FACTORY RACE SLED

throttlecable · Feb 14, 2012

Sorry for the driveway pics, but I just finished putting this sled together with the race platics last night. Most pics are side by side with the stocker so you can scrutinize and compare the two. We hung the mod from a digital scale early this winter and it weighed 536lbs with 4 gals of fuel. Speed cell battery and 3 gals of fuel have trimmed the race ready wet weight to 522lbs. We were hoping for closer to 510, but track screws and ISR legal clutch and brake guards penalize. HP numbers are 250-300+ depending on boost. Most race situations will dictate the 250-260 range for rideability, but dash for cash runs and LCQ drags will prompt us to turn 'em up.

The suspension systems on this sled are confidence inspiring and capable. The new geo front end is 10-12 lbs lighter than stock with improved durability. The Timbersled next gen rear skid is heavy duty race spec, and performs flawlessly while harnessing the boosted HP.

Again I apologize for being vague regarding many details, but we have to stay a little tight lipped on certain things.

tmk50 · Feb 14, 2012

Thanks for sharing! Is that the same $8000 "kit" (a-arms etc.) that the cross country guys are running, or is it specific for hill climbing?

EDIT - here is the blog where I saw the kit http://snowmobiles.yamahablogs.ca/category/competition_racing/

"The basics of the kit is comprised of essentially a complete front clip (A-arms, spindles, sway bars the whole enchilada). You also get a 128 inch track which requires relocation of the rear skid and a large capacity fuel tank. The end result yields a chassis with improved high speed ‘manners’, read into that what you will. Now I anticipate a few questions arising from this post so let me jump ahead a bit. No it is not going to be a production model in 2013. Is it planned to be a production model ever? … certainly not in its present form. Can I purchase one? Sure, the part number is SMA-XCRAC-KT-OO and the retail price is (you might want to sit down for a minute) US$ 8,284.00."

BigFish BC · Feb 14, 2012

nice front end looks interesting, now if yammi would build that as there mountain sled they mite sell a couple:face-icon-small-coo:face-icon-small-hap

bacobits · Feb 14, 2012

Cable, good luck to you, Kody, and Kolten this weekend. Sure would be nice if the boys across the pacific would intergate some of that tech into a production sled.

Last year my son was part of a couple of hill crews and said you were a good guy to deal with. Heres to ya, that they wont meet you up close and personal till you,re at the bottom:thumb:

LoudHandle · Feb 14, 2012

Yes, sad to lay out that much for a sled that is still 150#'s overweight. Even 400# dry is too much for an everyday rider, regardless of horsepower!:face-icon-small-sho

tmk50 · Feb 14, 2012

bacobits said:
Cable, good luck to you, Kody, and Kolten this weekend. Sure would be nice if the boys across the pacific would intergate some of that tech into a production sled.

Last year my son was part of a couple of hill crews and said you were a good guy to deal with. Heres to ya, that they wont meet you up close and personal till you,re at the bottom:thumb:

Where is the race this weekend? This was the weekend the Powderhorn race was supposed to run right?

throttlecable · Feb 14, 2012

The race is at Bear Lake, ID. This was supposed to be Powder Horn weekend, but the FS denied the permits and got it cancelled, so RMSHA pushed Bear Lake into this date.

To answer your first question,... this sled has the first version of the new front end. It's similar to the evolved cross country units, but not exactly the same. If I wreck this one beyond repair we will replace it with the same one used by the USCC guys.

pelon · Feb 14, 2012

I cannot say the F word enough. That is Fuc#$% awesome.,

Burn'em to the ground:devil::devil::devil::devil::devil:

SNWMBL · Feb 14, 2012

Meh, just a Nytro with a different subframe & front end. I've seen the subframes and they are cool but we all know Yamaha will never put them into production. Buy an 08, drop some weight, add turbo, VE tunnel, good skid, and Skinz front end with good shocks and you've got pretty much the same sled.

pelon · Feb 14, 2012

SNWMBL said:
Meh, just a Nytro with a different subframe & front end. I've seen the subframes and they are cool but we all know Yamaha will never put them into production. Buy an 08, drop some weight, add turbo, VE tunnel, good skid, and Skinz front end with good shocks and you've got pretty much the same sled.

Bitchy today?

franklin · Feb 14, 2012

A couple of you guys don't know your head from your a$$. I hillcimbed with williamson racing years ago, when it was me him and the zbroz crew and know what goes into these sleds, how about a little respect.

SNWMBL · Feb 14, 2012

You mad bro? lmao

Sorry I'm not blown away since it's basically a Nytro with bolt-ons and a copied AC front end(subframe is nearly identical to a Rev nun). Congratulations, it's 2012 and they've managed to catch up to the Rev chassis that debuted in 2003.

SSWIM · Feb 14, 2012

SNWMBL said:
Meh, just a Nytro with a different subframe & front end. I've seen the subframes and they are cool but we all know Yamaha will never put them into production. Buy an 08, drop some weight, add turbo, VE tunnel, good skid, and Skinz front end with good shocks and you've got pretty much the same sled.

Really. You know that much about this sled heh??? You probably ought to brush up on your Yammi knowledge and WHO is putting the sled together before you go and start embarrassing yourself.:face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-ton.

Have a nice evening.

BTW. Cable good luck this weekend.:thumb::thumb:

Sam

ruffryder · Feb 14, 2012

SNWMBL,

Can you at least give props to yamaha for getting back into racing?

Seems a little too debbie downer of replies..

Someone get that man a Keystone light...:face-icon-small-ton

SNWMBL · Feb 14, 2012

It's awesome they're getting back into racing. I would love nothing more than for them to transfer the race tech into production models as I'd like to purchase another Yamaha for 2014, but I'm not getting the hype over a new front end. They literally copied the Rev nun.

Really. You know that much about this sled heh??? You probably ought to brush up on your Yammi knowledge and WHO is putting the sled together before you go and start embarrassing yourself.

You're right, I don't know anything about Yamaha's, especially Nytros.

ruffryder · Feb 14, 2012

SNWMBL said:
You're right, I don't know anything about Yamaha's, especially Nytros.

maybe you need to post under your old name.. lol

franklin · Feb 14, 2012

Since, you know so much, you should go to work for yamaha and show the other factories and aftermarkets how it's done.

icr · Feb 14, 2012

SSWIM said:
Really. You know that much about this sled heh??? You probably ought to brush up on your Yammi knowledge and WHO is putting the sled together before you go and start embarrassing yourself.:face-icon-small-con:face-icon-small-ton.

You probably ought to brush up on your info so you know WHO you're talking to before you go and start embarrassing yourself :face-icon-small-ton

Considering SNWMBL is one of two people in this thread who has held that sub frame in his hands I'd say he's knowledgeable.

Lt Rascal · Feb 14, 2012

Thanks for posting the pics. Good luck. I am glad to see yamaha back in RMHSA.

SSWIM · Feb 14, 2012

icr said:
You probably ought to brush up on your info so you know WHO you're talking to before you go and start embarrassing yourself :face-icon-small-ton

Considering SNWMBL is one of two people in this thread who has held that sub frame in his hands I'd say he's knowledgeable.

Not embarrassing myself at all. I do know those involved with this build. I am not coming on here belittling said build. Show a little respect. A lot of time and effort has gone into this build.

Sam

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