plugged intake vents in deep snow
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is this a new polaris part or custom?
Did you find a significant difference with the valve installed on the Boost? I have a spare valve I took off a ruined air box. I would be curious as to that would contribute to detonation. That's about the worse spot you could possibly take air from. I don't know if hot air is exactly better than no air...
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Revelstoke snow is very different to burandts snow unfortunately
gonna see if I can come up with some kind of snow deflector to put on the sides of the hood in front of the intake vents and try that. I dont remember my old PRO intake vents getting covered nearly as bad in deep pow as this sled.
I never had the Pro but my Axys always struggled in crazy deep snow too. I've never owned a Polaris that didn't have intake problems when it's silly deep.
Long stroke motor with lots of torque is my guess. I have no issue with my 23 Matryx 850 N/A and it was very deep and heavy.
No need to explain why you use your skis ? You ride the poor man's sled with no power. You should invest in a 9R or Boost and you'll be much less worried about ski pressure ?
I am taking years of experience riding different track lengths to base this on, not just one of my current sleds. But yes, I want to be on a 9R or Boost.
You obviously never have rode at 12,500' in Colorado. Their snow is nothing like I have ever seen and I have been in Canada's, Utah's, Idaho's, Washington's, Wyoming's and Montana's.
have video of us riding cold smoke go anywhere pow. not often as got to catch it Quick. -34 seely... -17 hurley... many days at sic with -6 or so fresh storm. maybe the polaris god needs to get around some to develop the sled for everyone?
I don't think anyone is talking depth. The kind of snow is what we are talking about. Colorado has weird sugar snow.
Just the other day we were riding very deep cold snow and my sled started bogging. Not just from the side intakes, which I regularly clear out of habit, but something else was happening.
I pulled off my hood and found an ice crust around the air box. Fortunately it was sunny, so I could pull the large chunks out, but it appeared obvious at that point that blocking the hood vents would be the only way to prevent this in the future.
Any good kits to plug those hood vent holes, especially the rear most ones that just load the airbox area when it's super deep?
I pulled off my hood and found an ice crust around the air box. Fortunately it was sunny, so I could pull the large chunks out, but it appeared obvious at that point that blocking the hood vents would be the only way to prevent this in the future.
Any good kits to plug those hood vent holes, especially the rear most ones that just load the airbox area when it's super deep?
frogzskin, or make ur own out of aluminum screen door mesh and hot glue
Heres a pic of the 23' Polaris airbox with the valve in it. You can only order the frog skin cover separately. You have to buy the whole airbox to get the valve. Valve is pretty much identical to the one skidoo has used for many years. The valve is spring loaded and opens only under higher vacuum when the intake vents on the hood are plugged with snow.
