Bender Turbo gettting real hot?

[Skydog]

I have a buddy with a Bender turbo getting real hot, says the oil line going to the turbo is fine and not pluged. Any one here of this? There is oil getting to the turbo but not much he has the 80 jet in place in the feed line.

Thank you Skydog

 

[woodsrider]

Is it the new Bender kit with the dual exhaust? If it is that is the problem. My Vector came with the dual exhaust and I struggled with the heat issue all last year. I had the same issues with the air filter melting, heat soaking easily, the hole nine yards. I even went so far as to drill some holes in the metal Yamaha shield on the exhaust cowling on the air intake side. (it helped a lot but still not enough)

Here's what I did to solve the problem. First, I rerouted my exhaust (straight pipe) out the existing exhaust hole in the cowling on the left side and down though my tunnel. (having a mountain sled gave me plenty of room to route it through). This helped imensely (way less heat and a tremendous noise reduction). However, I was still having a heat soak issue on warmer days. So, I then used a piece of radiator hose in a 90-deg configuration and moved the air filter outside and behind the seat. This made all the difference in the world my sled runs better than it ever has. With the these mods and some clutching changes I've made the "turbo lag" is almost non existant.

If anyone is interested in these mods I could take some pictures and post them.

 

[Skydog]

Thank you i will find out!

 

[yamaha69]

no it is the older stage II turbo system with single exhaust

 

[woodsrider]

Did you enclose the the system with the stock cowling / heat shield?

 

[yamaha69]

i had this system on last year with no heat problems
took it off and i was planning on selling it because i never got it to work right
jus put it back on and now it's getting hot and melting my filter
yes i still have the stock heat shield on it same as last year

 

[woodsrider]

I can say the same thing about my sled; last year was a different kind of winter (colder not as much snow) than this year. Last year it ran okay but not like I felt it should. Are your snow and weather conditions the same as last year? All the RX-1's that I run with have the rear turbos exposed to the elements and they have absolutely no problems. Reference my first reply. I have been running great since then. I do know that with the stock shields iin place you generate a tremendous amount of heat under the seat. I even modified my heat shield and cowling to let the heat out (and cold air in for the breather) and I felt it was still too hot under there. I still have the stock cowling (or the majority of it anyway) in place and it doesn't look too gawdy, IMO. I'll try to get some pictures and show what I did.

 

[thinksnow]

Try building a divider between the turbo and the intake side. I made one out of aluminum diamond tread. Spray has some pics of this mod. It helps in keeping the heat out of the intake.

Lance

 

[Skydog]

Nice guys i know what i am makeing tommorow!