Has anyone ever heard of this.....

[Sledderglen]

What year Z28? Got any pics? Lets see whats up for barter

 

[Mare]

Its posted on KIJIJI as well.
I have a 1980 Z28, T- Tops, 350 4 bbl (stock), 75 000 ORIGINAL KMS, auto, air induction hood, 2 sets of rims, the 5 spokes that are on it with directional rubber with 75% tread left, and the factory rims ( needs rubber). New floor, no carpet. New ignition. Sony x plod cd player. Rear suspension lift. Body in pretty good condition for the year. Needs front nose cone. Paint has flaked off the bottom of car, it is not rust holes.. Solid underneath. Trunk solid. Car runs and drives, AB registered. Matching numbers car. Duel exhaust with glass packs, but needs tail pipes. Very nice car, but DONT EXPECT A MINT CAR, does need some resoration work, mostly interior stuff.

Will trade for a sled, prefer a 144" and EFI.. NO TRIPPLES. :d

 

[0neoldfart]

I kinda thought so.. this is what the guy told me, you let me know your take on this...... Thanks

"ok , here is a list of most of the upgrades, the summit x was a factory modified sled,, for the most part it was a mix of the mxz and the summit, it featured the following; mxz engine mounting plate, no high altitude compensator, ( this allowed the rider to jet the machine for more power ), high qaulity leather mxz seat and gas tank,( the mxz tank is much more rider friendly ), mxz front shocks, plastic skis, mxz rear shock, cromb rail grips for sidehiling, new low pro smoked windshield, it has 40 mm carbs, a new belt, full jet pac."

WHAT DO YOU THINK??????

98 Summit X had the following differences from the 98 Summit 670: 670 H.O. engine with DPM (instead of HAC system), bare aluminum tunnel, lighter seat, magnesium chaincase cover, 136 x 1.75" track with 9 tooth drivers, and Mikuni VM44 carbs. The sled you are describing was one that was either a Summit with MXZ pieces stuck onto it, or an MXZ that was longtracked. Either way, the altitude compensating system has been removed, whether it was a HAC system or DPM. As far as jetting the machine for more power, you could lean the baseline jetting a bit and still use the HAC or DPM to adjust for temp and altitude - I kept the DPM on my 98 X even with twin pipes and a 740 big bore kit - ran incredibly well.
Sounds like the seller is trying to peddle a machine...

 

[GasCan]

A tribute sled means that someone has turned another sled and chassis design into something more popular looking to simply try and flip it. In a sled I'd stay far far away.

 

[Grinny]

Keep the car. It's way easier to sell at the right time of year. A beater sled...well not so much.

 

[Mare]

Keep the car. It's way easier to sell at the right time of year. A beater sled...well not so much.

Im seriously thinking of keeping it anyways. Its a very nice car. Been wanting one for over 20 yrs.. :d

 

[gotboost]

i would keep the car and if it was a vette i would trade u for something i have 2 corvettes now u know i need three

 

[Mare]

i would keep the car and if it was a vette i would trade u for something i have 2 corvettes now u know i need three

I wish it was a VETTE too, but the only Vette I could afford would be a CHEVETTE, LOL... But I like my Z28, goes like a BAT OUTTA HELL !! :d

 

[Mare]

Just to keep this updated..... I didnt hear back from the guy until yesterday. He sent me some pictures of the TRIBUTE SLED.. Here they are... If anyone can tell me if this is something SPECIAL, or just a regular summit/ MXZ, I would appreciate it. I would hate to give him my car for a POS. Thanks. :d

 

[Summiteer]

the decals on the hood look a bit different (don't remember the eagle on others) most everything else looks pretty much the same as any other. Except for the new trailing arm. Nice and clean though.

 

[Mare]

the decals on the hood look a bit different (don't remember the eagle on others) most everything else looks pretty much the same as any other. Except for the new trailing arm. Nice and clean though.

But to you, it looks like a plain summit or is it a MXZ with a summit hood? I just dont know alot about DOO's.

 

[Summiteer]

I was wrong, looked at another pic of a 98, the seat graphic is different and looks like a replacement windshield, but otherwise looks stock. Hood graphics are stock except for the black lettering

 

[rsaint]

If it was a Summit it must have the HAC on it and i dont see it. Looks like just the hood and maybe check the ski stance 38 or 40" is a summit. What is the track length looks short but used to the 162 now. Also looks like 97 couler scheme.

 

[Summiteer]

MXZ's I've seen had yellow tunnels too. not sure if they all did.

 

[Modman]

Windshield is just an aftermarket piece of junk, not some factory low profile one.

Seat looks like its off an MXZ, I had one exactly the same, Summits usually didn't have the factory side panels on the seat, that was a snowcross thing.

No HAC - WTF? All the Summits came with HAC or DPM. Check main jets in carbs, if they are less then 350's its an MXZ, stock Summits came with 410's I think, the MXZ's came with 340/350.

Tribute sleds were built for Tony Haikonnen and Mike Houle, but the Houle sled was an 809 and this is not a Haikonnen tribute sled, unless it has been wrecked and other parts were used to rebuild it. Only real way to tell is to use the serial #, but honestly it doesn't look like its worth anything anyway, they never made a Summit "Tribute" sled, the only ones they made were the MXZ Tribute sled (Haikonnen) and the Mach Z Tribute Sled (Houle). If he's marketing this as a Tribute sled, tell him its not worth anything unless its got the original parts and pieces.

It looks like a half breed between a Summit and and MXZ.

Either way, its not worth more than $2000. There have been 4 new chassis designs since that sled came out. It has depreciated far too much.

DO NOT trade the car for that sled, its not worth it.

Might be worth playing with him for a little bit though, where did you get the ad for this sled? I might send him an email as an "interested" buyer....

 

[Summitric]

CHECK THAT OUT..... IT HAS ALL THE SLEDS LISTED FOR 1998, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT LIST THE "TRIBUTE" OR SPECIAL EDITION SLEDS..... THE WINDSHIELD IS A "COBRA" WINDSHIELD(NOTHING SPECIAL)..... THE SLED LOOKS VERY CLEAN, HOWEVER. UNDER THE ROTAX 670 DECAL ON THE HOOD, I BELEIVE IT SAYS DPM??? ALSO THE RED LETTERS OVER THE LARGE SUMMIT DECALS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOOD, AND CAN'T MAKE THEM OUT EITHER. THE RIGHT TRAILING ARM HAS BEEN REPLACED, OR THE DECAL WAS REMOVED FOR SOME REASON. ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS VERY CLEAN. IT DOES LOOK LIKE A MISHMASH OF SUMMIT AND MXZ PARTS, VERY INTERESTING...... WE'VE HAD '98 AND '99 SUMMIT 670X'S AND THIS IS QUITE A LITTLE TWEAKING. MAYBE IF HE CAN SEND SOME BETTER PICS OF THE DECALS ON THE HOOD, AND MAYBE ON THE REAR TUNNEL EXTENSION DECALS TOO.........

 

[gforce]

are lots..just googed "millenium edition sled"

 

[gforce]

shoot linky no worky..any way check it out.

 

[Modman]

are lots..just googed "millenium edition sled"

Millenium Edition sleds and "tribute" sleds are very different things.

 

[magnet]

thats only a 670. not an x model. all x models had two sensors in the head. one on either side of the water neck. also ,unless it's beeen painted, the tunnels were bare aluminum on the x models. looks to me like a stock 670 with alot of clean up work done to it. i would stay away, far away i think.