Hmmm, my riding partner had one on his Xm for two years and I thought it ran great. Never noticed big turbo lag. Drove it a couple times. Not sure what Is going on with all the problems. He is putting another Silber on his Axys.
From what I have read, researched, filtered from the internet is some have had great experiences with the silber kits. This can be said about the pro, cat and Doo. Some think that the turbo kit is going to be as clean of a tune as a stock sled. It just isn't. Especially on a ETEC until someone comes up with a solution to pull some fueling from the bottom end during throttle stabs. We are talking about a MOD using a fairly simple unsophisticated fueling solution that is not designed to factor in even a simple thing such as air temp and charge air temp.
My personal experience with a buddy that had a doo the first year was that the clutching that came that year for the doo was a shot in the dark and wasn't close. Likely destroy reeds from overrevving do to clutching. Then hard to clutch a motor a motor with bad reeds and hard to tune a motor with bad reeds. Once you get done fighting with that your so sick and tired of the sled you just want to throw the kit in the garbage, the honeymoon is over and well to be honest it never began. Correct clutching is so much part of the package. I believe that Justin has a much better solution than he had the first year. The clutch kit is going to cost more than the "kit" that came with your turbo kit. But consists of springs for both clutches, ramps, weights, and a helix. Compared to the "kit" that was a primary spring and a lot of weight for the clutch.
That being said I believe that with the right clutching and keeping it off the rev limiter and being aware of any odd running issue possibly being reeds I think that they can be made to work well. Also time spent when installing the kit. I found that needing to shorten the silicone charge tube to reduce rubbing in a few areas, rerouting slightly some wiring and other fine details will bring longevity to a system.
Lastly I noticed that on my XM silber silicon airbox charge tube that I needed to trim some flash where it started to Y. It would have been very restrictive.
I honestly can need some antidepressants after reading the forums, I think it is really important to remember that you need to take everything you read with a grain of salt.
I am super excited to throw my leg over my XM with the Silber kit. That being said I know that keeping it running consistent will take user input. I am ok with that.
