Tyler's snowmobile build(ish)

[Tylers88]

Well some of you know from Facebook and the fapbox I was gifted a snowmobile last weekend.

1993 Polaris Indy XLT Special, special just means it has Fox shocks stock and not the junk throw away shocks, set of old school PSI Racing triple pipes, wired for egt gauges but gauge broke, studs and most importantly it runs, not bad for free.

Plans are to get it tuned up and cleaned up with a semi correction for this coming winter. Longer term is swap in new suspension(Xtra IFS front and Xtra 10 rear, again with Fox shocks *edit*purchased the swap parts), plastic skis, either remove the stickers and run it without them or have a new set made, new egt gauges, when the current track wears out(in awesome shape still) I'll get 1 3/8" Ripsaw.

Pics



Original miles, I have already straighten the gauges out

started working on the paint

Dat sparkle

 

[Oktain]

She needs some major cleaning, but otherwise SWEET lol.

I've had pretty good luck with black header paint on pipes FYI.

 

[Tylers88]

Thanks for the tip, honestly the more I look at it the more I want to rock the stock stickers for a couple years

 

[Tylers88]

Calling this good enough, has some bad cracks in the paint in a few places so I'm not spending anymore time polishing

 

[marc]

DNW triple... although id take it fo free

 

[Tylers88]

It's a 580 triple not a 600, cranks were good in 93 and 94 after that they suck

 

[marc]

lul i blew my friends 600 triple up just going to tim hortons in the winter from school about 2 mile trip and he tried making me pay for it lol.

 

[Ginger]

is it pre mix or oil injection. The reason i ask is a paper fuel filter will stop the oil in the fuel making it lean out.

 

[Tylers88]

Injection

 

[Tylers88]

BRAAAAPPP

 

[Jordan]

SexLTs have a very special place in my heart. I put some serious miles on one of those things when I was a kid.

 

[00silvyON]

drop the paper oil filter, for just a screen style, throw in a new fuel filter, clean your carbs well. It needs a good cleaning, so I'd drop it down to the chassis and clean everything and start putting it back together. Will take around 2 hours to take it down to the chassis.

For a skid, I'd find yourself a skid out of an edge chassis, the PS shocks are decent, will sit how it should, and ride good.

If you can find yourself a belly pan from a 98 XC and the X10 front suspension with the Fox shocks, then it will sit nice and high. Parts for the original Indy's are cheap.

There is no such thing as a 1 3/8" Ripsaw track, your probably referring to the Cobra. My favorite track, had one on my 09 Dragon 600 with 144 studs, and worked awesome. But for that sled, I'd do 1" hacksaw and 120 studs. Unless you want to do some ditch banging.

What are the temps where you ride?

And go through all your grease nipples, and do all the bearings, the domed 6205 in the secondary and driveshaft are easy, and the idler wheel bearings are easy.

 

[Tylers88]

So much info Jesse, thought I saw a 1.375" Ripsaw guess not. Temps are anywhere from right at freezing to WAY below zero. My riding will be a pretty even mix of ditches and groomed trails. Really my goal is to make a wedge be way more badass than it should be, I don't need to be the fastest out there but it will need to handle some air time.

 

[Oktain]

I have to agree with Jesse. If you can upgrade to the Edge chassis suspension you'll be a lot happier.

 

[Tylers88]

Found a 98 XC 700 for 1500 localish, thinking about picking it up and the XLT be a spare

 

[marc]

or you can just throw $1500 at the jeep, or getting your 88 running and stuff, since a snowmobile isn't really great right now since its like summer and stuff....

 

[Tylers88]

or you can just throw $1500 at the jeep, or getting your 88 running and stuff, since a snowmobile isn't really great right now since its like summer and stuff....

And that 1500 will turn room 2 maybe 2500 by winter, 88 is about out the door anyway, needs to much for what I can do with it without having it sit for a few more years.

 

[Tylers88]

Little update kinda, guy on the snowmobile forum I'm on is hooking me up, Xtra ifs(10" travel and more height) and Xtra10 skid (again 10" travel IIRC and little more height for sure) with Fox shocks front and rear for $300 shipped. Going to get those and clean them up, rebuild the skid and see if I can find a how to rebuild the shocks myself (family guy budget snowmobile) get the new throttle cable, clean the carbs and tune them and make sure the clutch is setup how PSI racing says to for the pipes and ride it like I stole it this winter. Next year, unless I can swing it this year but I doubt it, a new track with 100+ studs(thinking 1" Camoplast Ripsaw) and some Camoplast AT skis (plastic and 7" wide) I doubt that will happen this year tho because it won't be cheap but then it will all be maintaining so it should last for a LONG time.

 

[00silvyON]

Honestly,

I've had a ton of sleds, wedge, edge, prox, IQ, everything inbetween,

ride the Wedge for this year, then sell the sled, and buy yourself a Pro-X 600. You wont regret it. And will probably save money in the long run.

 

[marc]

Honestly,

I've had a ton of sleds, wedge, edge, prox, IQ, everything inbetween,

ride the Wedge for this year, then sell the sled, and buy yourself a Pro-X 600. You wont regret it. And will probably save money in the long run.

my friend had a modded pro-x 600, was a sweet sled kept up with the big boys with their new toys. until it threw a bearing. had almost 8k miles on it.