Viper Top Speed

[newtron]

I know everyone doesn't cares about top speed but for all those speed junkies out there here is what happened with the viper.

Conditions were near perfect with a dusting of snow on the lake and no wind. I had about 45 miles on the sled before I decided to do this and it is stock with 144 studs. I was running about 0.6 miles and got 107 mph multiple times with a GPS. The speedo is right on...it was reading 107 as well. Rpms at this speed were around 9000, so with a little clutching there shouldn't be a problem getting it over 110 in the same conditions.

To compare I pulled the 2013 apex(Stock with 2500 kms) out and it ran 118 mph (GPS). Right on what it was doing last year.

There is a guy on the lake that had a 2013 ski-doo 1200 with a header and clutching and he ran 113 mpg(GPS) in similar conditions last year. I think with a few mods on the viper you shouldn't worry about the 1200.

I am heading to Hurricane Performance to get the turbo installed Wednesday so I wanted to get some base numbers before it was installed. I will post some #'s after it's installed.

 

[yamahabuyer]

That's not bad in stock form. Thanks for posting

 

[DeerHuntr]

Real good actually, especially with how few miles are on it.

 

[YamahaTim]

Sounds good with our turbos we should run out of gear then. That's a great number for a stock Viper. With my stock Nytro I was only able to get around 102-103 in perfect conditions. That changed huge when I fixed it up. But the Viper is faster. Good.

 

[YamaHank]

What device is that you used?

 

[newtron]

Its a garmin 60csx. sorry pictures are terrible

 

[Apex2006]

I know everyone doesn't cares about top speed but for all those speed junkies out there here is what happened with the viper.

Conditions were near perfect with a dusting of snow on the lake and no wind. I had about 45 miles on the sled before I decided to do this and it is stock with 144 studs. I was running about 0.6 miles and got 107 mph multiple times with a GPS. The speedo is right on...it was reading 107 as well. Rpms at this speed were around 9000, so with a little clutching there shouldn't be a problem getting it over 110 in the same conditions.

To compare I pulled the 2013 apex(Stock with 2500 kms) out and it ran 118 mph (GPS). Right on what it was doing last year.

There is a guy on the lake that had a 2013 ski-doo 1200 with a header and clutching and he ran 113 mpg(GPS) in similar conditions last year. I think with a few mods on the viper you shouldn't worry about the 1200.

I am heading to Hurricane Performance to get the turbo installed Wednesday so I wanted to get some base numbers before it was installed. I will post some #'s after it's installed.

Great to hear!!! Thanks for the post!

 

[RTX Meirda]

Wow. I guess the lakes are frozen! Thanks for the info! Doing a turbo as well. Any talk of what gears you are planning to run?

 

[newtron]

Wow. I guess the lakes are frozen! Thanks for the info! Doing a turbo as well. Any talk of what gears you are planning to run?

Going to start with stock gearing and go from there. Will talk to Dave from hurricane and see what he thinks as well

Not all lakes are frozen. I know this lake quite well

 

[cannondale27]

Wow impressive! This would be a nice bonus for me. Making me feel better about giving away my SRX all the time lately. Nobody expected the speeds we are seeing from the Vipers.

 

[Nytro40th]

Yes there were a lot of nay sayers that is for sure.

 

[shadow44]

Wow. I guess the lakes are frozen! Thanks for the info! Doing a turbo as well. Any talk of what gears you are planning to run?

Going to start with stock gearing and go from there. Will talk to Dave from hurricane and see what he thinks as well

Not all lakes are frozen. I know this lake quite well

I ride the Bancroft area a lot, what lake is that you were on?

 

[swamp hog]

I was running my Viper on Lake Vernon (West end of the lake). We cut test holes every 500 feet and had 5.5 - 6". My last pull of the day I saw 102 mph. ( on speedo) I only have 55 miles on the sled so I expect it will get a bit faster. I would like to add boost to my sled, but $4000 -$5000 is a lot of cabbage. How reliable are these sleds after boost. I do a lot of Trail riding so reliability is important. Looking at supercharger over turbo. Any thoughts?

 

[YamahaTim]

Well on past Nytro's and using the proper 91 or better fuel and not overboosting you sled and watching the engine temp. They are really reliable. A sweet addition to your sled. Cant over heat the motor. Should last along time with around 6 pounds of boost. And 91 octane. Im not worried at all.

 

[newtron]

Wow. I guess the lakes are frozen! Thanks for the info! Doing a turbo as well. Any talk of what gears you are planning to run?

Going to start with stock gearing and go from there. Will talk to Dave from hurricane and see what he thinks as well

Not all lakes are frozen. I know this lake quite well

I ride the Bancroft area a lot, what lake is that you were on?

That was lk St. Peter about 20 min north of Bancroft.