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Setting up sled for drags?

5.3K views 5 replies 5 participants last post by  Macthenife33  
#1 ·
We have a local run coming up on Feb 13th that I wanna run my Storm in.

The track length is 450' on usually a 4' hard packed base.

My sled will be in the 800 trail stock class (no mods).

I weigh about 240 in riding gear.

My question is what can I do as far as suspension setup to get some power to the ground? I was planning on riding the sled to the race so anything I do would have to allow the sled to still trail ride and use minimal tools at the track to adjust.

I am doing this just for fun as I know my 650 lb sled won't compete with some of the newer lighter and more powerful sleds, but at least it will give me an idea of what it will be competitive with.

Thanks in advance.

Eric
 
#2 ·
soften up your rear shock as far as you can bear it, tighten the front one again, as much as you can take it, adjust your transfer system so that 100% of the gap is on the slack side. all this is to encourage the sled to wheely, then you wanna tighten down your limiter straps until it's only giving about 4" or so of ski lift, this works ALOT easier if you chain in the skid and chain up the front suspension, that way you've only got 2" of travel before lift vs 8" or whatever those storms had stock, but 4" of lift ontop of 2" of travel is still a lower frontend than the stock ride height, make sense?

chaining the rear down helps it transfer abit without just expanding and lifting the ride height of the sled, ideally a skid will have only a couple inches of travel and bottom the shocks, or come close to it when you launch, after the chaining most skids react with squat as opposed to anti-squat.

sorry I dunno how technical I can get with ya on this one, post back up with any questions tho, I'm happy to help you out.
 
#3 ·
Yes Storm, drop your suspension down and keep as little slack out of the the suspension as possible. This like Junior said will keep the sled from over wheeling. Also try to run your track fairly loose so it creates less friction. ANd finally, I would run a runner or hard weld instead of a carbide, this will also create less drag. Good luck, later.
 
#4 ·
Thanks for the info, I'll play around with the suspension tomarrow and see what it feels like.

Do you think I will be able to ride the trails with the suspension cranked down?

Eric