Drop a tooth or two on top gear, handle bar risers, and get rid of the stock skis

 

To My Sons 97 Z, Dropped a tooth and installed a 04 x SC-3 Next year a rev seat and some porting and rotary valve work. Longer front shocks to match up with the rear better. Oh yes,Flex skis and dual carbides where this year also

 

Bar risers and aftermarket bars are for sure a plus. i dropped a tooth on the top gear which helped a bit. Added precision ski's this year which i haven't had a chance to try... and probably never will by the way the weather is here.

 

What does "dropping a tooth" do for performance? Is it a low end gain or a top end gain? is it for pulling or for speed? Will it effect engine longevity? Is it something I should do for trail riding, off trail ditch banging or lake racing?

Sorry for so many questions I'm pretty new to this stuff and looking to improve my ride.(2000 Summit 700 136")

 

gives a lil more tug on bottom end, takes away a bit from your top end. probably best for ditch banging if you ask me.

 

I have a 1998 Formula 500 and installed a "501" rotary valve, UFO's in the carb slides, EGT gauge, coolant temp gauge, Fast M10 suspension, Formula 583 gearing, light weight pin kit in primary clutch, Ryde FX ski shocks with drop down brackets, power madd hand guards, SD flex ski's, Holtzman vari-flo, radius rod mod.

 

15.75" shock mod on the front end for lots of travel. PM me if you need more info.

http://www.dootalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55606

 

Boy best mod done? LOL! Well probably getting the Machz tripple instead of the twin. Then since I ride mountains going to the 16X159X2.25 track. Then lots of light weight parts to get it lighter than with the twin. The M-10 made the sled handle way better and was more in control. The skis were definately an improvement for sure in the way it handles and adding the rebuildable aluminum bodied shocks made the front match the M-10 better.

 

Getting the seat raised up and raising the handle bars definately made it more comfortable to ride also.

 

Has anyone done the Rev seat mod, and how did you like it??

 

s chassis with rev seat mod that should be the link,if not just type it into the search

 

My buddy did it with my old 97 Summit it is was great except he used a seat from an 04 and they are rounded out to much for the smaller running boards for stand up riding which is what we do a lot of when mountain riding. If you do it I would recommend the 06 for the newer seat since they are narrower.

 

It is hard to see in my signature picture but what I did was put a 2 inch raise block under the seat. It is a zx chasis boss seat and then I made a framework to go under the seat out of 2 inch square thinwall alumminum. Feels way different with the seat raised. Makes it easy to go from sitting to standing.

 

Looks good nice clean work!

 

do I need to adjust clutching if I drop a gear? I have been thinking alot about dropping a tooth but dont want to have to reclutch. I have stock clutching with 3200 miles on it and this is hopefully the last year for this sled> it will probably get parted out next summer and buy something newer/bigger than the 98 mxz 500 currently.

 

136" extension. 1" lug track, SC10II rear, aftermarket skis

 

2002 800 engine crank shop head crank shop porting crank shop twin pipes dule ring wisco pistons clutched reeds egt gauges 2 in bar rizers

 

bar riser, rev seat conversion, cudney clutch kit, hand guards, pipe is out getting ceramic coated now. motor runs like a champ 3300 miles never been apart.cant beat the 670ho torque. next year 1 inch track and 1.4 inch studs needs more hook up

 

zx seat and sc10II