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pro turbo durability

yammi4ever

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Those of you who have turboed your pro's, would you do it again, or have you had durability problems.

If not, how many miles do you have


If you have had problems, care to share what they were, top end failures??? Catastrophic issues???

Thanks for any info you are willing to share
 

yammi4ever

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ok guys don't let my username scare you away from answering. This is a serious question not a potential bashing opportunity lol

Considering purchasing a pro.
 
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Second season on an HM turbo 12' pro. It has 2000 miles now, 1400 of them with boost running 6.5psi. I am hooked and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. As I am sure you know the biggest thing when entering turbofagdom is do it right from the start. Boosting a sled requires the rest of the sled to be on par with the power, bigger injectors, proper fuel, skid, track, drivers, chain drive (or upgraded belt drive,) etc etc. I have slowly been adding these things but if I were to do it again they would be installed before hitting the hills.

Personally pistons every 1000 miles (a season for me generally,) after 3k miles the bottom end will be going to Indy Dan. Heli bills are expensive, maintenance is important.

The Pro Chassis is epic, I said from day 1 coming off an XP 'I don't care how many motors it needs, it handles so well.' My friends run the wheels off theirs every year and flip them at the end of the season, I fix/upgrade mine, we are probably even investment wise at the end of the day.
 

Iceman56

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700 mountain miles on VOHK Boondocker 14 Pro, turbo on since day one not a single problem yet except going through clutch belts. Not happy about the belts but besides that best thing I have ever done... From my experience have it installed and tuned by a reputable shop and you'll have much less trouble JMO
 
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powerfuldodge

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1700 miles on a 2012 800 pro r switchback .. Silber setup with boost it controller...6 psi at 1000ft on pump gas... Very fun sled in the trails and in the ditch . So far zero down time ...I would turbo my RMK but I don't need that slightly moded pipe head porting programmer is lots for me


Powerfuldodge@me.com
2013 pro rmk
2012 136" switchback turbo
2008 megacab long box
2010 600 switchback
2006 660 switchback
2014 dodge ram 3500 Lon
 
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Hollywood99

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2000 boosted miles on my 2011 boondocker pro running 12lbs boost running 50/50 race fuel. pistons look almost new still, replaced reeds at 1900 miles. and I don't use much more fuel than a stock sled. absolutely hooked never go back to stock
 
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