snowprophet1

The latest-greatest tech trick they started putting on factory sno-x race sleds, is a nice little button that goes into the cdi, that actually retards the timing when you sit at the light. That puts more heat into the pipe at the starting line. If you've read about the difference between cold pipe and hot pipe flow, hp, etc, this is the best hp trick for an awesome holeshot in snowmobile snow-x. Same probably applies to any 2-stroke racing. (I'll bet they don't have it in the retard-mode when they hit the throttle though!)

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Thanks! I'll be putting in that override for sure!. Do you have any place that sells affordable wheelie bars, or do you have any specs that I can fab one myself? Until this month, I've been a welder since '98, and have access to all different kinds of stock and cnc/mills/welders/friends. Thanks!

Right now, my clutch doesn't seem to be giving me any major slipping issues, and has good stock guts (w/heavy aftermarket springs of course). My setup now is stock suspension, 350 ported, fmf fatties, raised compression on pump gas, slight timing advance, in airbox k&n. I will probably keep motor mods the same but be going to twin k&n's out of air box, shearer out of frames, and most likely the 2-4 override tranny setup. I've used some aftermarket product that end up not working/holding up as good as stock (aftermarket snowmobile breaks, automotive clutch/pressure plates for example). The first run on my porting, the stock clutching slipped drasticly, and the $8 spring kit actually worked super. With my future setup, what might be required, or do you think I may be ok as-is?

In a pavement situation, do you recommend a wheelie bar, so as not to let off the gas when having the front end come up too high? Also, in a dirt situation, if I am racing an uphill drag (which I went almost 2 yrs straight undefeated, until my brother at the last race), it seems to be a very fine line between overspinning or wheeling off the line...if I have to let off the gas for the traction or too much wheelie, I guess I'd wreck the shifting forks/everything that the shifting forks wreck? If I let off the gas enough to gain traction but not enough to let the tires hold the motor rpms up like when you coast, will all be ok? I just want to get in the right habits before putting it in. THANKS! Of course I'm not a pro rider, but I am very good on the lights, and not new to dragging entirely. I'm into sleds, but finding out banshees can be addictive.

Just wondered if anyone ever used an rz350 tranny in a banshee for any special purpose? What might be the benifits?

I might set my banshee up for just drags, and picked up a used 2-4 override. If I use it properly so as not to trash the shifting forks, how have people made out w/this setup? On average, how likely is it to grenade the tranny/motor? (on dirt or pavement?) I would like to be able to switch back and forth from dirt to pavement w/minor changes. Changing the tranny from stock back and forth to override might take too much time (or maybe not?) Fill me in...I'm putty in your hands! THANKS!!

What drawbacks are there to running alky? Is it less lubrication and harder on the motors internals, or is it harder to read the plugs on alky? I bought some shearer out of frames from a fellow member and may want to just set it up for drag.

Thanks!

I just picked up a set of shearer drag pipes (painted). Does anybody have the ph# for the company? I'm looking for some recommended jetting specs to get me in the right dirrection. Also, does anybody know at what kind of rpms these run at? I heard that if you hit the higher R's, you must over-ride an electical rev limiter or something. All help is appreciated. Thinking about setting it up for drags. THANKS!!!

A friend has a new banshee, and wants a little porting done. With a mild port job, and a set of pipes, are the stock pistons ok to run? Everybody seems to put Wisecos in after their first bore job, but this is a trail machine that probably isn't going to see any N2O. Are stock pistons safe? I think they would, but value your opinions. THANKS!

You'll love the race logic porting! Do the transfers, even though it's only optional!