[Sledneck36]

Thank you for the HONEST report. With only 100 miles on each they both should get faster. I don’t know how much faster for the F5, but my 02 Renegade 700 had a noticeable increase in power after the chip burned in. It was like night and day. I think the Rev 600HO is close to the same power as my 700. I am surprised to hear that the ZR didn’t do better then that. What track did the ZR have?

 

[bee1971]

Thanx for the results-personally i have never been impressed with cats 600,thats why ive owned all the zr500s,a little cheaper and just as fast,just ask anyone who owns a 01-02 apv 500-anyways i love my f5 so much,or should i say my wife does,that im thinking of selling my 01 zr500 and buying another firecat-by the way anyone race a 600xcsp yet?Personally i have a 02 mxz 600 taken care of,thats all ive raced until more snow in the up and wisconsin-scott

 

[derrek]

greg splading said back a while ago that they used the 02 600 zr to conpare to the f5 and he said it was a very fast 600 and it never once beat the f5 i would of bought the f5 but it not efi

 

[FireCat_500]

i have an F5 and i broke it in under 20mph the first half and the second half was around 20-30mph....my friend has a 03' XCSP 500....hes been saying he'll beat my machine...we'll i let him have a go on my cat and he said that his has more power and that he thinks he will beat me when we start to race....this got me in a bad mood... -_- my acceleration isnt too great but hopefully it will have some top end to it....i wanna beat this guy....think i can?.....dont know what i did wrong...

 

[burban]

The ZR had its stock track with 144 studs, and the REV had a 1 1/4 lug track. Both my F5 and the REV were not studded..

 

[FireCat_500]

i was on the lagoon which is about 1 mile long, with my f5.....i never wot it yet but around 3/4 throttle it will hit 80mph.... cant wait till i wot.......probably will hit 90-100mph....

 

[Guest]

No way burban
the new rev 600 will smoke a f5. The rev is pushing out 120 hp. My buddy and i lined up next to a rev 600 and were smoked. he pulled away, the whole way.

 

[burban]

Just telling you the truth what happened.... This was only a 1/4 mile race...

 

[SNOPRO5]

I beat an sxviper last night by half a ski he had an mbrp silencer, clutch work, gearing and brand new delta 2's we were even through most of the race but at the end i started to pull away only got 140 miles

 

[Wicked King]

Originally posted by FireCat_500@Dec 15 2002, 02:56 AM
....i wanna beat this guy....think i can?.....dont know what i did wrong...

Yes, you can. Unless there is something screwey with your motor, rider experience shouldn't make a difference in that match-up. Give it a little power brake, get your weight over the back 2/3 of the track, and nail it. The sled should do the rest of the work for you. :lol:

 

[f7high]

Does power braking give you a better holeshot? Just the first time I heard of it for a sled.