No your not, you just want to win your case...
Let ME break this down for you:
My sled is the same that it was 20 years ago, minus the Aaen twin pipes it had back then, and I now have V-Force 3 instead of the original V-Force.
Also use to have Dial-A-Jets, gutted air box, milled drivers, suspension setup for transfer, 192 1.175 studs on stock track, Hauck 51/45 helix, 8DN weights, some stickers and a red and blue keychain ...
And you want to label me at 106 to 108 Hp?
let me break it down again for you
Stock Dyno Hp 98Hp
Single layer head gasket 2-5Hp?
Vforce Reeds 0-2 Hp?
Bender porting 11Hp (Per Bender)
Aaen Twin Pipes 10Hp (Per Aaen)
I'll let you add it up so you cant call me a liar...
and, Im sure you will call BS on all the stated numbers, so, do the research yourself
While your at it, go ahead and run the power to weight yourself with your own "special" numbers
One week ago you came to this thread and responded directly to a post that was made 6 years ago by someone who hasn't been active here in almost 2 years, boasting about your sled and how it fared 15-20 years ago against Yamaha's most powerful production snowmobile at that time.
You must have been expecting some type of response (you called out the person who made the 6 yr old post), or perhaps you were standing on a soapbox looking for people to revere at how great you and your sled were. I'm hoping it's not the latter, so let's go with you must have been expecting a response to your post, and when the response didn't go in your favor, only then did you follow up with the "truth" about your mods, which wasn't even the full truth because you just added some more above. You also tried to explain how power to weight ratio was in your favor, by only using dry weight in the calculation, but your races did not happen without a rider or fluids in each sled.
I challenged you on not providing information about your mods until after people started questioning you, and only then did you follow up with the extent of your mods, that was deceptive on your part. I've already debunked your sig argument, there is no way anyone could have concluded that you had twin pipes, or many of your other mods, when reading your initial post here.
I also challenged you on real world power to weight for your races, and I helped you out with Yamaha's published data that you were just guessing at. I also provided a realistic example of fluid and rider weight and told you to recalculate using your numbers as well as the better numbers here in this thread. If you don't like my fluid and rider weight, use your own realistic number, you have to plug in something for an example of power to weight in an actual racing situation (as in your original post).
If you want to debate with me, the above is what I challenged you on. I never said you didn't win the races, I wasn't there and I really don't care. There are many people reading this thread, many are likely very impressionable, less experienced, or not involved with snowmobiles from 15-20 years ago. It's not right for people to be influenced by your incomplete and deceptive information, whether you intended it or not.
I also never claimed any horsepower figure for your engine. What right do you have to make a statement like this about something that I never said: "And you want to label me at 106 to 108 Hp?" You are also wrong for calling me out by your trying to list the HP for your mods and saying I'll call BS to them.
DO NOT try to put words in my mouth, that really shows the type of person you are.
Lastly, I enjoy math, let's look at some example power to weight numbers that could be found in a fun racing environment 15-20 years ago:
XTC: 120hp (your #) / 715lbs [465lbs dry (your #)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .168
SRX: 140hp (your #) / 800lbs [550lbs dry (your #)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .175
Conclusion: SRX has better power to weight
XTC: 120hp (your #) / 724lbs [474lbs dry (Yamaha's 476# minus your stated 2lbs ski/silencer difference 467-465)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .166
SRX: 140hp (your #) / 795lbs [545lbs dry (Yamaha's #)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .176
Conclusion: SRX has better power to weight
XTC: 120hp (your #) / 724lbs [474lbs dry (Yamaha's 476# minus your stated 2lbs ski/silencer difference 467-465)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .166
SRX: 137hp (98-99HP) / 795lbs [545lbs dry (Yamaha's #)+250lbs fluid/rider] = .172
Conclusion: SRX still has better power to weight
Haven't needed to use a lower hp number for your sled if in fact your 120hp is optimistic. SRX700 has better power to weight in each example.
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