The Turbo 900

jskattum606 · Feb 4, 2010

Well got the sled together and finally had the time to fine tune the little things i wanted done before the first ride. Im going to take this thing out this weekend and see how it does. The only thing i want to do at the moment is re-do the charge tube out of aluminum. It is all sorts of hacked togther for the time being. Also paint the gold shock spring white to match the other. I will keep everyone updated and get some movies up for everyone that wants to see one of these things run as i do. Here are a couple pixs of the final product(as of now)haha.

jskattum606 · Feb 4, 2010

I also need to brace up the side brace where the DP goes through.

speedemon · Feb 4, 2010

Awesome! Can't wait to ride it!

jskattum606 · Feb 4, 2010

speedemon said:
Awesome! Can't wait to ride it!

Me neither, Would love to go up Portal on saturday. I have an extra spot on the sled bed i think.

speedemon · Feb 4, 2010

jskattum606 said:
Me neither, Would love to go up Portal on saturday. I have an extra spot on the sled bed i think.

I think I still owe you from the last time you drove to cooke lol. or did i pay you? guess i need to get that sled deck built so we can just trade off lol. too bad i am broke right now... trying to budget in the cummins in my truck!

jskattum606 · Feb 6, 2010

Well, good and bad news. Good: I rode the sled in and out and it didnt blow up. Bad: just as i started to get it tuned in better, i must have got an air leak or something. I was getting about 10 PSI and it was starting to run better and it went down hilll from there. i must have an air leak is what i have been thinking because on the way out it kept getting worse and on the trail ride out i could only get up to 3-4 PSI. Any thoughts from anyone? thanks for the help. Gonna go out again tomorrow.

speedemon · Feb 6, 2010

jskattum606 said:
. Any thoughts from anyone?

avoid avies! Lol

jskattum606 · Feb 7, 2010

Here is the Avy i started with a buddy sled. A little scary.

This is what the sled looked like most of the day.haha

jskattum606 · Feb 8, 2010

Well found the air leak. There is a 10" crack on the charge box on one of the welds. This is the first thing i had made for the kit and i had a local aluminum welder build it for me. I would be ashamed if it was my work haha
glad i have a TIG now

speedemon · Feb 8, 2010

jskattum606 said:
Well found the air leak. There is a 10" crack on the charge box on one of the welds. This is the first thing i had made for the kit and i had a local aluminum welder build it for me. I would be ashamed if it was my work haha
glad i have a TIG now

Take it back to him and get him to fix it! I wonder how that thing split?

jskattum606 · Feb 8, 2010

Here is the damage.

Got it fixed up and gonna take it out again tomorrow to get some more tunning done. Tough work but somebodys got to do it : )

Wheel House Motorsports · Feb 8, 2010

hmmm.. I wonder why you cant get your boost up??

I hope it runs good! I need somebody to compete with me on some hill chuting!!!

jskattum606 · Feb 16, 2010

Well, sorry for having no Videos yet. Still working on getting everything working right. Had the cracked charge box, Now the exhaust pipe cracked on me. About 14" long. The bad part about this is that i was in West Yellowstone and had the opportunity to ride with Justin with Silber turbos. He was helping get it dialed in and about half way through the ride when it was starting to run great, the pipe went on me. Oh well, Great guy to ride with. Try it on saturday. VIDEO

jskattum606 · Feb 21, 2010

WOW, Everybody needs a little boost. Ran it on 8 psi all day today and got it tuned in good. This thing is ripping now. Just took me a little bit of learning to get the box figured out but now that i know what im doing it is great. Blew the charge box apart again yesterday, but got it welded up again this morning and i am glad i did. Im just gonna build a new box this week to take that out of the equation. Can not wait to go riding again. and get movies for y'all

High Velocity · Feb 21, 2010

At 8 psi, are you running it on pump gas, race fuel, or a blend ?

wellfed777 · Feb 21, 2010

AWSOME!! :face-icon-small-hap keep us informed
thanks

speedemon · Feb 22, 2010

High Velocity said:
At 8 psi, are you running it on pump gas, race fuel, or a blend ?

I believe Josh is running straight AV gas last time I checked.

jskattum606 · Feb 22, 2010

I was actually running 50/50 AV and 91 pump yesterday. No DET. Im hoping for strait Av gas at about 12 psi when im done

Wheel House Motorsports · Feb 22, 2010

Josh, get that thing ready this weekend and maybe we can actually go ride together.. maybe get some video of these elusive turbo beasts. and maybe some heads up racing. to see how they compare!!

speedemon · Feb 22, 2010

Ski-Dooin it said:
Josh, get that thing ready this weekend and maybe we can actually go ride together.. maybe get some video of these elusive turbo beasts. and maybe some heads up racing. to see how they compare!!

I'll sit aside and Video

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