Good One For You Guys. 3:16

Mountain guys are saying they need to add a $5,000.00 turbo setup to make the new M sled work........ If you spend $13,000 & have to add another $5,000 to make it works where you ride..... :dunno:
 

NOBODY EVER SAID THE FIRE SCRAP AIN,T FAST. THEY ARE, BUT THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR FIRESCRAPS AND RACE ONES. ABOUT 6 SECONDS WORTH. 3:16 (yammie tony)
 
andrew k said:
actually have the origional eltigre 530 motor here. heres a couple pics... yep thats right the cylinder broke off... happened when trenton was bombing it thru a field. idk if it sucked water or what all i can say is wow. happened 3 years ago before he gave it to tom. lol its interesting and still on topic with the reliability thread so here ya go.
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Say what ya want, Yamma motors blow up too. But, I had a '91 Cat EXT with that 530 motor. 14,500 miles when I sold it and to my knowledge its still running strong. Artic cat's failure began with the 2003 Firecats, prior to that they built some good reliable rides.

Current Rides:
SXr 700 (11,500mi)
2000 SRX (9,500mi)
Past Ride:
'95 Vmax 4 (exact miles unknown, estimate of 20,000 on origional bottom end)
 
Arctic cat have their problems, So do the others.......
I 'va had over a dozen snowmobiles, they all had their troubles ......
The best one i have owned was a 1997 Sx, but even then,the W arm in the suspension was a problem.....in fact the suspension was average.....
Worst one i had was a brand new Pantera 580 in 1997 ..... engine, rear suspension were awful !
I do own a 2005 Firecat F7, so far , so good, but the mileage is still low ......
3 of my buddies, have RS Vector, 1 is a 2006, 1 is a 2008, 1 is a 2010..... they ALL have problems, with hyfax ......!! The 2010 Vector has problems with freezing relays ! I know some others that have timing chain problems .....
I think Yammis are real great sleds, i have owned 3 of them, but they also have problems !!
For now i like my F7 ;)
My son bought a Viper a few weeks ago ....
Some of my buddies have 600 E-tec that are real nice machines.
I remember many years ago i had a Wildcat that was built like a tank , and was almost bullet proof
Remember in the 90's the 600 DX ?? some of them had really cheap engines.....
 
The_Paragon said:
Say what ya want, Yamma motors blow up too. But, I had a '91 Cat EXT with that 530 motor. 14,500 miles when I sold it and to my knowledge its still running strong. Artic cat's failure began with the 2003 Firecats, prior to that they built some good reliable rideds.)
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just the oppisite from what ive saw with that 530 motor. had less than 3k on it and broke the cylinder off. and was always unreliable before hand. couldof ben a lemon tho i guess. i had a 96 zrt 600 myself. and it got me thru the winter... barley lol. had 3300 miles on it from around 2600 by the time i was done that season. it broke motor mounts in 3 seperate occasions. the one time it broke. the motor slacked back and shredded the belt. put a new one on to get it back to an area where i could load it on a trailer. and it flipped that belt but luckily didnt ruin it by the time i got it to the road. it cracked one of its pipes in multiple areas so had to frankenweld that all up. on another occasion it broke a motor mount off the frame had to weld the frame back up from that. had numerous electrical issues that i had to resolve on the trail. with wires etc. all in one year. it did get me through the season but worked on it just as much as i rode it. i wasnt impressed.... id havta say ive definitly had better sleds. granite every sled has thier probs from time to time. just some more than others.
 
andrew k said:
just the oppisite from what ive saw with that 530 motor. had less than 3k on it and broke the cylinder off. and was always unreliable before hand. couldof ben a lemon tho i guess. i had a 96 zrt 600 myself. and it got me thru the winter... barley lol. had 3300 miles on it from around 2600 by the time i was done that season. it broke motor mounts in 3 seperate occasions. the one time it broke. the motor slacked back and shredded the belt. put a new one on to get it back to an area where i could load it on a trailer. and it flipped that belt but luckily didnt ruin it by the time i got it to the road. it cracked one of its pipes in multiple areas so had to frankenweld that all up. on another occasion it broke a motor mount off the frame had to weld the frame back up from that. had numerous electrical issues that i had to resolve on the trail. with wires etc. all in one year. it did get me through the season but worked on it just as much as i rode it. i wasnt impressed.... id havta say ive definitly had better sleds. granite every sled has thier probs from time to time. just some more than others.
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Also had same sled. didnt know how many mi. were on it cause gauge read 0 but it had multiple failures. After that I bought my phazer which is now my little brothers and still running strong. i thought the 2003 sleds were quite good. but the 2004 were rubbish?
 
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