VMax 800?

ya, I've trail ridden them and they're absolute crap for that, but man, a set of hauck howlers, port and polish, and yer pullin 210 hp on that baby.

I've got pictures of my uncle on his, I'm gonna have to get some of my racing pics on a hosting service so I can show them here

anyways, ya, the Vmax-4 came out first in MY1992, and it was a 750 then, but in my'96 they gave it a big bore kit stock, really it's only like a 785 or something, but they call it an 800. I'm not sure about the Tcat's being quads, I certainly wouldn't be surprised. I THINK that Tcat 900's came out in MY1993 but I'm not positive, I know that in 98 they made them 1000's.

anyways, ya, that's todays history lesson I guess, the strangest thing about the old quadsters is the feel of the engine when U're driving them, it feels like a V8 (the crank indexing is the same) almost feels like it has a heartbeat at low rpm's. strange sled to drive, but they're wher it's at for bang for the buck drag racing these days.

they may be called snowmobiles, but hiding behind that is a cheap excuse to not grass drag.

Just a brief history lesson. The V-max name can be traced back to '83 when the first sled to carry the V-max name was introduced. It was a 540CC liquid twin. They were built through '87 when they were replaced by the Exciter. It was a replacement for the Original SRX. The SRX's were built from I believe '76 to '81. There was supposed to be a '82 SRX 500 but they had too many problems in prerelease testing and never released it. The V-max 4's were introduced in '92 as 750CC four cylinders. In 95 they went to 800, technically 785CC. The 95 800 was the fastest year for the V-max 4. In 96 they detuned the motor. 97 was a 96 with long travel XT suspension. A few side points. V-max 4's were notorious four twisting cranks when built to more the approx 170HP. They are still dominant in drag racing. One recently set a record ET in the 1/4 mile asphalt drags. Finally T-Cats have always been triples.

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Originally posted by Junior:

dude, they haven't made Vmax 800's since my97, that was there last year, when they came out with the srx it kinda replaced them, they where real rockets tho, my uncle still grasses one, fast machine, I think it was actually the first 800cc sled on the market, but yami didn't stick w/ her

as a cool little tidbit, she was a 4-cylender machine, U'll often here yami guys refer to them as "quadsters"

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If that's the case, then this machine was in absolute cherry condition for a machine that's at least 5 years old! But now that you mention it, the gauges were similar to the ones on my uncles 97 Venture. Oh well .. so much for "The Discovery of the Season!" LOL

ya, they're the same gauges as the old ventures. Ya, that Vmax-4 was built by Pat Hauck, but I THINK he sold it to Tim bender for that race, and the record is a 8.99 second 1/4 mile if memory serves. I'm gonna go look that up tho. In any case, they're AMAZING drag sleds, but not much on the trails.

Also, safari, you will notice that the suspension is strut, rather than trailing arm. That's a sign that it's pre-98, they actually kept a few strut models in 97, although I don't konw if the Vmax-4 was one of them.

also, this sled IS a discovery, lol, take one for a spin and you'll see what I mean, honestly, by the feel of them, I seriosly think that they're pulling more horsepower than the modern 800 twins, but they don't trail worth a crap, horrible on gas, poor ride, but MAN they fly. I always get a kick out of it 'cause they're speedo only goes to 180 kph (110mph), I really get the feeling that'd be buried quick

they may be called snowmobiles, but hiding behind that is a cheap excuse to not grass drag.