04.16.08:
Sled Specs (starting may, 2008)
Chassis
- Based off IQr chassis
- Undecided on front suspension, option are are; IQ A
arms and spindles, Complete Aftermarket front end, Custom fabbed A arms with
IQ spindles
- Bulkhead Bracing
- BRTech Hood
- 4 Window Digatron
- May keep stock steering system. I need a chassis to
work on before I decide.
- May keep stock bars, or other straight bars. Riser
depends on how the chassis feels.
- 144"-155" rear suspension; IQrmk, Holz, or M-10
- Custom tunnel extension with gas racks
- Extrovert Drivers
- Track; 144x2 - 155x2, most likely a Camoplast Finger
track
- Seat; Preferably lightweight dragon seat, but will be
using whatever i get my hands on.
- Slydog Powderhound skis
- P-85 Primary Clutch
- Button Secondary Clutch
- Cooling; either find an Ebay special or custom make my own using extruded
Aluminum blanks. If I make my own it will be a 4 pass cooler which would be a
lot more efficient
Engine (This is the
fun part)
- 1200cc Watercraft based triple
- Crankshop pipes, or custom fitted 800 twin pipes
- Poweraddiction head
- Poweraddiction motor plate
- Poweraddiction Mag Housing
- 650 style water pump (V belt)
- Custom mounted oil injection system
- XCR, 650 or Ultra stator and Ignition
- In line thermostat
- Custom torque mounts
- Air filters, possibly a custom "cold Air" style intake
system
- Mikuni Carbs, max 42mm. I need to see what I can find
and then see how much Madcow can bore them out for me.
- Single Mikuni high flow, 3 outlet fuel pump
- High strength recoil rope (if you thought 800 twins were a bitch to
start......)
If you were to get a mod shop to
do this, your wallet would probably run and hide. For most people this would be
a $20,000-$30,000 build. If you look at all the work that needs to be done and
all the parts i am going to need, that price sounds about right. However, I plan
to do mine for around $6,000-$8,000 (not including the chrome moly chassis, I
have no idea what that is going to cost me yet). Now $8k is a lot of money, but
knowing that if i pull this off, I am going to have one of the best mod sleds
you can get for less than the cost of a new sled, I feel pretty good about
it.
And for those of you still wondering, that 1200 will be making
about 250HP!! and it will be in "trail" sled form!
