UP bushman
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I have a Mountain Lite with the ski stance at 39" with sway bar off and run Fox Float 2 shocks at 80 PSI. I came up with a thought to lower the front end 2" to lower the center of gravity to cure the tippy problem all Phazers have. I made a temporary bracket to bolt the shock above the factory mount 2".
Took sled out for a test drive and what a difference in stability and the snow is musshy which causes tippyness to be even worse. My Mountain Lite is really tippy even compared to the trail versions. I will test more on Saturday on wider faster corners to conclude the findings and take pictures.
Took sled out for a test drive and what a difference in stability and the snow is musshy which causes tippyness to be even worse. My Mountain Lite is really tippy even compared to the trail versions. I will test more on Saturday on wider faster corners to conclude the findings and take pictures.
UpstateNY_sleds
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Is 39" stock? I thought they were around 42"? seems narrow.
UP bushman
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Hey UpstateNY_sleds I have the 2007 Mountain Lite which is now called the MTX. With the spacer adjustment on the skis you can have 38", 39" or 40" ski centers. The A-Arms are shorter than the trail Phazers also giving a narrower ski stance.
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UP bushman said:
I run a slightly shorter shock with some sag on one of my sleds it does realy help. The onlt issue is watch your front ground clearance it will tend tyo hit the bulkhead side panles
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I've noticed the MTX has the shortest shocks stock, 15.5", and I plan on running them on my wide arms just for that reason. Fox even has a seperate listing for Float2 shocks for the MTX/Lite which is .4" shorter than the FX/RTX/GT model shock. I can't wait to try the wide front setup next year, I wasn't having much trouble with the 40.5" stance keeping up with my buddies on the twisty trails, can't wait to give the 42.5" stance a try with the 15.5" MTX float 2 shocks I plan on getting. Due to the angle of the shock, every 1" you move the mounting eye up or down you are actually moving the sled close to 2" up or down.
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UP bushman said:
That's a great idea! I was thinking the same. Did you use aluminum brackets? I was thinking about welding another mount on there that is a little higher. Even an inch would make a nice difference.
I did this same sort of thing with the springs.Used a very low rate secondary spring and a heavier main spring.It works well and is similar to what Hygear does with thier kit.But when you guys are actually changing the location of the mounting point I would be real concerned about bottoming the bottom of the sled.Be sure to remove the springs or let all the air out of Floats and check to see how close it comes to ground fully compressed.
