Madcow Polaris 800 xcr greatest sled Polaris ever built! top secret port work!

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  • čas přidán 18. 01. 2020
  • I ported this engine for one of the best amateur tuners around and he offered it to me to make back into a trail sled. so I toss in some a good trail setup and track and we will see how it works on the trail!
    in a previous life I had a huge following on the snowmobile forums as a regular guy bucking the system and giving out free clutching and tuning advice! helped a lot of snowmobilers enjoy there sleds a lot more without spending a lot of cash!
    I had a lot of sleds brought to my place the furthest engines I did were from Alaska and new York. it was a blast to have guys bring there old indys over for work and get performance results out of clutching and gearing and beat there buddies who had bigger engines or pipe kits on similar sleds.

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  • @calcobb442
    @calcobb442 Před měsícem +1

    CZcams threw this old video back up...enjoyed it again. Was so disheartened when Polaris stopped the 800 triples in 2003. I saw one destroy a 900 Cat...later on of course and on ice.

  • @moparerrnocar
    @moparerrnocar Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome Video and beautiful machine. I learned a lot from you on SF years ago! Glad you're doing well

  • @davidszmik7983
    @davidszmik7983 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you ...great commentary on your behalf a fantastic lesson for me .. you learn something everyday happy new year for 2021 cheers...Muskoka Dave.....!!!!

  • @ajbertelson9871
    @ajbertelson9871 Před 4 lety +1

    You make that track removal look so easy!
    I had doing them especially on my xcr 800. Mike gave me one of his helixes. The thing is running great.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 4 lety

      Nice. He told me to go with a ripsawII track. I bet i can go through more with this then an old 136 track?! This track digs and claws!!

  • @waults
    @waults Před 3 lety +1

    Last couple yrs of Polaris triples. An XCR 800 is on my list. Next time I see ya in STC we'll have to talk sleds.

  • @TheBnbonthebeach
    @TheBnbonthebeach Před rokem

    Very cool video back in the day. I had a 340 arctic cat panther. I thought I was it.

  • @kevincloonan9787
    @kevincloonan9787 Před 3 lety +3

    I use to drag race a 95 Mach 1 670 with stock twin pipes and in my opinion another sled that had an amazing motor. We use to win alot of $ with that sled

  • @dehavenfamilyfarm
    @dehavenfamilyfarm Před 4 lety +4

    I did not know you knew so much about snowmobiles! Last time I rode one was about 20 years ago lol

  • @Adam_S4
    @Adam_S4 Před rokem +2

    I'm a ski doo (F chassis 670's mostly) fan but I've always wanted one of these. Definitely in my top 5. An old friend of mine had a 800 storm wedge and I'll never forget riding that for the 1st time..... Didn't know sleds like that existed at the time, that thing made me nauseous the first few times I pinned it haha. I was a teenager and still pretty new to sleds. What a beast. Nice sled and nice work, thanks for sharing that beauty.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem +1

      The old 670! Remember brand new 670 twins, they were mean!

    • @Adam_S4
      @Adam_S4 Před rokem +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 you ain't lying, especially the Mach 670's with the factory twin pipes and the H.O. too. First "big" sled I owned was a 97 mxz 670 back in high school, live in a very small town (pop. Maybe 1200 people) and rode it to school everyday i could, felt pretty cool being the only kid that could hold the skis up and spanking my buddies during lunch breaks. We raised some hell in that small town, they quit letting kids off campus for lunch after my class graduated......sorry kiddos 😁

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
  • @audiquattro6768
    @audiquattro6768 Před 2 lety

    That driver removal technique is pure genius.

  • @chasauto2932
    @chasauto2932 Před rokem +1

    Always loved the sound of a Polaris triple I like the xcr and the wedge body storms

    • @milojanis4901
      @milojanis4901 Před rokem

      Thought the '99s had the Aggressive chassis? Maybe one and the same with different terms? At any rate, the '99 800 XCRs were the slowest model year 800 XCR sleds, as delivered from Polaris.....

    • @paulmazzola398
      @paulmazzola398 Před 7 měsíci

      The Polaris RXL also a very unique sound of their own also. Especially if you put a set aaen or SLP pipes on them. Love them old piston port engines.

  • @Hockeyfan9884
    @Hockeyfan9884 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for the info, please post more. stuff about the milling and such, Amazing. Thanks man.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety

      Thank you very much. I always have big dreams and plans of all the fun videos I could be making, and then life really gets in the way. LOL

    • @Hockeyfan9884
      @Hockeyfan9884 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you man once again, please, post more video , i shall tell all my buddies to sub to your channel. Thank you.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety

      Ha, thanks

  • @Hockeyfan9884
    @Hockeyfan9884 Před 2 lety +1

    Just subscribed and an will now be notified. Thank you.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety

      I have another channel for doing snowmobile stuff that I will start getting back to making videos pretty quickly

  • @willpulera7303
    @willpulera7303 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I've got the 2000 xc 700 and i love the big block liberty engines.

  • @TheIntegraman
    @TheIntegraman Před 3 lety +3

    love these.i want one.

  • @shaneholst6940
    @shaneholst6940 Před 4 lety +2

    Well if you live in a place where it's white for 6 to 7 months out of the year your's going to know something about snowmobiles! Thanks for sharing learned a little bit more about !👍

    • @alaskanzombie9075
      @alaskanzombie9075 Před 3 lety +1

      Every northern US states with mountains

    • @shaneholst6940
      @shaneholst6940 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alaskanzombie9075 we as in Jon and I live in Minnesota no mountains here lol just lot's of mud puddles ! 👍😂

  • @timirish4892
    @timirish4892 Před 4 lety +1

    Just subscribed been watching you a while now but I didn't know you are a sled head, I'm from Michigan, farm, and ride snow sleds too keep up with the good videos!

  • @nevysnova
    @nevysnova Před 3 lety +6

    If you set the sled on its side and swing the skid and track out 90 degrees from the sled the skid will come out 3 times easier. And getting back together. I read this in the owner’s manual. It works good.

    • @plowmaster1206
      @plowmaster1206 Před rokem

      No doubt and everyone likes to do it under the sled. While on its side good time to fuss with gearbox.... no mess.

    • @nevysnova
      @nevysnova Před rokem +2

      @@plowmaster1206 Yea. Take the 2 bolts out of the side your rolling over to first. It made one of the worst jobs to an easiest one. Especially with studded track. I think I read it in Clymers repair manual. Waiting for snow when I was a kid I read the repair manual cover to cover😂😂

    • @plowmaster1206
      @plowmaster1206 Před rokem

      Yes and after a few of em in a row, changing a track is easily done in less than an hr. Last air polaris i did i had track out in 15 min. The most time consumption usually comes from one side of the skid bolts fighting the other. I get it in the air and spin em out to a few threads before i tip it over.

  • @biblethumpr2161
    @biblethumpr2161 Před 2 lety +1

    built one out of a 96 ultra big bore, port matching and knife edging and case match flow, flat slide mikuni's match line bored 1mm over, reed valve knife edging, welded crank ,.big bearing, triple ceramic pipes. Tison m 10 / 159 with rolled case big wheel, evo chain and case, wildwood brake and aluminum rotor, Instant acceleration has to be 200hp that hurts your elbows hanging on.

  • @danfike3016
    @danfike3016 Před 4 lety +2

    You're an jack of all master of none. 😂 Nice job.

  • @heatmoon
    @heatmoon Před 3 lety +3

    Even those XCR wedge design 440 liquids moved. Snowmobile makers forgot more weight needs more horsepower, more work, more gas, less fun

  • @GR40RCapri
    @GR40RCapri Před 2 lety

    ‘.. rah... still got it...’
    Yeah buddy 😎😊

  • @ryckmanangusranch4349
    @ryckmanangusranch4349 Před 4 lety +2

    Holy sh!t you know a lot Jon. Wow. All I know is in 1974 we had to Artic Cat CheetahsThanks for the informative video sir. Back in the Seventies Polaris had a TXL series and a TXC series as I recall. They also came out with the first 3 cylinder sled. The Centurion I believe. 600 cc I think. Take Care

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 4 lety

      Lol thanks. Been working these triples over for 20 years,the Cheeta!!

    • @ryckmanangusranch4349
      @ryckmanangusranch4349 Před 4 lety +1

      Artic Cat had Cheetahs Panthers Panteras and Their first liquid El TigresYeah I am old haha.

    • @milojanis4901
      @milojanis4901 Před rokem +1

      Bolens, Cat, Speedway, and several other now defunct brands had triples long before Polaris released the Centurion, some as long as 10 years before the Centurion was released. First big triples for retail sales, iirc, were the 793, and 650 Hirth. Bolens came out with German built proprietary triple, and so did Brutanza (Brut)/Scorpion.....

  • @thatmodshop7160
    @thatmodshop7160 Před 3 lety +2

    Dude what are you doing with the cogs.... 😄 🤣

  • @btowannab9232
    @btowannab9232 Před 4 lety +2

    Your a jack of all trades aren't cha Jon !! You know how to set up a power valve on 2 strokes..or adjust the power band ? My boy bought a 250 Yamaha bike in a box 😏 he wanted to show me he could overhaul it 🤔 ... but sent it to a local guy to set it up .. guy told me he'd try ?.... that's like hand grenade in horseshoes isn't it LOL

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 4 lety +2

      Lol. Had a kid bring a dirt bike with twisted crank. Big brass hammer, welder and dial indicator and some time engine was together and never heard back!

  • @Kyle-vy5dx
    @Kyle-vy5dx Před 2 lety +1

    I'm taking some clutching setup suggestions from a Snowmobile fanatics thread you replied to in 2010. Good news is almost all the parts are discounted on speedwerx now.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety

      Ha. Yeah so much has changed. 20.years ago you had a couple sled magazines that had dozens and dozens of aftermarket companies. 90% are gone now.

  • @markcarkner4617
    @markcarkner4617 Před 3 lety +2

    Have the same yr. 2000 xcr tripple mint and shes a runner.

  • @robm8089
    @robm8089 Před 6 měsíci

    Great video! I'm just up in northern WI, read some of your posts in the forums in the past too. Wondering if you have set up any 99s and if setup tends to be the same as the 2000 and up XCRs? I just got the old girl out and spent a good part of the day getting her up ang going/fixing past owner mistakes but it sure was fun taking the family for some blasts, they all said they couldn't breathe when I put the throttle down haha! Based off some things I have seen done to this machine by past owner/s I feel I will have to strip it entirely down and redo it eventually, ideally sooner than later. Allegedly had new wiseco pistons and one of the exhaust valves was installed upside down which isn't a great confidence builder in the engine work.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 6 měsíci

      99 is a little heavier. for trail riding, I would set it up pretty much the same. if running against a radar or timing a system, you could probably use the same setup or maybe have to gear slightly differently?

    • @robm8089
      @robm8089 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Ok thanks, I imagined they should be close on setup and me being lighter than most guys I know helps me out in the weight department a bit at least. Here we usually just bomb around on the little machines in ravines and whatnot. I just plan to have this one for some friendly family drags and some adrenaline rushes a few times a year, won't see 100 miles a year on the xcr. My older brothers used to do some drags in the mid 90s running doos and cats successfully and we like to brand jab back and forth, they would say Polaris is synonymous with slow so it would be fun to give them a surprise haha.@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754

  • @marpip01
    @marpip01 Před 3 lety +5

    I found it much easier to remove and put the undercarriage in with the sled on it's side . Just had some fun putting the lower front suspension bolt in but by shimming the back of the suspension up with block it wasn't too bad . Then the back bolts weren't too bad either with the springs off and the back wheels loosened right off just the upper idlers would like to come off and the spacers .

    • @Z-Bart
      @Z-Bart Před 3 lety +2

      I was always amazed at how fast the mechanics at The I-500 race could drop a suspension. They always laid the sled on their sides too.

    • @funtyes1970
      @funtyes1970 Před rokem +1

      @@thatmodshop7160 did you even watch video, sled on it side . I laugh at people like cuz you are couch mechanic experts .

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem +1

      I can do it both ways, on its side or flat using the hoist or lift, takes me about the same time and is similar job.

    • @thatmodshop7160
      @thatmodshop7160 Před rokem +1

      @@funtyes1970 the video cut out on me I put it in watch later and still wouldn't work so that's all I could see at the time 🤷‍♂️
      I am a mechanic by trade what works for some may not work for others there are a multiple ways to get a job done, most jobs are very easy to beat book time, but at the end of the day it all comes to experience and trying different things 😎

    • @thatmodshop7160
      @thatmodshop7160 Před rokem

      @@funtyes1970 took you a year to come up with that, not relevant anymore 🤣🤦

  • @roadhammermike757
    @roadhammermike757 Před rokem

    Would the same porting work on a 97 storm?

  • @darrellroeters4951
    @darrellroeters4951 Před 2 lety +1

    My friend had one storm never bought a Polaris again. We both have MXZ Rev 600 HO now.

  • @xGR1MxREAPERx
    @xGR1MxREAPERx Před 11 měsíci +1

    Before covid these were expensive but now… Jesus crist!!! People want 5000-8000 for a 2001-2003 xcr 800. It’s insane

  • @xandermaguire6993
    @xandermaguire6993 Před 3 lety +1

    We needa get a bomb squad ready

  • @johnathanjanvier4113
    @johnathanjanvier4113 Před rokem +1

    I used to do the same thing like you used to do now I just take the chain case off

  • @ericgrundeman6113
    @ericgrundeman6113 Před 3 lety +1

    Omg! You have a neon green spring in that box that I've been trying to find out where those came from,I bought a xcr 10 years ago that had one of those and its completely wore out and I havnt found one that works like it did ,the wire was so big it didn't like fitting in the hole in the helix,you remember who made those? It was rough on buttons but fast with a 50 38

    • @ericgrundeman6113
      @ericgrundeman6113 Před 3 lety

      Who ever had before me also drilled holes in the secondary to change the tension kinda like how the helix is with diffrent holes,got the sled at whitestar auction it came from Indiana from slenker marine in New haven had dyno ports on it and the numbers 460 on the windshield and msdra stickers on it maybe some racers from back then remember the sled,I got it for 1400 had pipes on it so nobody was bidding on it lol

  • @dirtyfacegeorge9938
    @dirtyfacegeorge9938 Před 18 dny +1

    I just restored my 03 love these sleds, I'd encourage you to look more into knife edging, it doesn't do what you think it does, think more airplane wings instead.

  • @prostockultra5722
    @prostockultra5722 Před 3 lety +3

    186 Horsepower is what Don's old 02 made with stock pipes. That's just a ported 800 with cut heads and I think reeds.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      That's a good number! He had a similar porting but he didn't work the triple boards as big as I do.
      I got along good with Don I like him it would have been neat to meet him 20 years sooner in life

  • @markkoskela281
    @markkoskela281 Před 3 lety +4

    The drive axle should be removed the opposite direction, no need to remove bearing from gearcase. Much easier to remove and reinstall rear skid with the sled on its side.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      I don't think there's a really right or wrong way. When I use the Hoist or a sled lift on the rear skid I have zero labor involved and it's fast.
      When you have four Drive Wheels for me it's just a lot easier, faster to remove the bearing and drop the axle then go the other way grilled depending on the chassis if you have four Drive Wheels you might not have enough clearance to go the other way and get the shaft out of the chaincase

  • @markgroth4380
    @markgroth4380 Před 4 lety +2

    There were guys around here about 20 years ago putting big motors out of jet skis into sleds 1100-1200cc in a sled built for 800.

  • @xcrapprentice5797
    @xcrapprentice5797 Před 4 lety +1

    whos porting did you end up matching? i have an 800 xcr ported by tzr in new york and a prostock 1000 ported by iantomasi in ontario!

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      That's just importing that was used in my race sled so I thought well let's just bring it over to the trail sled. Surprise performance Engine on my race sled that I built but they sent a diagram for porting. A lot of companies ended up using that porting design for their race engines

  • @xcrapprentice5797
    @xcrapprentice5797 Před 4 lety +1

    I just have a brand new xcr motor ported all new internals, piped, bored carbs etc! What clutching do I need and gearing for 130 mph

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 4 lety +1

      Stock secondary with weights dialed in the rpm 24-37 might get you there 25-36 should get you there. If this is a trail track with trail studs i wouldn't worry about 130 its not going to happen. Track will hold you back.
      That speed is a chassis thing not hp. Your going to want to have that thing roll nice. On clean ice with engine idling you should be able to put your foot on the rear bumper and push it. Low windshield, tight clothes, tucked behind windshield, dish soap all over the rails, speed track set tight. Start making runs and fine tunning

  • @sleddarcheddar
    @sleddarcheddar Před rokem +1

    No shit you're local to me. Cool video

  • @cameronhedayat504
    @cameronhedayat504 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for the great info Jon. I'm rebuilding my 1999 XCR800 right now. I'm going to follow your porting tips to the T. I have a question. I ordered porting templates online. They show opening up the triangle entering the boost port in the cylinder, So it's about twice as tall following the same 2 angles. Do you think that's a good idea?

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety

      i need more description of the port you are talking about. bottom of cylinder where it meets the case? intake ports, back one?

    • @cameronhedayat504
      @cameronhedayat504 Před 3 lety

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 Thank you! for the quick reply. Yes bottom of the cylinder. If you stop your porting vid. right @ 4.00 mins it's that port.

    • @cameronhedayat504
      @cameronhedayat504 Před 3 lety

      the one right above your finger @ 4:29 mins

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety

      @@cameronhedayat504 the one on the bottom of the skirt? i have cleaned them up myself but never really got to worried about them. have seen other guys cut them off, or spend a lot of time working on them,

    • @cameronhedayat504
      @cameronhedayat504 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 Thank you! Jon. I was out there mocking it up. And I figure the purpose is to have a cleaner shot out of the reed box. The piston skirt rides across this area. So I won't cut it off. Thanks again for the great video. Happy Sledding!

  • @coryernewein
    @coryernewein Před 3 lety +1

    I run an 02 XCSP and regularly walk my buddies and their fancy new sleds. Old iron for the win 💪

  • @skuttlebuttisland9218
    @skuttlebuttisland9218 Před 3 lety +1

    what’s the gearing in it does it still have bottom end torque? just asking bc i do trail riding but also do drags with my buddies on ice

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      That engine has a lot of torque curve to it. I think I ended up at 2138 or 2139 gearing somewhere right there.
      I rent 2538 for a lot of years on the trail and on the ice and had really good luck with it. But it's all in your setup. There is no magic gearing. You could take the same sled and with 2538 gearing and dominate your buddies in 500 ft. You take the clutching and jetting out of that sled and give it to a different guy and is clutching and jetting might not be able to compete against your buddies in 500 feet.
      4 drags with the Buddies if they're going to have somebody standing at 600 some odd feet to be the finish line clutching gearing and jetting is meaningless if all you're doing is spinning bad at the start line. An XLT with ice picks in 500 feet would easily beat a poorly set up 800 xcr that is just spinning

    • @skuttlebuttisland9218
      @skuttlebuttisland9218 Před 3 lety +1

      Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms i appreciate the reply thanks for the good information!

  • @ericgrundeman6113
    @ericgrundeman6113 Před 3 lety

    What is that neon green spring i bought a xcr 800 at white star auction years ago has dyno ports on it and fast as hell but the secondary spring is tired out and its neon green and can't find one and the previous owner drilled holes in the clutch to change where the spring goes in kinda like the different holes in the helix but I was just wondering what the green spring is that sled was so dialed in when I got it had Indiana registration and msdra stickers on it and 460 on the windshield somebody raced it apparently

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +3

      A lot of them old companies are out of business. It could be anybody's spring. You almost use a bathroom scale to get the compression rating and then an old bar or Beam scale torque wrench just see what the rotational twist is on it.
      I used to put together kits for people but if you go to hardcore sledder in the xcr section and tell him what you have for primary weights primary spring and a helix people can find you a good secondary spring.
      I personally think for trail riding the stock secondary was really good.

    • @ericgrundeman6113
      @ericgrundeman6113 Před 3 lety

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 thanks for the reply Jon

  • @cashtondiabo6050
    @cashtondiabo6050 Před 3 lety +1

    Hey buddy I have a 680 that is awesome would the same thing that you do work on the 680?

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety

      The Indy chassis 680 with a single pipe was an awesome sleeper sled. Drop the heads .010", do just a little bit of cleanup on the case little bit of cleanup on the bottom of the cylinders and in the port openings, vforce Reeds, gearing more aggressive in the chaincase, are 12 silver blue hole three in the back maybe hold to, adjust the primary weights to dial in your RPMs and toss on a 1-inch hacksaw track and that's LED hooked and booked

  • @Hockeyfan9884
    @Hockeyfan9884 Před 2 lety +1

    So bigger gear on top and lower gear on bottom will get you off to a faster start ?

  • @captainmikek8695
    @captainmikek8695 Před rokem

    I have one not running...
    Sitting on snowmobile trailer...

  • @plowmaster1206
    @plowmaster1206 Před rokem +1

    Have you run a timing wheel on these? How about matching the lower transfers to the piston windows? Wondering what the squish is and blowdown with those side exhaust ports.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem +1

      When I did my 1000 I thought it was 135 intake and 200 exhaust on a timing wheel. 800xcr would be almost identical on intake, just little less on exhaust.
      Did I set squish at .047 ? I thought so. Would have to measure again.
      With the triple ports I marked the pistons to where they open up around the wrist pin, drew that line on the wall to make sure I don't get leaking

    • @plowmaster1206
      @plowmaster1206 Před rokem +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 .047 sounds like you could delete base gasket? I'm doing a 700 triple soon ill post numbers back

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem

      I wouldn't but others have with aftermarket cylinders.
      Would have to relieve heads then, exhaust would become little low without porting.

    • @plowmaster1206
      @plowmaster1206 Před rokem +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 would .025 suffice for squish?

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem +1

      @plowmaster1206 doubt it? Piston might contact head. Back when I was doing mine I was told .045 was about as tight as you wanted to go.

  • @captainmikek8695
    @captainmikek8695 Před rokem +1

    What should I do to my engine. It is bone stock. What would it cost to have it gone over...??
    I am in New York. 3 hours from Tug Hill.
    Don't need 12 hours machining...

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před rokem

      For a trail sled in the off season you can pull the engine down, open up everything on the bottom of cylinder and top of case a 1/16" basic dremel tool can do it, then set each cylinder on top of the case and look up to make sure case and cylinder perfectly match.
      If you know you always have good gas you can drop stock heads .010"
      Honestly for trail riding stock engine, 22/40 or 21/39 gearing works great for heavy trail tracks, 25/38 gearing works real good for big wide open trails and rivers.
      Stock clutching is really good for trail,
      Jet closer to the day, you dont need 440 mains for last week's-30 this week when it's +25
      Suspension adjustments and track improvements are big, why have more engine hp if you digging trenches.

  • @shannonjensrud5712
    @shannonjensrud5712 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Is that a Deere 3020 I see in the background?

  • @larrywarner9314
    @larrywarner9314 Před 3 lety +2

    John do port for other people ? I like you to do some port work for me so I can show some of these people in Pennsylvania that farmers are smarter than they think .

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      I do, next fall i will open the shop back up and start doing sled work.
      Search madcow got speed racing and you will see my other channel i just started

    • @larrywarner9314
      @larrywarner9314 Před 3 lety

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 ok sounds good John thanks

  • @ryanxcr800
    @ryanxcr800 Před 3 lety +3

    How do i get in touch with you? I just bought a 03 xcr 800 with low low miles. Looking to get some work done.

  • @farmerike-treasuredhavenfa66

    You should ride that bad boy over here lol

  • @robertanthony9674
    @robertanthony9674 Před 3 lety +1

    Instead of beating on the drive cogs to get the shaft out, why don't you unbolt the chain case? You don't have to remove it or unhook the coolant lines. just unbolt the caliper and lift it out!

    • @robertanthony9674
      @robertanthony9674 Před 3 lety +1

      Also, even in a trail sled, why would you ever run a track that is not studded?
      Not just for acceleration, but for breaking.

  • @patriotrob7066
    @patriotrob7066 Před 2 lety +1

    I'd like to find an 800 engine and slap it in my 96 xlt. But mine only has 1600 original miles on her

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety

      Keep it! Stock pipe, hacksaw or ripsaw track, stock primary clutch, drop 1 tooth on top sprocket in chainsaw, 50-36 helix and silver blue polaris secondary spring start in hole 3, jet closer to temps.

  • @smithjakecary2580
    @smithjakecary2580 Před 2 lety

    Fuji's forever and thriples

  • @Heimerviewfarm
    @Heimerviewfarm Před 4 lety +1

    Is there anything you can't fix? Airplanes maybe?

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 4 lety +1

      When i was a kid i worked at an airport. Lol. I was the rivet holder. I would lay inside and push the rivet out and put a block against it, the guy outside would hammer it!

  • @kendomion1382
    @kendomion1382 Před 3 lety +1

    ass backwards but you got it!...a few more nuts removed makes the job much quicker..JMO

  • @boner1515
    @boner1515 Před 3 lety +1

    Triple triple don't mean triple with triple pipes. It means triple with three individual cylinders.. A stock 650 Indy is a triple triple.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +2

      We always called him a triple triple because you had three cylinders and three pipes where the ultra and the XLT triple cylinder into one pipe

    • @eriklokken5650
      @eriklokken5650 Před 3 lety +3

      Triple triple is triple cylinder triple pipes has nothing to do with individual cylinders or mono block.

    • @bobc8694
      @bobc8694 Před 2 lety +1

      @@eriklokken5650 triple triple has always ment 3 cylinders and 3 pipe end of story you have gotten some incorrect information from someone

    • @eriklokken5650
      @eriklokken5650 Před 2 lety

      @@bobc8694 that is what I said Bob triple cylinder triple pipes. Was that message for Tom?

    • @bobc8694
      @bobc8694 Před 2 lety +1

      @@eriklokken5650 yes I posted it on the wrong one you can tell the guys that have been around sled's for awhile and the one's that think they have when they say dumb stuff monoblock or not 3 cylinders and 3 Pipe's triple triple you know but ya that was for that other guy not you have a great night... Bob....

  • @JGR1517
    @JGR1517 Před 3 lety +1

    Is this a Madcow ported machine? Or are you the infamous Madcow? Lol

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +2

      I am him!

    • @JGR1517
      @JGR1517 Před 3 lety +3

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 I've been saving so many of your recommendations from online forums with regards to the XCR 800! So many tips you've given have helped me.
      I have a TZR hot trail ported xcr 800 with stock pipes. I have 2 sets of SLP pipes (one brand new, still in packaging) and want to use them but based on your suggestions, I just sticked it out with the stockers.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      The stock pipes are just great pipes. Iran SLP pipes and could not get them to work. Was on the phone over and over and over again with them about that they won't pull the clutching that they should. I took off the muffler welding some individual silencers to the pipe and then they worked. They sucked gas big time but on the ice track they did go faster

    • @JGR1517
      @JGR1517 Před 3 lety

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 do you think I could use the stock muffler to bypass the SLP muffler issues you had?

  • @otahu26
    @otahu26 Před 2 lety +1

    The Thing is. POLARIS Didn't make the Engine.. So far better then the Domestic Twins. You can thank Fuji Heavy Industries. So it's the greatest Fuji Heavy Industries ever built for Polaris.

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 2 lety +1

      Looking at the 20 years of advancement made on the 800 twin, went from 135/140 hp to 155/160 hp and now with the 850s around 165/170 area think of an 800/900 triple with the same advancement in porting and pipe work, electronics. 190 hp stock would be a very real number?!

  • @thatmodshop7160
    @thatmodshop7160 Před 3 lety +1

    2000 800 xc triple 154HP
    2020/2021 800-850 cleanfire engines are producing 170HP and I've witnessed on a dyno consistently making these numbers.
    The only thing these old triples offers nowadays man is weight and a great sound.
    That being said look how long it took thing to catch up to this late triple, imagine if triples were still being produced lol
    But when you claim this triple is the best snowmobile polaris ever made I strongly disagree with the technology that we have now my claim to polaris best snowmobile holds the Khaos and it does eat these old triples you can't argue facts and there is no comparison from ancient carburetor technology to the latest EFI system you gain quicker throttle response more power using less fuel that is the BEST SNOWMOBILE hands down 😎😎

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +2

      I got to ride a 2019 and that is nice. When I got off of that new machine the old xcr was like that Hemi Cuda with no AC no power steering and a vinyl bench seat and making a small Loop on a Sunday Drive was nice but if you went down to the metro and drove in traffic and came home you were pretty tired. But somehow when that sled was new we put on hundreds of miles a day.
      You'll never see one make 210 horsepower with no Turbo. That old Fuji still gets it done!

    • @thatmodshop7160
      @thatmodshop7160 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 thats like comparing the old muscle cars that can't keep up to the new technology your sled will go stupid fast down a track but in 98 cat made a 1000cc that would eat these xcrs alive. If you twin pipe a twin cylinder short track you will pass these ancient relics. However if you put one of those old triple motors in a new chassis you will never see that sled again lol

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +3

      Raced many t cats at the radar runs 20 years ago. Traded lots of win. It was fun.
      These new sleds are quick, the last couple years they are finding some top end. An indy 800 or dragon 800 stood no chance in 660 against a good xcr. Go for speed it got even better. Didnt make sense on paper the xcr should have lost by a mile. Old chassis were slippery, this new sled is the first one that might be able to go fast? Trail.stock xcr 800 is 112 mph in 1000 feet, same guy tunning these new sleds isnt there yet.

    • @kenhmful
      @kenhmful Před 2 lety +2

      Time will tell if todays new sleds still around in 20+years and loved like the xcr800 still are after 20+years, and still RUNNING strong..

    • @thatmodshop7160
      @thatmodshop7160 Před 2 lety +1

      Had an xcr 800 in an IQR was fast justbdidnt know what I had young and dumb at the time lol I'm building a 780 mach z in a stripped lightweight RT 1000 chassis with Rotax Electric Reverse going to be great 👍

  • @thatmodshop7160
    @thatmodshop7160 Před 3 lety +2

    Your adorable man this sled will not do what the new sleds can do I'm sorry. You want to do something with that sled? Pull the motor get Brad at power addiction to make you a motor mount plate sell that garbage old 2000 chassis and bolt your engine in a 2010 or 2012 polaris late IQ chassis or early pro throw some electrons button your electrical up and I know for a fact because I've done it bolt on a reverse kit get ahold of NPP to make you custom exhaust and away you go that old chassis is nothing but old outdated heavy iron them big block and triple muscle motors belong in new a chassis

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +2

      That'd be nice! I have a dragon chassis that I started to put one of these engines in then life got in the way

    • @thatmodshop7160
      @thatmodshop7160 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 i did it with my 99 xc 700 twin and it is the best idea ever. My ultimate build would be a 680 ultra those are my favorite polatis triples other than certain years of the storm

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety +1

      I love the fuji bottom end. So far have over 13 years of racing a 1000 top end kit on the ultra/xcr bottom end. Never let me down! Need to find time to get the angry dragon done for next winter.

    • @milojanis4901
      @milojanis4901 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      Jon, where is Maple Grove Farms located? Thank you.......

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 3 lety

      Rock Creek Minnesota

  • @davidhmurphy1619
    @davidhmurphy1619 Před 10 měsíci +2

    far from stock

    • @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754
      @jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754  Před 10 měsíci

      What?! Stock pipes and carbs, that has to count.

    • @davidhmurphy1619
      @davidhmurphy1619 Před 9 měsíci

      ya forgot , that cyl. porting etc.? non stock clutching? not from factory!
      i do own have a stock XCR 800 , and know a little, and have
      built 650 triples ported, clutched , piped, for lake racing etc. I did enjoy your video, and appreciate your waking up that 800. BUT far from a stock.@@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754

  • @patricklalonde775
    @patricklalonde775 Před 2 lety

    Junk

  • @paulmazzola398
    @paulmazzola398 Před rokem +1

    I had a 2000 xcr and had Doug Flannery do the machine work along with boring the carbs out to 41.5 mm and was running a set of htg lake race pipes we made 215 HP. Not too much got around the machine. It pulled like a freight train. I was running 116 in 660'.