My 2013 nytro mtx is heavy! That will not change, but I've got it to a place where I'm quite happy with it. I'll tell you what I've done to the old beast, and my thoughts are. I'll start at the front and work my way back;
First, I put the CR racing front end on it. I think it was 37" wide and 3" forward? I put spherical inserts into my stock fox shocks. These a arms are tough. I hit a tree stump, hard, and sheared a 5/8" heim joint. I was able to pick one up at an automotive supply store and get back on the hill for $26. They improved the handling lots!
Next we have the subframe gusseting. My first subframe bent easy with a rock hit. I picked up a straight, used, subframe and put griztracks subframe kit into it. a much harder hit of the earier mentioned stump, and she is still good. much stronger! a heim joint as the weak spot is ideal; easy and cheap to fix.
I've got an aluminum skid plate on the old girl. I think it came from mountain teck. Very surprised last time out when I rolled her over how much powder coat was scratched off it. Very happy it is there taking the beating. A little bit of a pain to r&r for filter changes...but well worth it.
Got a used set of polaris gripper skis on it. BIG improvement on the fat MT9's! Went with the hardened steel wear bars, no carbide. Still found the steering heavy, but will let out the limiting strap one more hole, and see how that goes.
I've got the rollover valve/tether and kill switch delete, oft? Just deleted the kill switch last time out, if you don't the switch can be opened while rolling the sled, that then opens the rollover valve.
I moved the bars forward with the oft kit. Pretty easy install, i liked it. Probably a minor contributor to handling improvements.
Removed the stock rails, and put on ice age. Noticeably less ski lift.
Ditched the hole digging ascent track, and slid in the arctic cat 2.6" powerclaw. Huge improvement! I'm still learning about skid setup, but this has made such a big difference.
I've got the push turbo 190 or 200 hp kit on it. Install was pretty simple. Has been trouble free for me. I'm a fat bugger, and I've been quite happy with this power.
She is still heavy, and you can tell, but it actually handles and digs pretty darn good now.
First, I put the CR racing front end on it. I think it was 37" wide and 3" forward? I put spherical inserts into my stock fox shocks. These a arms are tough. I hit a tree stump, hard, and sheared a 5/8" heim joint. I was able to pick one up at an automotive supply store and get back on the hill for $26. They improved the handling lots!
Next we have the subframe gusseting. My first subframe bent easy with a rock hit. I picked up a straight, used, subframe and put griztracks subframe kit into it. a much harder hit of the earier mentioned stump, and she is still good. much stronger! a heim joint as the weak spot is ideal; easy and cheap to fix.
I've got an aluminum skid plate on the old girl. I think it came from mountain teck. Very surprised last time out when I rolled her over how much powder coat was scratched off it. Very happy it is there taking the beating. A little bit of a pain to r&r for filter changes...but well worth it.
Got a used set of polaris gripper skis on it. BIG improvement on the fat MT9's! Went with the hardened steel wear bars, no carbide. Still found the steering heavy, but will let out the limiting strap one more hole, and see how that goes.
I've got the rollover valve/tether and kill switch delete, oft? Just deleted the kill switch last time out, if you don't the switch can be opened while rolling the sled, that then opens the rollover valve.
I moved the bars forward with the oft kit. Pretty easy install, i liked it. Probably a minor contributor to handling improvements.
Removed the stock rails, and put on ice age. Noticeably less ski lift.
Ditched the hole digging ascent track, and slid in the arctic cat 2.6" powerclaw. Huge improvement! I'm still learning about skid setup, but this has made such a big difference.
I've got the push turbo 190 or 200 hp kit on it. Install was pretty simple. Has been trouble free for me. I'm a fat bugger, and I've been quite happy with this power.
She is still heavy, and you can tell, but it actually handles and digs pretty darn good now.