SLED POWER 101

[odybuggy]

I have not checked the reeds yet. *They are fiberglass and are less then a year old but that could still be the problem

[tinman]

How about that sled power topic?

[renegadespec1]

I was wondering when it was going to come back...

[odybuggy]

Sorry guys my little question turned into a whole page. * *Will start my own thread next time

[renegadespec1]

No sweat odybuggy,a little jacking is good It happens and if the info helped you it an added bonus

[renegadespec1]

Sled Power 101,
Here's a sleeper I would reccomend to stay away from...The motor looks like a 340 fan cooled ....But is really a 426 alky burning fan cooled DRAG MOTOR...If you were only going to oval track or sand drag the buggy this would be a good candidate.
I built this one a TUNABLE TUNER PIPE....
I have different restrictors that bolt inbetween the flanges... *No restrictors means hard to start not much on the bottom screams on the top end till it blows up...good for water skipping,or ice drags....DON'T BUY A SLED FROM A WATER HEAD... If the guy has got pix of water skippers on his garage wall DON'T BUY A SLED OR MOTOR FROM....Prolly has been under water
Anyway, these older sleds don't really have much to offer in the way of useable drive train parts, some will disagree but I will do an installment on these later, I'll just say that they are good for league racers, but not trail machines... Here's some pix...

[renegadespec1]

Here's a couple more pix,
Yhe guy who ownes the sled took it out and pond skipped it straight from here...Killer screaming top end but video is tape kind... here's a couple of more pipe pix. These are tempting since it already has a pipe that could be used in a buggy, and the old 460's were powered often by these motors...