2.6 powerclaw mod
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Bold move my friend 
I would have a hard time taking a blade to a 2.6. Let us know how it works.
I would have a hard time taking a blade to a 2.6. Let us know how it works.
I'm curious too. I would think that in anything less than over the hood powder, the fingers would benefit more than detract from the performance of the track?
Bacon on here has done the same thing I believe... Maybe he will chime in. Dakota Performance recommended doing the same thing also...haven't done mine yet but think I am going to... Interested to hear more feedback
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I did mine too. will have some feed back next week on it. will have a 3" powerclaw to compare too and stock 2.6 also
I did mine a few years ago, lost 3.5lbs on a 153, I didn't see any downfalls in performance.
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Get a chance to ride it yet?
No. It's been snowing too hard. Just barely stopped. We are heading up tomorrow. 30" of new. We will have some stock 16's with 3" and stage 2 16's with 3" so we should get some real good comparisons. I'm not planning on it working as well as the 3" in the deep powder, but I'm 99% positive it will be a lot better than it was before, which really wasn't that bad, but why not improve it.
How was it in the hard snow? If anything I would think that is where any negatives would show removing the extra fingers.
I could not see disadvatages even in the semi settled powder. It felt like it grabbed just as hard. I still was having to let off on the climbs as it was grabbing so much. Suspension was probably a little soft for harder snow that day.
I havn't done the exact math, but I think losing the 3 pounds of rubber translates out to about 21 pounds of rotation mass also.
So far I have absolutely no regrets about it and I'm hearing feedback privately from others having the same results. Some even giving me a hard time for posting it giving up some secrets to make their sleds better
I havn't done the exact math, but I think losing the 3 pounds of rubber translates out to about 21 pounds of rotation mass also.
So far I have absolutely no regrets about it and I'm hearing feedback privately from others having the same results. Some even giving me a hard time for posting it giving up some secrets to make their sleds better
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"I could see disadvatages even in the semi settled powder"
So its not at good with the fingers cut off in set up snow ??
So its not at good with the fingers cut off in set up snow ??
This should translate to the 2.25 as well then, right? I have an old M7, I'd like to try it on. I know my 3" works awesome.
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I missed a very important word there.
I corrected it to say I seen no disadvantages. Sorry. Sometimes hard to type on my phone
I missed a very important word there.
I corrected it to say I seen no disadvantages. Sorry. Sometimes hard to type on my phone
I'm surprised guys are saying it performs the same. The biggest benefit I see from the Powerclaw tracks is its ability to hold sidehills, especially in more set-up snow. On tracks without the fingers, any tracks, the backend of the sled drops-out more easily when pulling aggressive sidehills...meaning the backend drops downhill more easily and this requires more countersteering which then slows you down.
After a full day of riding today in some new snow the track performs much better. The exact opposite of the previous post, as I found it held and tracked much better on the side hills and it stayed up on top of the snow much better. Could much more easily slow down in the trees and then get back on the gas without trenching
I wonder if those fingers actually fracture the snow the paddles are trying to compress for traction causing reduced performance. AC has not revealed why the 3" doesn't have them. But it doesn't and it has proven to be a performer!
I have my 2.6" ported, if I did this as well, my track would be pretty darn light.
How did you cut off the paddles? It looks like you used a knife?
It really works that much better huh? The improvement is enough to keep you from buying a 3"?
I really like the idea making my 2.6" work nearly as well as the 3" and still being able to run my stock 8 tooth drivers.
How did you cut off the paddles? It looks like you used a knife?
It really works that much better huh? The improvement is enough to keep you from buying a 3"?
I really like the idea making my 2.6" work nearly as well as the 3" and still being able to run my stock 8 tooth drivers.
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