300 Mile review with TD upgrades

[dsimonRX1]

LTX-SE 137" with TD Ecotrail, TD Turboforce, TD / Dalton weight setup, 192 INS Stingers 1.52 and stock secondary with helix shimmed set at 6 & 1 with Ulmer racing rollers. I'm running with the front shocks set half way up the threads and 6" shaper bars on the outside of the stocks skis with stock carbide on inside. Front skid shock is set a turn from loose without rider weight, 2nd hole on limiter strap, rear blocks removed and couplers set to lightest setting. 450 miles total with 300 last weekend. No studs for the first 150 miles and the sled is unsafe that way. IMO.

The sled is an absolute animal. The acceleration just amazes you every time you crack the throttle as it pulls and pulls and pulls well past the 100 mark. Saw 125 on the speedo on a hard packed lake and it was still climbing. Sled ran absolutely flawless as the trails and lakes were flat, hard and fast. Raced a stock 2017 Thundercat that was beating everyone in his group and put 5 sled lengths on him in around 500 ft.

I was pleasantly surprised with the stock skis with the 6" shaper bars on the outside even with icy corners. Steering effort was medium or less and sled went where it was pointed with little push and zero darting. I've always put aftermarket skis on my sleds, but I may wait with this one. I can't believe I just typed that.

A shout out to Ben as he has answered any questions I had and the customer service has been great. Mark me down as an extremely satisfied customer.

Primary has some even discoloration up to within a 1/4" to 3/8" of the top of the sheaves. No distinctive black marks. Belt looks good and I was ripping it every chance I got. Coming off two previous turbos this sled accelerates harder than both of them even when they were run on full race gas. Ride was great, but trails were flat due to low snow and great grooming.

I absolutely love this sled.

 

[Frozenstiff]

Knowing that Ben does a lot of early real world testing in the field, on snow, and not just riding the dyno gives me a lot of confidence that TD stuff works, great reviews like this re-confirms my feelings, and confidence in his products.

 

[jonlafon1]

Great news! TD seems to have a solid tune going on these winders.. Did you put floats on your sled? Are you running the stock primary spring?

Thanks for review and any info

 

[dsimonRX1]

Shocks are stock and stock primary spring. When I installed the Ulmer rollers there were two spinning. I believe the stock helix are junk.

 

[jonlafon1]

You have a LTX-SE with floats on the front? That's not stock. Just caught my eye when you posted 70 psi in front shocks.. You must have a different model then I thought.. No biggie. thanks

 

[dsimonRX1]

Actually you are correct. I mixed things up as I was trying to help a buddy out who was with me with a 2013 F1100 Turbo that was steering hard. I pulled 30 lbs of air pressure from his shocks.

I softened my front spring pressure on my Sidewinder and have the lock nut approx half way up the threads. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[dsimonRX1]

I fixed it on the original post as well.

 

[Turbo Dynamics]

LTX-SE 137" with TD Ecotrail, TD Turboforce, TD / Dalton weight setup, 192 INS Stingers 1.52 and stock secondary with helix shimmed set at 6 & 1 with Ulmer racing rollers. I'm running with the front shocks set half way up the threads and 6" shaper bars on the outside of the stocks skis with stock carbide on inside. Front skid shock is set a turn from loose without rider weight, 2nd hole on limiter strap, rear blocks removed and couplers set to lightest setting. 450 miles total with 300 last weekend. No studs for the first 150 miles and the sled is unsafe that way. IMO.

The sled is an absolute animal. The acceleration just amazes you every time you crack the throttle as it pulls and pulls and pulls well past the 100 mark. Saw 125 on the speedo on a hard packed lake and it was still climbing. Sled ran absolutely flawless as the trails and lakes were flat, hard and fast. Raced a stock 2017 Thundercat that was beating everyone in his group and put 5 sled lengths on him in around 500 ft.

I was pleasantly surprised with the stock skis with the 6" shaper bars on the outside even with icy corners. Steering effort was medium or less and sled went where it was pointed with little push and zero darting. I've always put aftermarket skis on my sleds, but I may wait with this one. I can't believe I just typed that.

A shout out to Ben as he has answered any questions I had and the customer service has been great. Mark me down as an extremely satisfied customer.

Primary has some even discoloration up to within a 1/4" to 3/8" of the top of the sheaves. No distinctive black marks. Belt looks good and I was ripping it every chance I got. Coming off two previous turbos this sled accelerates harder than both of them even when they were run on full race gas. Ride was great, but trails were flat due to low snow and great grooming.

I absolutely love this sled.

I'm very happy to read this. Thanks for taking the time to share your results

 

[Fleecer]

LTX-SE 137" with TD Ecotrail, TD Turboforce, TD / Dalton weight setup, 192 INS Stingers 1.52 and stock secondary with helix shimmed set at 6 & 1 with Ulmer racing rollers. I'm running with the front shocks set half way up the threads and 6" shaper bars on the outside of the stocks skis with stock carbide on inside. Front skid shock is set a turn from loose without rider weight, 2nd hole on limiter strap, rear blocks removed and couplers set to lightest setting. 450 miles total with 300 last weekend. No studs for the first 150 miles and the sled is unsafe that way. IMO.

The sled is an absolute animal. The acceleration just amazes you every time you crack the throttle as it pulls and pulls and pulls well past the 100 mark. Saw 125 on the speedo on a hard packed lake and it was still climbing. Sled ran absolutely flawless as the trails and lakes were flat, hard and fast. Raced a stock 2017 Thundercat that was beating everyone in his group and put 5 sled lengths on him in around 500 ft.

I was pleasantly surprised with the stock skis with the 6" shaper bars on the outside even with icy corners. Steering effort was medium or less and sled went where it was pointed with little push and zero darting. I've always put aftermarket skis on my sleds, but I may wait with this one. I can't believe I just typed that.

A shout out to Ben as he has answered any questions I had and the customer service has been great. Mark me down as an extremely satisfied customer.

Primary has some even discoloration up to within a 1/4" to 3/8" of the top of the sheaves. No distinctive black marks. Belt looks good and I was ripping it every chance I got. Coming off two previous turbos this sled accelerates harder than both of them even when they were run on full race gas. Ride was great, but trails were flat due to low snow and great grooming.

I absolutely love this sled.

If shaper bars make the tuner 3 work, what's the part number and where did you buy them?

 

[dsimonRX1]

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