
Just snow checked a Khaos matryx slash 146 with the 2.6 lug. Overheating is one thing and keeping hyfax lubed is another. They didn’t offer scratchers as an added accessory. Probably wouldn’t hurt to put a set on though? Thoughts? Thanks.
In my experience the Polaris tracks don’t hold up on hard, icy trails for long period. I’ve had a 2.4 and 2.6 track both completely blow apart on my sks.
Two friends with summit 146 have absolutely no issues with the 2.5 track and doo has more ski lift and I think is more fun when not out west.
The khaos slash 146 comes with scratchers. There is a demo one making its rounds at dealers nearby. I also own a sks 146. the hottest its ever been is 125 and that is from very slow riding. So i am not really concerned about how the cooling is going to be on the slash.
noticed that with mine as well
You should man up and quit riding so many trails ?
I wish. The unfortunate nature of our riding areas. Never enough snow to hop off the road for 10-15 miles except for peak snowpack season (march-april)
Im thankful for the cooling system update on the Matryx sleds. Its a welcome change in my book. The internal/external fins helped a ton with heat dissipation. Capactiy wasn't the issue before it was more of a heat transfer issue.
Does the new setup eliminate the eventual ice build up on your boots and lower bib area/ tunnel sides?
What speed do you go on trails?
Scratchers up or down?-- leaving scratchers up, even for short periods, will quickly overheat a track and cause premature failures.
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