850 174 Belt Drive Build

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Cooling isn't usually an issue. I switched to the OTTP Reversible scratchers. They kick up way more snow then the stock ones. I went out this past weekend and with the trail being rick solid in the morning, I had to stop 3 times to through some snow on the tunnel.

 

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Reddragon800 said:

Cooling isn't usually an issue. I switched to the OTTP Reversible scratchers. They kick up way more snow then the stock ones. I went out this past weekend and with the trail being rick solid in the morning, I had to stop 3 times to through some snow on the tunnel.

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I think the cooling system has improved in the last few years. How did you feel it handled? I am trying to decide between building another 174 vs buying a 174 and adding a belt drive.

 

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In my opinion its way better to buy the 163 belt drive and convert it to the 174. The handling is awesome. hardly can tell its a 174. Another awesome point is when you choose to upgrade again, you can put it back to stock and sell it faster as a 163 has better resale value than a 174.

 

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How does that track work on the 850 ?

 

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It works very well in powder, but sure sucks when the snow sets up. Next build will be a X3.2

 

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Reddragon800 said:

It works very well in powder, but sure sucks when the snow sets up. Next build will be a X3.2

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What does it do in the setup snow?

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Reddragon800 said:

It works very well in powder, but sure sucks when the snow sets up. Next build will be a X3.2

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Isn't a 3.2" even worse than the X3 in setup snow?

 

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The X3 just just spins on hard snow doesn't dig in. The X3 has the saw tooth tip which helps on the hard packed.

 

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Here is a video from the other weekend.


https://youtu.be/o8TfcE5IVzE