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Picked up a 2017 sw this summer and I am sure in the end I will be flashing the ecu after a few rides. I was interested to get a thread started on what mountain riders are like for tunes and what they are doing on the clutching side. I have put a pile miles on my nytro with good old mcx and it ran day in and day out. Just appears to be so many choices. Redline is making some nice pipes for the sw so will throw that on first.



I rode a friends evo stage 4-with pipe sled last year but he was struggling getting the clutching dialed in. The power was better than stock but it didnt feel like 16psi. He as not getting full rpms out of it because the primary weight he put in were to heavy. Another rider said he ran the mcx kit and put in the steepest helix they made and felt the clutching was close.



Also thinking about throwing a coupler block in the back for the occasional steeper climb. Anyone have reports of their experience and what measurement they put block?


Stoked to ride a new sled. Look forward to a sled with handwarmers that work , crisp throttle response, better handling, and it doesnt have to be a 35k build!Picked up a 2017 sw this summer and I am sure in the end I will be flashing the ecu after a few rides. I was interested to get a thread started on what mountain riders are like for tunes and what they are doing on the clutching side. I have put a pile miles on my nytro with good old mcx and it ran day in and day out. Just appears to be so many choices. Redline is making some nice pipes for the sw so will throw that on first.


Picked up a 2017 sw this summer and I am sure in the end I will be flashing the ecu after a few rides. I was interested to get a thread started on what mountain riders are like for tunes and what they are doing on the clutching side. I have put a pile miles on my nytro with good old mcx and it ran day in and day out. Just appears to be so many choices. Redline is making some nice pipes for the sw so will throw that on first.

I rode a friends evo stage 4-with pipe sled last year but he was struggling getting the clutching dialed in. The power was better than stock but it didnt feel like 16psi. He as not getting full rpms out of it because the primary weight he put in were to heavy. Another rider said he ran the mcx kit and put in the steepest helix they made and felt the clutching was close.

Also thinking about throwing a coupler block in the back for the occasional steeper climb. Anyone have reports of their experience and what measurement they put block?

Stoked to ride a new sled. Look forward to a sled with handwarmers that work , crisp throttle response, better handling, and it doesnt have to be a 35k build!
 

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Huh .. MCX had nothing on snow here last season???
Not sure if you are asking or saying. MCX did have kits out for the sw last year. Randy Swenson put a number of miles on their kit.
 

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Not sure if you are asking or saying. MCX did have kits out for the sw last year. Randy Swenson put a number of miles on their kit.


Years of $$ priced mods and I spent all last year on a stock Sidewinder. The high HP mods sat in the trailer. 2018 will be another just like it. Well maybe one stock and one powered up....my MCX frinds have made 340 on the dyno with stock engine ;)
Safe sledding all
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Above is a quote from RS in the is it worth modding anymore thread - He rode an all STOCK Sidewinder ALL last winter - LOL
 

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I’m keeping my 2017 pretty close to stock and just enjoying the sled. I was on a 190 nytro for many thousand kms and I find the SW similar in overall power but much smoother delivery. I threw on a CR muffler to drop some pounds and have the sled sound like something with more soul than a honda civic...LOL

For coupling the way to go might be to get a hold of that new QS3 with lockout function, but i don’t see why the proclimb couplers like KISS wouldn’t work?

I may mess with clutching a bit this year but that’s just personal taste really.
 
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Mine is the Evo stage 4 he rode last year my clutching issues came with over clutching primary mostly because I grabbed some false info off internet to start on what stock sidewinder weights are was originally told stock weights were 68g so I bought a set of dtya 70's and go figured they are way to heavy (stock is like 58-60g) my daltons are down to 66g but still to heavy and ran out of winter time to mess further with it. Pretty sure I set my kiss coupler back 2.25" I remember asking last year and couldn't get a great answer on it there instructions say 2.75" and it's way to far back. I rode mine stock for the first maybe 3-500km I agree sleds awesome but just wanted that little bit more especially for how easy a flash is.
 

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Mine is the Evo stage 4 he rode last year my clutching issues came with over clutching primary mostly because I grabbed some false info off internet to start on what stock sidewinder weights are was originally told stock weights were 68g so I bought a set of dtya 70's and go figured they are way to heavy (stock is like 58-60g) my daltons are down to 66g but still to heavy and ran out of winter time to mess further with it. Pretty sure I set my kiss coupler back 2.25" I remember asking last year and couldn't get a great answer on it there instructions say 2.75" and it's way to far back. I rode mine stock for the first maybe 3-500km I agree sleds awesome but just wanted that little bit more especially for how easy a flash is.

Call big OJ they figured out the EVO Stage 4 clutching with CR Pipe, CR CAI ... ran 4 sleds and dailed them in.
 

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Call big OJ they figured out the EVO Stage 4 clutching with CR Pipe, CR CAI ... ran 4 sleds and dailed them in.

Who is big OJ? Someone on here or a dealer I literally just googled it. My guess on that shock price would be high even the cheapest fox float for skis is $450 a shock so a new technology shock could easily be twice that price......$750-1000 is my guess especially if they work as well as one thinks it should.
 

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Who is big OJ? Someone on here or a dealer I literally just googled it. My guess on that shock price would be high even the cheapest fox float for skis is $450 a shock so a new technology shock could easily be twice that price......$750-1000 is my guess especially if they work as well as one thinks it should.
OJ marine in wainwright. Ran EVO stuff all last winter. Has it dialed in really good.
 

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Who is big OJ? Someone on here or a dealer I literally just googled it. My guess on that shock price would be high even the cheapest fox float for skis is $450 a shock so a new technology shock could easily be twice that price......$750-1000 is my guess especially if they work as well as one thinks it should.
QSL rear shock is $463.19, A/C part # 3704-218. I imagine it is the same shock on the SW.
 
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