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The history in my words:
SRX is a true legend!
S = Sport
R = Racing
X = Xperimental
motor code RT = Racetuned
L/C = Liqued cooled:
1976 to 1977: RX
1978 til 1980: RT439 L/C standard bore: 68,5 mm
1981 (EUR): RT439 L/C standard bore: 68,5 mm
1981 (US/CAN): RT437 L/C standard bore: 66 mm
1982: RT499 L/C standard bore: 70,5mm
Power:
1974: 115 hp (new info)
1976: 8A8 65 hk on the 340 engine
1976: 8A7 91 hk ved 9300 rpm. on the 440 engine
1977: 8F2 100 hk with less volume in the heads (8F2 type).
1978: 8H1 / 8G9 95 hp (droped to 85 hp) the heads made a lot of problems and after a while the customers got the new 8J0 heads. then the engine lost a few hp, but it was more realible. the sylinders (8G9) had a lot of changes to, but didnt make any problems.
1979: 8JO 82 hk at 9000 rpm. it is the same engine as in the 1978, BUT THIS TIME WITH THE 8J0 heads as standard on the 8G9 sylinders..
1980 8K2 (USA/CAN), 8K6 (Europa): 80 hk.
1981 8K6 (EUROPE): 80 hk
1981 8M6: 88 hk ved 9000 rpm.
1982 8R9: 98 hk ved 8800rpm. 499ccm
Volum in Heads:
8A8 76 mod: 15 cc
8A7 76 mod: 18,5 cc
8F2 77 mod: 18,5 cc
8H1 1978: 20,5 cc
8J0 78,79 og 80 mod: 21,5 cc
8M6 81 mod: 17,3
8R9 82 mod: 18,5
Carburators (VM = round slide, B = butterfly (spjeld)):
1974 no info at the time
1976 2 x Mikuni VM40
1977 2 x Mikuni VM40
1978 2 x Mikuni VM36
1979 2 x Mikuni VM36
1980 2 x Mikuni B40-38
1981 2 x Mikuni B40-38 on the Europe version
1981 2 x Mikuni B42-40 on the SRX 440E
1982 2 x Mikuni B44-42
1998 til 2002 3 x Mikuni TM33
Vekt:
1976 til 77: 168 kg
1978 til 1980: 180kg
1981: 215 kg
1982: 225 kg (this info comes from my own sled)
1998 til 2000: 234 kg
2001 og 2002: 236 kg
here is some history:
SRX was from the beginning first ment for racing and competitions, but after a few years it became a product for normal customers. SRX is Yamahas first L/C snowmobile.
Yamaha SRX years:
in 1974 Yamaha factory-raced with a few SRX 440 sno-pro models this is a model only ment to this. This sled was equiped with a Watercooled 2 syl 440 engine. Every singel one of this sleds are/was unik and had different specs. I have bbeen told that there was only 6 of them and every singel one is destruted.
Great info by RJH (membername):
In 1975 – they made a limited model that fit all the GPX parts but was much lighter and looked better – the chassis was very thin aluminium. It was most likely the same engine as the 73 model.
The 440 was about 100 HP very narrow power band. We never had it on the dyno …… but the late Bud Lees Koehler’s were dynoed at over a 100 HP by the factory in Toronto.
We had slightly better speed - so must have been there also. The 340 would almost do 100 mph as well on an ice ½ mile so it was pumping out some HP. The rpm band was about 3 so it was tricky to clutch.
This was watercooled as well – but had the basic port configuration as the GYT kits – not polished at all. All the parts that moved were very light on the engine and sled. Ignition was TZ. The pipe was special - paper thin.
This sled was called the SRX. The same sled was built in 76 (to look like the stock sled) – but the engine used the standard barrels – factory built.
They used circle M – we went thru about 8 sets a season…...on each sled. The symptom would be like trying to tune a VM with no high speed air jet. You can still get it go fast – but it lost that little extra.
in 1976 introduced Yamaha the SRX model, a 340 and the legendary 440 with 439 cc RT engine.. This was the first model for Yamaha with Liqued cooled engine. Yamaha SRX var den første serieproduserte Yamaha skuteren som var vannavkjølt. In cometitions it became a big winner. None of the SRX was sold for normal use, this was a race-sled and it was not usable to anything else.
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31613&stc=1
1977 came SRX440A with a modified chassis fwith wider steering, it was easy to see those "bulked" sides over the ski's. a new boggie and a bit different decalset. the hood was white with red stripes in the sides SRX440A is the most powerfull SRX and lightest of them all.
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31614&stc=1
1978 kom SRX440B had a new exhaustsystem, and more mods on the chassis. there was a few parts on the sled that yamaha changed out: new and more complete intrumentals, and a windscreen for the first time, the hood was black on the top with red stripes. the sled came in 2 diferent styles, one was ment for israce/race.
1979 kom SRX440C, with some news: better frontbumper, new decals, lower compression with a few less horsepower, a different topend with more volume, and the sylindres was modified. All this changes in the engine was because of all the problems the 77 and 78 gave Yamaha. Yamaha ment that there was no loss in power because of this modds, but the story tell a diferent truth! . The Color for this year was black: Jet-Black!
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31616&stc=1
1980 kom SRX440D, with some few changes, the whole chassis was Goldeloxed). the customers could buy the sled with to diferent type of boggie, one more lower than the other.. SRX440D engine was weak, and thhe reason was because Yamaha wanted it to hold (realeble (hell, whats that word?? sorry, i am from Norway and doing my best)). Yamaha put some new carburators this year, and with brand new intake manifolds that gave the powerloss down to 80 hp.
1981 come SRX440E as a brand new sled, with new technic all over it. the engine was allso brand new, with new carbs and more. this was a sled that was really powerfull over 6000 rpm, but not under. that became a problem that season, so Yamaha had to do something about it. The engine was therefor not good for this new type of sled, the weight took away its power under 6000 rpm. The new TSS was not new for Yamaha, they first use it on the SR-V 540 aircooled sled.
1981 for Europe: this was the same sled as the 180 440D, but in silvereloxed chassis, and with black hood.
in 1982 Yamaha wanted to give the SRX more power with this new SRX 500F model, but something went wrong. The engine had some new carbs, this carbs was not easy to tune in. it was not the only problem, the sylinders was heavily modified and gave a lot of power, not only in the top end of the rpm scale. it was a really fast sled with a engine that gave a hell of a ride if the engine was tuned good, and it also gave the true hell if not.. Yamaha produced a line of 2500 sleds, but only 150 of them ever left the fabric. 100 of them ended in the US/Can marked, but non left out to customers. In Europe there was some Customers that get it out for use. For us who live to day, this sled is a true ghost! if you read the book of Yamaha's 40th's history, you will find out that Yamaha dont want to admit the eksistens of the SRX 500. I wonder why???
1981 and 1982 SRX blunders killed the story of this legend.. it stoped with a true Ghost that i happend to have one of! So I know that its a piece left in the yamaha story that's not yet been told by the makers..
the rest of the SRX sleds has not the RT (Race tuned) engine, so i let them in peace
thank you for reading this, if someon want to translate this to bether english, pleace do so
best regards
O-e from Norway..
Pictures belove shows the 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 SRX 440 in correct order .
SRX is a true legend!
S = Sport
R = Racing
X = Xperimental
motor code RT = Racetuned
L/C = Liqued cooled:
1976 to 1977: RX
1978 til 1980: RT439 L/C standard bore: 68,5 mm
1981 (EUR): RT439 L/C standard bore: 68,5 mm
1981 (US/CAN): RT437 L/C standard bore: 66 mm
1982: RT499 L/C standard bore: 70,5mm
Power:
1974: 115 hp (new info)
1976: 8A8 65 hk on the 340 engine
1976: 8A7 91 hk ved 9300 rpm. on the 440 engine
1977: 8F2 100 hk with less volume in the heads (8F2 type).
1978: 8H1 / 8G9 95 hp (droped to 85 hp) the heads made a lot of problems and after a while the customers got the new 8J0 heads. then the engine lost a few hp, but it was more realible. the sylinders (8G9) had a lot of changes to, but didnt make any problems.
1979: 8JO 82 hk at 9000 rpm. it is the same engine as in the 1978, BUT THIS TIME WITH THE 8J0 heads as standard on the 8G9 sylinders..
1980 8K2 (USA/CAN), 8K6 (Europa): 80 hk.
1981 8K6 (EUROPE): 80 hk
1981 8M6: 88 hk ved 9000 rpm.
1982 8R9: 98 hk ved 8800rpm. 499ccm
Volum in Heads:
8A8 76 mod: 15 cc
8A7 76 mod: 18,5 cc
8F2 77 mod: 18,5 cc
8H1 1978: 20,5 cc
8J0 78,79 og 80 mod: 21,5 cc
8M6 81 mod: 17,3
8R9 82 mod: 18,5
Carburators (VM = round slide, B = butterfly (spjeld)):
1974 no info at the time
1976 2 x Mikuni VM40
1977 2 x Mikuni VM40
1978 2 x Mikuni VM36
1979 2 x Mikuni VM36
1980 2 x Mikuni B40-38
1981 2 x Mikuni B40-38 on the Europe version
1981 2 x Mikuni B42-40 on the SRX 440E
1982 2 x Mikuni B44-42
1998 til 2002 3 x Mikuni TM33
Vekt:
1976 til 77: 168 kg
1978 til 1980: 180kg
1981: 215 kg
1982: 225 kg (this info comes from my own sled)
1998 til 2000: 234 kg
2001 og 2002: 236 kg
here is some history:
SRX was from the beginning first ment for racing and competitions, but after a few years it became a product for normal customers. SRX is Yamahas first L/C snowmobile.
Yamaha SRX years:
in 1974 Yamaha factory-raced with a few SRX 440 sno-pro models this is a model only ment to this. This sled was equiped with a Watercooled 2 syl 440 engine. Every singel one of this sleds are/was unik and had different specs. I have bbeen told that there was only 6 of them and every singel one is destruted.
Great info by RJH (membername):
In 1975 – they made a limited model that fit all the GPX parts but was much lighter and looked better – the chassis was very thin aluminium. It was most likely the same engine as the 73 model.
The 440 was about 100 HP very narrow power band. We never had it on the dyno …… but the late Bud Lees Koehler’s were dynoed at over a 100 HP by the factory in Toronto.
We had slightly better speed - so must have been there also. The 340 would almost do 100 mph as well on an ice ½ mile so it was pumping out some HP. The rpm band was about 3 so it was tricky to clutch.
This was watercooled as well – but had the basic port configuration as the GYT kits – not polished at all. All the parts that moved were very light on the engine and sled. Ignition was TZ. The pipe was special - paper thin.
This sled was called the SRX. The same sled was built in 76 (to look like the stock sled) – but the engine used the standard barrels – factory built.
They used circle M – we went thru about 8 sets a season…...on each sled. The symptom would be like trying to tune a VM with no high speed air jet. You can still get it go fast – but it lost that little extra.
in 1976 introduced Yamaha the SRX model, a 340 and the legendary 440 with 439 cc RT engine.. This was the first model for Yamaha with Liqued cooled engine. Yamaha SRX var den første serieproduserte Yamaha skuteren som var vannavkjølt. In cometitions it became a big winner. None of the SRX was sold for normal use, this was a race-sled and it was not usable to anything else.
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31613&stc=1
1977 came SRX440A with a modified chassis fwith wider steering, it was easy to see those "bulked" sides over the ski's. a new boggie and a bit different decalset. the hood was white with red stripes in the sides SRX440A is the most powerfull SRX and lightest of them all.
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31614&stc=1
1978 kom SRX440B had a new exhaustsystem, and more mods on the chassis. there was a few parts on the sled that yamaha changed out: new and more complete intrumentals, and a windscreen for the first time, the hood was black on the top with red stripes. the sled came in 2 diferent styles, one was ment for israce/race.

1979 kom SRX440C, with some news: better frontbumper, new decals, lower compression with a few less horsepower, a different topend with more volume, and the sylindres was modified. All this changes in the engine was because of all the problems the 77 and 78 gave Yamaha. Yamaha ment that there was no loss in power because of this modds, but the story tell a diferent truth! . The Color for this year was black: Jet-Black!
http://www.totallyamaha.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31616&stc=1
1980 kom SRX440D, with some few changes, the whole chassis was Goldeloxed). the customers could buy the sled with to diferent type of boggie, one more lower than the other.. SRX440D engine was weak, and thhe reason was because Yamaha wanted it to hold (realeble (hell, whats that word?? sorry, i am from Norway and doing my best)). Yamaha put some new carburators this year, and with brand new intake manifolds that gave the powerloss down to 80 hp.

1981 come SRX440E as a brand new sled, with new technic all over it. the engine was allso brand new, with new carbs and more. this was a sled that was really powerfull over 6000 rpm, but not under. that became a problem that season, so Yamaha had to do something about it. The engine was therefor not good for this new type of sled, the weight took away its power under 6000 rpm. The new TSS was not new for Yamaha, they first use it on the SR-V 540 aircooled sled.

1981 for Europe: this was the same sled as the 180 440D, but in silvereloxed chassis, and with black hood.

in 1982 Yamaha wanted to give the SRX more power with this new SRX 500F model, but something went wrong. The engine had some new carbs, this carbs was not easy to tune in. it was not the only problem, the sylinders was heavily modified and gave a lot of power, not only in the top end of the rpm scale. it was a really fast sled with a engine that gave a hell of a ride if the engine was tuned good, and it also gave the true hell if not.. Yamaha produced a line of 2500 sleds, but only 150 of them ever left the fabric. 100 of them ended in the US/Can marked, but non left out to customers. In Europe there was some Customers that get it out for use. For us who live to day, this sled is a true ghost! if you read the book of Yamaha's 40th's history, you will find out that Yamaha dont want to admit the eksistens of the SRX 500. I wonder why???
1981 and 1982 SRX blunders killed the story of this legend.. it stoped with a true Ghost that i happend to have one of! So I know that its a piece left in the yamaha story that's not yet been told by the makers..
the rest of the SRX sleds has not the RT (Race tuned) engine, so i let them in peace

thank you for reading this, if someon want to translate this to bether english, pleace do so

best regards
O-e from Norway..
Pictures belove shows the 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 SRX 440 in correct order .
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