Top Speed on the Vector - wasn't too great this year...?

[06vectorgt]

Have you tried one ??

Got one! - Had it put on between seasons so its a little hard to tell by seat of the pants method but she keeps up better to my buddies 03 F7 in a drag!

Bottom line - If I got another Yamaha sled this would be the second thing I would put on it, the first thing - Curve Skis! Gotta control were your going first!

 

[Snakebit]

My best was a 113 showing on Burn Down Alley in Jackman. Right at 8700rpm.

 

[fastlx]

Very good

Anny mods on yours??

 

[fastlx]

Any one had try an air box mod. if we could get the air from the outside instead from the engine bay 1

& A Key to add a couple of degree of timing ??

 

[06vectorgt]

Any one had try an air box mod. if we could get the air from the outside instead from the engine bay 1

& A Key to add a couple of degree of timing ??

Have read and been told many a time that the stock air box flows exceptionally well and to leave it alone.

 

[fastlx]

Thanks for your good info !

 

[Vectornut]

On my 05 Vector ES, I was able to top 112 on the meter but, the radar gun said I was doing 105. That's fast enough for me. I love this sled always getting about 20mpg but now I worry about Bulletin #S2009-001. Mike Hayden

 

[fastlx]

Yes it is very good on gaz it is actually better than my venture light with my two suns on it !

Wath is thid Bulletin #S2009-001 ?? & for witch year?

 

[Vectornut]

Bulletin #S2009-001 dated 1/2/09 concerns the Mechanical Cam Chain Tensioner Failure on Vector 05,06 & 07 models and other 3 cylinder models of the same manufactured dates. About $700 in repairs if you catch it in time. 05 Vector ER.

 

[Metallicat]

Bulletin #S2009-001 dated 1/2/09 concerns the Mechanical Cam Chain Tensioner Failure on Vector 05,06 & 07 models and other 3 cylinder models of the same manufactured dates. About $700 in repairs if you catch it in time. 05 Vector ER.

So I guess the '08 and '09 models have already received the "update" from the factory, whatever that update is.

Hey 06vectorg7, did you notice any loss in low end or mid-range torque when using the Excell header? From Excell's own dyno charts on their web site, the header looks to produce about 5hp less in the mid-range which I assume also corresponds to around a 5ft-lb loss in torque. Looks like it doesn't start to make more hp than the stock header until after 7500rpm at which point it is clearly superior to the stock unit. Did you gear down at all when you installed it?

 

[06vectorgt]

Bulletin #S2009-001 dated 1/2/09 concerns the Mechanical Cam Chain Tensioner Failure on Vector 05,06 & 07 models and other 3 cylinder models of the same manufactured dates. About $700 in repairs if you catch it in time. 05 Vector ER.

So I guess the '08 and '09 models have already received the "update" from the factory, whatever that update is.

Hey 06vectorg7, did you notice any loss in low end or mid-range torque when using the Excell header? From Excell's own dyno charts on their web site, the header looks to produce about 5hp less in the mid-range which I assume also corresponds to around a 5ft-lb loss in torque. Looks like it doesn't start to make more hp than the stock header until after 7500rpm at which point it is clearly superior to the stock unit. Did you gear down at all when you installed it?

I had it installed in between seasons so it is hard to say if I had FELT any loss on the low end or not. This sled pulls very hard out of the hole and all the way up to about 95 mph, If it is a little less I sure didn't notice it.

I geared it down the following year but again - the install of the 21 tooth was accomplished in between seasons. Hope this helps!

 

[fastlx]

i would think with this graph it will accell faster when you are full throttle at around 8500 otherwise there is no gain.

As far as your loss in MPH did you loose all winther could you say you lost some MPH in the exacly same condition temp. snow & baro press.

With my sled i can say it went 106-108 but it was on a good day with low temp good baro press. on hard snow .

On a warmer day with softer snow it was going 100-103 there is for me approx 5 to 8 mph difference on different condition.