Turbos and their crazy prices

[glengine]

Hey you know somthing rucky you are right.. The other thing to be said about riding a smaller and more suited to the rider sled is the fact you actually learn how to ride!!! Any fool can point a sled at the hill hit the throttle and go straight up, that don't take skill. It takes skill to carve your way through the trees and then go over a hill or use a sled that you have to side hill and really ride it to get over the top.. Starting out on smaller sleds and making them go where you want is how you learn to be a good rider...

 

[summit889]

Well you can put a 860 big bore kit on XP800 and make just over 170hp.. And they work really well.

170-20% elevation loss=136hp@elevation

M8 with 6 lbs. will be around 170-180 at elevation

 

[summit889]

I know a guy that owns a dealership he sells turbo's for like 3-4500 bucks, he's installed my turbo and gave it to me free because my family spend's so much money there

there is no kit available for a nytro under $6000+install.

 

[Rucky]

170-20% elevation loss=136hp@elevation

M8 with 6 lbs. will be around 170-180 at elevation

So, at which elevation do you lose the hp?

 

[glengine]

Xp800 turbo'd 10lbs boost 225hp at elavation..

M1000 turbo'd 10lbs boost approx 280hp.. 200+ftlbs torque..

 

[glengine]

there is no kit available for a nytro under $6000+install.

If you go back like 2 pages sled head jr says that he got the turbo from the dealership for free cause his family spends so much money there.....?????????

 

[glengine]

You loose power as you climb in elevation cause as you go up in elevation there are less oxygen particles in the air(air is thinner). Just like when the barometric pressure changes you'll make more or less power.. You make the most power at sea level.. That is why some aftermarket Cans loose power at elevation cause they are built for sea level. Wrong restriction in the can..

 

[Rucky]

You loose power as you climb in elevation cause as you go up in elevation there are less oxygen particles in the air(air is thinner). Just like when the barometric pressure changes you'll make more or less power.. You make the most power at sea level.. That is why some aftermarket Cans loose power at elevation cause they are built for sea level. Wrong restriction in the can..

I understand this....but are the numbers the other guy posted correct...i couldn't see a sled losing that much hp.

 

[glengine]

Actually it is amazing how much power you lose due to elevation..

 

[Rucky]

Actuallt it is amazing how much power you lose due to elevation..

yeah maybe...now that i think of it, my sled was snappy as hell on the trail up, then it lost a bit of zip up top...which could also be due to jetting?

 

[glengine]

Yah now you are on the right track.. The reason that you have to jet is because of the change in the amount of oxygen in the air.. As you get up higher in elevation there is less oxygen so you need less fuel... Just like when it gets cold out the air gets more dense(more oxygen per square foot of air) so you have to jet up..

 

[Rucky]

Yah now you are on the right track.. The reason that you have to jet is because of the change in the amount of oxygen in the air.. As you get up higher in elevation there is less oxygen so you need less fuel... Just like when it gets cold out the air gets more dense(more oxygen per square foot of air) so you have to jet up..

Yeah...sooon i will have no worries...VARI-FLOW to come.

 

[glengine]

Oh yah.. That should help..

 

[Rucky]

Oh yah.. That should help..

hopefully, it sure was a pain in the a$$ to be burping the throttle all the way up the trail...it will also be nice around home for temp changes...especially so the sleds not running terribly rich in the spring.

 

[dooryder]

i go ta vari flow on my rmk and it helps alot...only adjust it one or 2 clicks up top and runs like it did at the bottom

 

[Rucky]

i go ta vari flow on my rmk and it helps alot...only adjust it one or 2 clicks up top and runs like it did at the bottom

Is it snappy up top? cuz i know mine can lift the skis almost 2 ft at the bottom then at the top it's kind of dead

 

[BIGFOOT]

Actually it is amazing how much power you lose due to elevation..

Wondering...... Does UP to 3% per 1000 feet sound near correct ?

 

[glengine]

Actually I Think It Might Be Abit Higher Than That.

 

[new24stroke]

From what I have been reading on snowest it is roughly3% per 1000 feet

 

[glengine]

Around that. I thought it was around 5 but like i said pretty close.. But if you have a turbo then it dosn't really apply.. Thats the beaty of those little hairdryers... Are you into logging in hinton?