Thanks for the offer on the shop untouchable, i hope to take some time in the wet part of our feild to get it pretty dialed in on a spare attack 20 track i got. this way when the snow hits its ready to run, and most of my tuning will be done when im back up in whitefish over christmas, and im in a group of super tuners, so nobody cares if you wrench all day.
and yeah, the turbo isnt so much the impressive part, you can pick a used one up right now for dirt cheap, its the level of custom, the only ones i have seen like this are all done in carbon fiber chassis and are total 1 off customs with LOTS of $$ into them.
as far as the rear skid, im going to run the stock doo one, but going to try and mod in the coulping blocks like they use on there trail sled suspension, make em so i can flip em out of the way if i want and lock the thing down for a big climb.
as far as riding groups, im definately looking forward to getting out with some new people and REALLY curious how the bad boy does against some 2stroke turbos. im clutched and geared to run up to 15lbs then i hit the rev limiter. i think that is enough to run side by side with most of the TM8's
the RT stock was kinda front heavy, the motors in them were honestly almost the same weight, the rx1 motor might be 15-20 pounds heavier, but as soon as your on the gas its all good. i kinda like a front heavy sled when off the power, i like the way they ride, who knows, i use some pretty poorly setup suspension in efforts to figure things out and never have issues.
only problem I see is it being a sorta submarine with the gen I simmons skis, it liked to sink in the really flluffy crap, and now with the added weight it could be interesting!
and to add to my post about the intercooler, i was on the way to work so it got rushed. in the stock mitsu cars they make 190hp.... people have run the stock intercooler to 300ish HP, the core can move plenty of air, just the tubes become the limiting factor, thats a LOT of air for a 1.5" pipe! they have a huge issue in the cars with heat soaking becuase its located in the wheel wells and is surrounded by shrouding and gets NO direct airflow, also, in the cars, you dont go hit the track when its -10* to 40*F more like 60*+ so this also plays a lot into why it is very well suited, they can flow enough in the cars, plenty of people run them on a nice tune and higher boost up to about 250hp daily drivers. they just say a few hard pulls and the thing is like an oven. with mine sitting right behind a hood that is pretty well cut up and deleted headlights shes gonna be getting more then enough air, also the gauge area right behind it is going to have plenty of venting so its a good straight through design as far as i can see it. I also am not much for huge 1-2 minute climbs. this thing is going to get me to the tops of the hills i ride normally faster then the thing can even start to get hot! I dont need turbo power, i like to build, so maximum peak perfection is not the most important thing for it, reliability and ease of replacement is!
continuing another thought, i keep mocking up as many things as i can and have already redone a few things 2-3 times, BUT have created a very good idea of what is in the way of what, so that way it is getting so when i go to work on it the first time im not like WTF? how do i get to that? i work a little everyday so i dont get to hasty and mess things up!
