Good point about the axle.
It's a crapload of inertial mass and these are stock motors. I have no problems with gears 1-4; I can hit the powerban. 5th gear can be a problem sometimes depending upon the ground coverage. Deep snow can bog 5th. I have stock sprockets on the new machine. I need to gear it down a bit so I can tap 5th gear better.
There are things working against me.
* Inertial Mass
* Studs - I have heard that a heavily studded snowmobile track can steal away up to 10 MPH
* Skis - I currently have double runner skis. I'm going to try single runner skis to see if they do better.
* Cold weather.
* Air Flow - I can not remove my air box cover. I tried and it filled up with snow within minutes. These tracks kick up too much mistified snow.
The best I have seen out of her is 62 MPH on the lake (light snow on ice). I used a GPS unit for the speed. To be honest, I'm not even sure these tracks were made for these speeds. The deflection of the tracks at these speeds is large. With some minor tweaking, I'm hoping to break the 70 mark.
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