Giving the SRX a face lift

Here I`m bending it the other way:
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This chain ain`t finger tight... .

Then I mounted the trailing arms and radius rods. Man, I hope I wount have to remove the radius rods again, I hope I`m not the only one feeling it this way.
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I`m going to apply some black rust paint to the nuts of the carbides, looks ugly now.

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The gears.
Upper gear has 23 teeths, lower 37 teeths.

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My big question now is what to do with the gearing.
It didn`t do more then 120-130 km/h last season, I don`t miss the top speed, but I guess it`s logical that you can climb better if the track has higher speed. And I think the SRX motor should manage to rotate that belt faster even if there`s lots of snow.
What do you think?.

How many teeths should I go up/down on the upper/lower gear?.

I`m thinking, either ca. 3 teeths down on the lower, or 2 teeths up on the upper?.
What do you guys think?:).

Wellwell that`s all for now.
 
Daman, well yes I plan to :). Barely had the sled for a year:).
The chaincase oil tends to get bad after a while, either white from water or brown from shit?.

Hmm
 
Hi pro116 !
Thanks for the tip:).
But wouldn`t that be a huge step, or does it just seem like it?.
Let`s say that I get 130km/h now, what could I maybe expect from 22-40?. 150km/h maybe?.
 
Gees I didn`t think clear pro116!.
If you go up on the lower then the speed would decrease?.

I don`t know what gear sizes are available?.
Is there like 25 teeths upper gears?.
 
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yes You will lose mph but it will be alot more fun to drive and accellerate harder.You will be able to keep up better track speed when your in the mountain's.
Yes epi sells 25 t sprockets
 
Aha ok man I see:). Thanks for the info.
But like I said I wanted more track speed.. I think 130km/h is to little and I think it would climb better with higher track speed?.
 
Climb better with higher Track speed? i dont think so because thats why everyone gears their sleds down to tackle the mountains. I think you would just Trench and go no where. Even if you Gear down so much you only hit 130 or 120 but you will get there omost instantly! i'd Rather the torqe and Hard Accel pull then the Higher Track speed.

Thats what i think, Correct me if im wrong.
 
kimoaj are you talking top mph speed or track speed.Lower gearing will give you more track speed it won't dog down so much and will keep speed up when climbing in the powder.You do ride alot of mtns right?Or is mostly hill and fields there?
 
Hi guys !

This whole gearing issue is confusing me:).
My goal is to make the sled climb higher up in hills/mountains.
I thought it would climb better if the track speed was higher, but I didn`t think of the fact that the engine can rew out while the track still haven`t reached it`s top speed.

In one way I guess the sled can feel lazy with a high gearing?. Like, the engine rews out but the track doesn`t pick up speed?.

Shouldn`t my engine handle a little higher gearing then only 130km/h?.

Should I just leave it as it is?.

Hm
 
Hi guys !

The rain has been pooring down all day and the best way to make the rain understand that it has to come down as snow is to polish the pipe-heat-shields.
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Here`s how they looked before I started

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After some steel wool and polish

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They looked like this, not bling bling but it will make the engine compartment "fresher".

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I ran out of polish so I had to use some silver polish, but it worked OK.

Wellwell have a nice weekend everybody.

Joakim.
 
Hi ! Thanks for the reply Ike :)

This week I hope to get the carbs off & cleaned, also cleaning the tank.
I wonder if I should mount the hood on the sled and then mount the air-vent-webs in the holes in the hood?. Will probably be around two weeks before I get the rivets (package will be sent on Monday from Rich), but I thought it would be cool to mount the hood just to see how it looks.

Hmm, another question, should I glue the filter-foam that came with the cold air kit, into the scoop ?.

I`m still wondering if I should change the gearing,also depends on my bank account, gees buying christmas gifts sucks, even if it feels good.

Wellwell
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A somewhat funny picture from yesterday, had show my friends the weight difference. Also notice our hero in the right corner.. .

:)
 
Yeah it`s Rambo :).

I wish the made another Rambo movie instead of Rocky.. but will be cool anyway:).

Wellwell the weather report said that the temperature would drop at the end of the week.. hope we`ll get some snow!!
 
Hi guys

Last season I sometimes noticed that my headlight suddenly got a little weaker, only happened a few times, but I did notice it.

Going to check the wire harness for rub through tomorrow, wonder if I`ll find something.. .
Maybe some rub through could have had something to do with my bogging in the powder too.. who knows:).
 
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