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C3 Carbon Fiber PRO fuel tank

For the low low price of $257.14 per saved pound! Awesome! I'm adding that to my wish list.
 
Sounds like you two are on a mission. Thats a big loss for an already light sled. Wife would cut me at the knees. Best i can do is cromoly goodies for now, but am looking hard at the Diamond s hood. What have you guys done so far?
 
FYI I just put a diamond s hood on my 2013 it is just slightly under 3 lbs lighter than my stock hood with a skinz headlight delete and a gutted airbox ( airhorns removed). I was hoping for more but that's how it goes.
 
Wow, yea..That puts that out, im sure there is better places to spend to lose #. So for just the hood, what do you ACTUALLY save compared to what they claim?
 
3 lbs difference that with a stock hood no light no gauge are key switch, are wiring harness are windshield vs just there hood with no gauge pod.


If you put the gauge pod on the mesh hood you would save about 6 lbs vs the stock hood with a headlight, on a 2013 model.
 
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Esoteric parts... but boy what a work of art!

If you want to build the 375lb PRO... this would be on the list for sure.



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Esoteric parts... but boy what a work of art!

If you want to build the 375lb PRO... this would be on the list for sure.



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All have one next winter, I think I can hit 380 range, when I do all take some pictures hanging from the scale.
 
Polaris R&D has already built a 340# dry PRO, which would make it sub 410#'s Full of fuel, Wet and RTR.

Over the summer, if time and finances allow; I'm shooting to be under 400#'s Full of fluids including fuel and RTR, while fixing all their engineering errors and be completely reliable and stronger than they are currently. Fix the buckling tunnel syndrome and the ridiculously short center to center of the drive train which handicaps you with too small of a driver and limits track choices. Utilize a long rod engine for reliability and performance. etc. Only one will be produced, Sorry!
 
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I am not bashing this machine please don't take this wrong

but i could'nt get past his page in fine print that said ( only the best put to the test) you think they would have caught a few things
 
Polaris R&D has already built a 340# dry PRO, which would make it sub 410#'s Full of fuel, Wet and RTR.

Over the summer, if time and finances allow; I'm shooting to be under 400#'s Full of fluids including fuel and RTR, while fixing all their engineering errors and be completely reliable and stronger than they are currently. Fix the buckling tunnel syndrome and the ridiculously short center to center of the drive train which handicaps you with too small of a driver and limits track choices. Utilize a long rod engine for reliability and performance. etc. Only one will be produced, Sorry!

Fuel is a little over 7 lbs per gallon right? so about 80 pounds of fuel, a few pounds of coolant, pound or two of oil...

I don't see a sub 410 RTR pro happening unless you've got 50 grand to spend but I would be interested to see how close a guy could come for under $10k in parts which is about the limit most guys will consider spending on lightweight parts.
 
LH...

With a full CF chassis/panels with integrated tank....TI everything... ... a 310# pound dry sled... That would be cool!

What would your build list be?? How short would the track be?

I think the Polaris R&D 340#'r is a urban-myth...but hey... anything is possible, especially in the world of R&D... 75+ lbs loss !!

Polaris R&D has already built a 340# dry PRO, which would make it sub 410#'s Full of fuel, Wet and RTR.

Over the summer, if time and finances allow; I'm shooting to be under 400#'s Full of fluids including fuel and RTR, while fixing all their engineering errors and be completely reliable and stronger than they are currently. Fix the buckling tunnel syndrome and the ridiculously short center to center of the drive train which handicaps you with too small of a driver and limits track choices. Utilize a long rod engine for reliability and performance. etc. Only one will be produced, Sorry!
 
LH...

With a full CF chassis/panels with integrated tank....TI everything... ... a 310# pound dry sled... That would be cool!

What would your build list be?? How short would the track be?

I will utilize virtually no off the shelf parts, I will re-engineer every piece, and either mold it from Carbon Fiber and /or Kevlar, or machine or weld it out of the best exotic alloy that suits the strength requirements. As for track length, for most of our local riding I think being that light even a 155" will be unstoppable as I live on the coast at sea level and our snow is similar to the cascade concrete most of the time. A 163" would be ideal for our interior powder snow that is only over the first ridge, 15 miles from the house. I plan on allowing enough tunnel clearance for a 9 tooth 3" pitch driver and still clear a 3" lug, I see no need to accommodate large scale manufacturing compermizes in my design. I will achieve this by leaving the drive shaft near it's stock location (to retain the handling properties of the existing platform) and stretching the tunnel height up (like Tison used to do) and make up the difference with the low rise WRP seat. Patrick Custom Carbon bodywork, may use the C3 tank (may have to mold my own). If I can hammer out the control issues of my proto-type drive system I can easily shave another twenty pounds off as it will not need the CVT as we now see it. I've likely already said too much for my intellectual property lawyer to be comfortable.

I think the Polaris R&D 340#'r is a urban-myth...but hey... anything is possible, especially in the world of R&D... 75+ lbs loss !!

You can think whatever you want, but I have had conversations with multiple people that are in a position to know and they have all seen it and a couple even got to throw a leg over it and ride the beast. Virtually Nothing was off the shelf, even the crankshaft was dog boned to get every ounce that they felt they could lose. It is a shame that the owner of PRO-TI is no longer with us and his titanium rods went with him to the grave without someone buying the rights to them. Could have saved another 3-4 pounds off the rotating weight of the sled. Carbon-carbon brakes and other F-1 technology would get the weight down even further. Anyway you see where I'm headed, (I'll take some heat for this but) while the Midwest farmer technology has come a long way in the mountain sled industry we could be light years further ahead if they wanted to really push and utilize the space age developments that are available and utilized to their full potential in other venues with deeper pockets.

P.S. I also will not be running them damn pogo stick air shocks, it will be equipt with Exit or Raptors with RCS Titanium springs.
 
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