ok guys i am thinking turbo cpr vrs bender ?????

[BlueByYou2000]

Snowy1, what did you get for milage before the Turbo?...BBY

 

[snowy1]

I never ran it with out the turbo, bought the sled used last summer. all the other turboed rx1,s I now get about the same mileage in the mountains, are style of riding is in the steep and deep all day we don,t have any groomed trails, A turbo is an air compresser which puts more air in the motor and as you add more air you have to add more fuel thats why they make more hp. we make are own trails every where we go and we are always into the boost, on a groomed trail you don,t need to run the boost most of the time, if you use more air you will use more fuel or you won,t make any more hp.

 

[Buckeye]

you lose 2 gallons with the front mount, I have never gotten more than 7-8 mpg and have ran out in 41 miles, you guys back east riding groomed trails may get 130 miles on a tank but it will never happen in the mountains were you are running the boost all the time it takes fuel to make hp.

I don't know what tank loses 2 gallons, I have an McX aluminum tank and it holds 9.2 gallons. The stock tank is 10 so This tank loses .8 gallon. Northeast turbo makes a similar tank. I get 15 to 16 mpg. I don't ride in the mountains.

 

[snowy1]

I have a cpr kit plasctic tank it holds 8 gallons acording to the pump I filled it at the first time.

 

[Simons CPR]

alittle less than 9 gallons is what we normally see (8.75) and the fuel milage is 15 plus mpg at sea level, however snowy is right about the high altitude use, the throttle gets pinned and thats pretty much the way it stays, when we went out west a days riding was 60 miles or so, and when you got back you were pretty beat, it seemed you were wide open or stuck. so i could believe there would be a significant drop in milage, as there would be with anything put in the same conditions. jeff

 

[woodsrider]

bluebyyou200- obviously you didn't read my post very well. I wasn't slamming anyone. I said each mount had its own merits. I only pointed out the fact that the front mount turbos have a lot of heat around the gas tank and you loose fuel capacity. That doesn't mean I think they are junk systems. For me I want as little heat under the hood as possible (to enhance belt life) and I didn't want to sacrifice nearly 2 gallons of fuel capacity (the real reason I didn't buy one) even though the y have better throttle response. Now where's the slam in those comments.