sounds good cbx. I got to see if I get my sled fixed and runing by then first though. Thank you very much for the offer.
well.... I got the sputtering and bottom end issue fixed on the 4th day. Yes 4th day and not years. lol...
I just turned the fuel/air screws in a 1/2 turn. I don't know what they were at and it was a pain to do it on the sled with secondary removed. Throttle responce is still not as good at high elevations as it is at low elevations, but it is still better then a stock xp. Still want to play with maybee the pilots to see if I can get throttle responce better at high elevations. maybee play with air screws some more too. also thinking of trying 360 or 370 mains and just opening the power jets more. on 4th and 5th day I did not touch the power jets from 1 turn out from 5,500-+ 8,000' elevation.
unfortunatly where the oil tank connects to the adapter on the turbo cracked on the 4th day. tried jb welding it and putting a hose clamp over the crack. tank stayed on, but leaked oil every where. trail was really rough on the previous days and I was really hamering them. skiped trail alltogether on 5th and 6th days after jb welding tank. going to do some thing different so it does not break again. got one idea that should be good, but got another idea that should not have any problems at all. don't want to have to worry about it.
we got pretty deep fresh snow on the 5th day. sled ran great, but still need more power. when ground speed is up it does good, but when you get the ground speed way down and pin it, it just points the skii's at the sky. after awhile it gains the ground speed back and keeps going. I went through one section tight through some trees and slowed way down. I thought for sure I was stuck, but just kept it pined and it crawled along. about a 6' deep trench for a long ways.
Can't wait to turn it up to 10lbs on a deep day and try to figure out how to keep the front end down on this 154. for now 7lbs is great on pump gas.
On the 6th day it felt like power was droping, but thought it was because we had alot of fresh snow and it got warm. Snow was really wet and heavy.
started turning clickers up and turning power jets off. Then realized it was only pulling 4 or 5lbs of boost. Checked stuff out and couldn't find any thing wrong. decided I better head back before we have to tow it out. after awhile it wasn't making any boost, but fortunatly was still runing. felt like power was down a little compared to a stocker, but it still ran. So I just took it easy to limp it back to the cabin. checked pipe, charge tube, charge box, rave valves, turbo, waste gate, bov, and couplers and they were all good. Then noticed the throttle cable was frayed bad at the throttle and only a few strands still holding. Wouldn't ride it if I could fix it. Rode the M8 all day on the 7th day. it was fun since I hadn't rode it in a long time.
So I am going to rig something up to presureize the system tomarrow night and see what it is leaking from. got work lined up for all day tomarrow. All I can think of is the carb boots. I would think it would run like crap if it was the carb boots though.
I usually always presureize new installs before runing them to find leaks, but I was in a hurry to get it done and head out to ride. You would be surprised where you find leaks some times.
Can't wait to get it fixed and ride it again.
How low on oil did you get, the turbo bearings may have overheated, That will cause the boost to be way low, I have learned this from experience
