bad brad
Newbie
yukon yamaha said:
i beleive they are titanium springs.... i have them on my 08 nitro also...i took them off of my sno pro but i squared theend off so they would slide through the brackets better..jeff has his lubed up pretty good instead
nytro23
Pro
Feel Free to contact
I did the set up on these machines, feel free to contact me
if you have any questions. Won't change too much for next years
race. see www.nytro23.com
I did the set up on these machines, feel free to contact me
if you have any questions. Won't change too much for next years
race. see www.nytro23.com
Daranello
Suspended
how did they do????
ReX
TY 4 Stroke God
Re: Feel Free to contact
Could you let us know what sort of reinforcements/mods you made to the rear skid and how the skid held up through the race?
There has been lots of talk about the front end race prep, but Yamaha tends to build relatively weak rear skids and unless the Nytro is an exception, I can't see a stock skid holding up for an entire race like this.
nytro23 said:
Could you let us know what sort of reinforcements/mods you made to the rear skid and how the skid held up through the race?
There has been lots of talk about the front end race prep, but Yamaha tends to build relatively weak rear skids and unless the Nytro is an exception, I can't see a stock skid holding up for an entire race like this.
Daranello said:
Good question! I can't wait to see the reply here.....
Rex look back at my pics of the rear skid in the forth post in this thread.
You will notice rail reinforcements between the second and third idlers under the rail bumpers and the front torque arm is reinforced in a couple of places. There also is a solid steel rear axle installed. The stock transfer blocks are off many mid to late 90's early 2000's Polaris Xtra, edge rear skids.
nytro23 hasn't wanted to be overly helpful, truthfull, or open as to the mods WE made on these sleds in the past, I doubt he will be completely open now!
Yes, IF it appears there is some issues between us one could assume it to be correct....
I will add; quite a few times I was contacted by nytro23 and asked to remove my pics or edit my posts because he didn't want share our ideas with ANYONE!
I find his above post rather funny due to his attitude regarding this in the past and the current circumstances!
You will notice rail reinforcements between the second and third idlers under the rail bumpers and the front torque arm is reinforced in a couple of places. There also is a solid steel rear axle installed. The stock transfer blocks are off many mid to late 90's early 2000's Polaris Xtra, edge rear skids.
nytro23 hasn't wanted to be overly helpful, truthfull, or open as to the mods WE made on these sleds in the past, I doubt he will be completely open now!
Yes, IF it appears there is some issues between us one could assume it to be correct....
I will add; quite a few times I was contacted by nytro23 and asked to remove my pics or edit my posts because he didn't want share our ideas with ANYONE!
I find his above post rather funny due to his attitude regarding this in the past and the current circumstances!
T-Bone
Expert
08NitroRTX said:
Surely the issues you two are having can't be over sharing pictures of your mods or other info? If it is, that is too bad. Reading your posts as you prepared for the race was good stuff. Hope you can reconcile if that is what you want.
Lets keep this civil guys. If anyone feels the need to air some dirty laundy, please keep it between yourselves. Thank you and I hope you 2 can work it out. Life is to short!
Daranello
Suspended
So I tale it they did bad
We had to scratch the third day due to one of the sleds over heated and caused engine damage @ -25F while going over 80mph down the yukon river.
Sleds were set up well and we were competitive, we had some issues causing us to tow the same sled three different times for a total of 100 miles before we scratched.
First time I entered an Iron dog race I didn't finish so yes you could say we did BAD!
Sleds were set up well and we were competitive, we had some issues causing us to tow the same sled three different times for a total of 100 miles before we scratched.
First time I entered an Iron dog race I didn't finish so yes you could say we did BAD!
Daranello
Suspended
Why was it overheating so bad??
IMHO Under curtain conditions the snow will build up under the tunnel and build an ‘ice dam’ about 3/4" away from the heat exchanger NOT allowing fresh snow or air to contact the single heat exchanger under the tunnel. The upper radiator is NOT big enough to dissipate all the heat the engine builds when running hard!
The snow conditions and temps were perfect for keeping the engine cool running hard. If we would have added the additional MTX heat exchanger under the tunnel this would have been enough to allow the sleds to run hard at almost any trail conditions we would have encountered. Team #5 of Wold & Spence had these and they were the top placing Yamahas AND the top placing rookies in 2008 the IronDog, They finished 7th. They did very very well.
The snow conditions and temps were perfect for keeping the engine cool running hard. If we would have added the additional MTX heat exchanger under the tunnel this would have been enough to allow the sleds to run hard at almost any trail conditions we would have encountered. Team #5 of Wold & Spence had these and they were the top placing Yamahas AND the top placing rookies in 2008 the IronDog, They finished 7th. They did very very well.
Daranello
Suspended
The 2008 FX Nytro MTX already has an additional heat exchanger that will directly bolt in with the MTX hoses and everything. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Also none of those would be a direct replacement IF that is what you were thinking.
Also none of those would be a direct replacement IF that is what you were thinking.
rimmer
Newbie
08 nitro RTX, where did you get the 5 lbs. battery and the HID headlights.