useless waste of money
we did a test with 3 850s last year
1- completely stock
2- some clutching and gearing
3- some clutching, gearing, venting and blow hole
did a few pulls back to back and guess what, all 3 belts were the same temp lol
The only thing the blowhole is good for is giving you...
I don't know of any single person in my group of friends (or internet folklore) who had more problems with their sled than I did with mine.
And I'm not counting every single belt... I just count "belts" as one issue which turned out to be the least of my concerns as the season went on.
Guess...
Chase each other through the woods. Deep spring snow. Throw in a couple of climbs.
They all pull over and put a laser temp gun on their belts.
Snowmobile A has full custom clutching. Helix, springs, ramps and super low gearing and a blowhole.
Snowmobile B has some clutching and vents and...
Drama queen reporting: ignore everything I said in this thread about making my belt last longer. Blew one today with 4 rides on it.
Carry on.
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Re: Lower Gearing leaving belt to go deeper into the secondary for the same Track Spe
I don't know ... they got it sorted out ! I did not ask the details :)
Re: Lower Gearing leaving belt to go deeper into the secondary for the same Track Spe
got her back on the snow with the new ECU
even though I rode a full day in "break in" mode, burned all my gas + my jerry it only used half my oil reserve.... on my old ECU i would've been out of oil... got...
Re: Lower Gearing leaving belt to go deeper into the secondary for the same Track Spe
I mark my clutches with a sharpie. I have about 3/4" left on the bottom of the secondary (and top of primary)
I'd take a a pic and show you ... but sled still in the shop awaiting my ECU replacement which...
I have. Put it on my 2013 xm and started blowing belts lol.
I'm sure he's corrected the issue since and his new setups are much better.
Did you get ramps ?
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Lol .. 3 belts in 900 ? thats not a lot :)
I think by 900 I was into 8-9 belts ... currently at 12
I've done some changes to my clutching and gearing .. my last belt lasted a lot longer than the other poor sons of b*tches.. but it still blew ... I think the gearing is what actually helped the...
Ive had that happen to me 3 times
first one I got a whole new engine wiring harness
second one i got a new fuel pump and new plugs
3rd one i'm getting a new ECU
good luck !