Sidewinder fuel economy

Just a quick question as to what people are seeing for fuel economy on these things? How are they compared to the 2s turbos? Packing extra fuel every day a must?

chickenman said:

Just a quick question as to what people are seeing for fuel economy on these things? How are they compared to the 2s turbos? Packing extra fuel every day a must?

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Yes that is what we are seeing, the fuel tanks on the SW is smaller at 33.6L in comparison to the standard 40L. Kinda sucks imo, on my Nytro i installed a 40L trail tank but i don't think that will be an option on the SW.
I recommend packing fuel, our guys are packing fuel on the SW and found them self's digging into it a few times.

Definitely have to pack fuel, I ran out of fuel, bone dry at 102 kms after a pretty aggressive day of riding in 2 feet of snow, the smaller tank is great for the weight but a bummer for distance. You will notice that you are getting low on fuel when it won't start on a downhill slope, you have to actually level the sled out a bit and tip it on its side and it will fire right up. At this point I would say you are on your last few litres for sure and yes the fuel light was on but I wanted to know how far I could go on it and 15 to 20 k max is what I experienced.