Thanks for attending!!

Fellow Sledheads...

It was great to see so many of you at the Avalanche safety course!
I hope everyone learned a few things and came out of the class with a greater appreciation for avalanches.
Mike Duffy does a great job and makes everyone aware of the dangers that we all take for granted when we are out in the backcountry.
It's not to discourage riding in the backcountry but to make us all aware of possible dangers and to keep ourselves out of the reach of possible dangers with "safe zones"  Know which hills are loaded from wind and how to test smaller hills to see how extreme the avalanche dangers may be that day.


Beacons....
I was pleasantly surprised to see that so many of you at the class did raise your hands when asked how many of you have beacons...
Now if you are like me, the scariest part of an avalanche rescue is "am I prepared?" "Can I keep a cool head?" The best thing to do is PRACTICE!!!! with your beacon.
If you feel comfortable on how to use your beacon you will feel more confident during a search.
Get together with a few of your riding buddies and go hide a beacon and let the others go find it.. Time the search and keep trying to better yourselves.
A great place to do this is up at Beartrap Meadow. Use the big exposed hill as your site.. I bet as soon as other people see you doing this you would have more people come join in.
Barry and I will try to organize a day in Dec. to be up there and get things started.. We will keep you informed.

Mike Duffy also touched on what to carry with you for an emergency. I have touched on this last year on my BLOG.
Take a look at it and make sure you have all of the necessities to be able to stay the night out in the backcountry.
Scroll down to.. "What to carry in your sled for survival"
http://karstmotorsports.blogspot.com/

Here is the site to go to to check on Avalanche danger.. Unfortunately the only area that has info for our state is for the Jackson area.
I use the Colorado area to get a good idea on what's going on in the Snowy Range and the Sierra Madres.
http://www.avalanche.org/

Its always good to watch the weather for storms and to check how much snow our favorite riding areas are getting.
Here is the Snotel site for Wyoming. Mark this as favorite so you can keep informed.
 http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/Wyoming/wyoming.html

How to use it..
The map is of Wyoming.. the dots on the map indicate a snotel site. click your favorite riding areas and then another screen will pop up... go to the top row.. standard sensors. and go to the far right of that row and click last "seven days" under the "HOURLY"... This will bring up the history of the last seven days every hour and will show you... Temp. high and low. Snow depth. and water equivalent...  This is a great site.

Also don't forget to take advantage of the coupons you received at the Avy. class

As always Thanks for reading and I will see you on the mountains!!
David Chadderdon
DCTurbo

2011-2012 season

Fellow Sledheads!!

I hope all of you have enjoyed the great weather we had this summer but summer is giving in to Fall and that means
hunting season is in full swing and this is the time I start to get excited for the upcoming sledding season.

The 2012 sleds are starting to show up and my excitement to get going is high.
The new Polaris Pro's are showing up on the showroom and the "Retro" color package looks great and is becoming my favorite.
The 2012 Ski Doo's are suppose to be showing up mid October and I cant wait to get them out.

Now is the time I like to get my wish list together on all of the aftermarket products that I would like to try out.

 

I am going to share ride time on a 2012 Ski-Doo X 163 and the Polaris Assault 155 with the 5.1 powder track.

The Ski-Doo I am leaving stock and the Assault is getting a make over.

 

Top of the list is a Turbo.

 There is some "new and improved" on the Boondocker turbo kit.   Price $6740.00 installed
First off they are adding 2 secondary injectors to the air box to help with the fueling. This has to also help with the reeds life.
You will have 2 options with the air box. One is the new "Torque box" that looks like a rams horn and Boondocker is claim quicker response and more bottom end torque.
The other is an intercooler to help keep the charge temperatures down and keep the power more consistent. With this new intercooler you should be able to run more
boost.
Another new improvement on the kit is a variable sensor that adds and subtract boost with the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) You set your boost at a max and it's set for full throttle.  So if you are at half throttle or 50% and you set your max boost for 10#"s you are only using 50% of that or 5#"s. In other words, when you are cruising through the trees your not needing full boost at half throttle. It will be a more stock power curve feeling all through out the power band.

 http://www.boondockers.com/turbo/prormk.html

Second on my list is...

Air Frame running boards from sled solutions.   Price $465.00 plus installation

These running boards are the ultimate in traction and keeping the snow from piling up.
I hope to get these installed before we hit the snow.

http://www.sledsolutions.com/store/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=981

Third..

The C&A Pro skis..   Price $525.00  This price includes the mounting hardware.

These skis have always been one of the best aftermarket skis for years. I have tried them out on friends sleds and have notice how easy they make the front end of the sled feel light on the snow. So I want to try them out this year on my sled.

http://www.caproskis.net/MTX_mountain_extreme_snowmobile_ski

Forth.. 

The Timbersled rear skid for the Polaris.   Price $2510.00 plus installation.  Full skid with new straight rails and the exit x 1 shocks.

The boys at Timbersled have really been working on 2 things for their suspension. One, light weight. They have cut out 

5#'s from the already light stock skid from the Polaris Pro. Second.. Improve the ride and the transfer to keep the skid from digging into the snow.

Timbersled is quickly becoming a favorite among the guys with the turbo sleds to help keep the front ends down while climbing the steep chutes.

 http://www.timbersled.com/mtntamerAbout.htm

 

 

 

These are just a few of the items I hope to try out this season.  I am sure I will find more.

As I get some time on the snow with these products I will write about my findings and let you all know about the pros and cons.

 

Reminder!!!

October 18th....  AVALANCHE SAFETY COURSE!!!  6:00 at Driven powersports.

This is a must for anyone and everyone.. Avalanches can and will happen when you least expect it...

Sign up NOW.. this class is limited to 50 people and we are over half way full.

 

I hope to see everyone up in Togwotee for the customer appreciation ride this year. January 28-29th. And rumor has it that Dan Adams Professional backcountry rider for Polaris will be there riding with us.

Check with the staff and sign-up early, because this does fill up quickly.

We will again break up in different groups.. ability and family, to keep the sizes where we can keep track of everyone and to be sure everyone has a great time.

(I promise not to break down again)

 

I will again be offering group rides down in the Sierra Madres once a month starting in January. I will keep you posted with upcoming emails.

If any of you have any questions or thoughts you would like to share please send me an email.

dcturbo  (soon to change)@karstmotorsports.com

 

Thanks for reading and let it snow!

Cheers

David Chadderdon

dcturbo

 

 

Pro RMK turbo build

All right let the fun begin!!!!

I finally took the plunge. I couldn't handle it anymore, I had to have some BOOST!!

I decided to go with the Boondocker Turbo kit, because the ease of the install and the simplicity of the kit.

The kit itself comes in 2 boxes and was the easiest installation of all.

I have helped out in several installations of "Superchargers" and "Turbo kits" in the Yamaha's
And this Boondocker kit was a breeze.

With the help of Matt Desch and Matt Frisby we had the turbo kit itself installed  in about 2 hours.

The installation of the EGT's and the EBC. (Electronic Boost Control) took another 4 or so hours.

The first day out.
On the first day we were in the Madres and Barry and I didn't have very good luck on trying to tune this kit and we were actually talking about bagging it and going back to the trailer.
We were having a tough time cleaning out the bottom end and not hit the "DET" sensor on every pull up a hill.
With the help of Sean Mortenson from Rawlins we got it cleaned up somewhat.

That night the light bulb went off in my head and I remembered that the instructions called for a "calibration of the EBC to the Boondocker box"  I wanted to check that and make sure I did that correctly during the install.
Well I didn't.. So good news, once I got the boxes talking to each other correctly the sled came to life and now we have a sled that rips!!!
Great low end response and strong mid range.
The clutching was a little off and I was not getting the full RPM's that I needed. So time to reclutch.

I have not been back out since then and now Boondocker has a new program that is suppose to make it even easier to tune and also will let you run up to 11.5 pounds of boost!! That's around 75 horsepower added to the stock 150 hp.


We will have this sled up in Togwotee on the customer appreciation ride Feb. 5th to show you and if you dare to take it for a spin.

So here is to the boys in the back, the unsung heros that keep our sleds rocking!
Thanks boys. I owe you a beer!

If you have any questions on the kit let me know or give Barry a call.

As always thanks for following my blog,
and Happy Sledding!
DC Turbo


enjoy the pics.

The Matt's working hard.

Barry, I don't know what he was doing???

 This is all of the kit.. Simple

The turbo is nice and low to keep the center of gravity low.

Matt Desch

 Installing the EGT's

Wiring time... not so fun.

Finished...

Nice clean look.

This is what you need to expect with the Boondocker Turbo kit!!
Oh yaa it is that much fun!

Sundays Ride Jan 9th Sierra Madres

Here is a cool look at the trail that the "Spot" tracking did for the ride we had yesterday.

We adventured out to a new area that we hadn't tried before.. Some of the coolest tree riding areas I have ever seen or done!

 http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=238378">Jan. 9th  Cow Creek Res. and drainage ride.
Check it out!

Once you get on the site exit out of the black box "speed" and zoom in on the "go" sign.
Hopefully this works. If not let me know and I can post another way to see the ride.

The terrain was anywhere from blast up through the trees to a sidehill that was close to 200 feet long that was not for the weak of heart..  "Picture above"
This was after 3 people had already cut into the hill.
I would love to do this ride again on one of my monthly rides. This ride will be for experts only.

Dont forget to sign up for this months ride.. Jan. 22nd
If you have any questions please give me a shout.

As always thanks for following my Blog.

Lets Ride!
David Chadderdon