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Ok, so IndyTriple and I took my Hooper ZR and the F1000 to Back Lake in NH this past Fri-Sat-Sun...well the Hopper didn't survive Fri, but the F1000 lived and lived very well. :banana:
Brad (Indy) installed the Boondocker, and then we thoroughly burped the F1000 to take the excuses away. We ran it up, tipped it on the PTO side for a min...then checked it all around and headed to the lake. We stopped in to See Goldenchild (Roy) and with the help of Glen Hall on the phone...Nice of Roy to have connections like that :beerchug: ...made some adjustments to further fatten things up and keep things extra safe during break in. I had already thrown some APV oil into the Full tank of 93 Octane and with the Speedwerx ceramic Y-Pipe and D&D Bullseyes we were off. My Clutching is BONE STOCK. We removed my couplers after it would not hook up on ice...I have a 65/35 mix of Woody's Modified 45 Deg Carbides (1.175) and Woodys 1.2 Chisel picks on the 14" x 128" x 1" Hacksaw.
Break in lasted from the spot we parked until I hit the flapper on my ZR and Brad followed on my F1000. lol We did this for about 10 mins around the lake while I broke in the belt on my Hooper sled. Then Brad raced the F8 from Land N Sea in CT and won. I was on the Hooper ice racing at this point. After some technical difficulties resulted in the early retirement of the ZR for this weekend, I took the F1000 out and proceeded to race anything that moved until it was Dark.
F7s...and there are some FAST F7s there...I know the people who own them...tune them...etc...they know their shit...except for the John Reynolds crew F7s that could hand for about 500' none were even close and on top end they were not around at all. I KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN F7 LOSING A RACE IN ANY DISTANCE ON HCS SO PLEASE JUST SAVE THE BS FOLLOW UPS TO THIS REPORT AND CALL ME CRAZY...EVEN THOUGH I OWN AN F7... :linemup:
Rev 800s...same as F7s but worse.
F1000s...except for Converted, who as he posted in another thread, no F1000 was near me all weekend. He was, and you can correct me if I'm wrong Converted, a few sleds behind me on top, and he has the D&D Y-Pipe, Bullseyes, No premix, and some clutching done. His sled runs great...so I was happy to be out front. After we raced we actually got to talk person to person and he was a great help in showing me where the coolant trouble eminates and I was very appreciative. His buddy on the sharp looking Mach Z X was a nice guy too. Look forward to seeing you guys more often up there. The rest of the F1000s were so damn scared of blowing up that none of them wanted to run...at all...I got a few to go 600-750', but they were all stock...and very weak...which someone else reported...so, just like a Mach Z with it's clickers on 6 and no miles on the engine the F1000 needs some help in the set up dept to wake up...but boy does it wake up.
Mach Zs...the one everyone wants to read about...I raced at least 10-15 Mach Zs b/t Fri and Sun. Some beat me, some lost pretty bad to me. And here is the general thing I saw with the F1000 vs. the Mach Z.
The Mach Z makes less torque, but amost 10 more HP in stock trim at 600 more RPMS...that equals more top speed period...and if an F1000 blows its track out off the line the extra torque we have is useless...which is why I was not f**kin around when it came to studs. Brad came up with his own nutso pattern based on a race pattern we have on my Hooper sled and there are 4 picks per line with a lot of double backers and the aforementioned agressive studs. Except for a friend's Mach Z that has a .750 track and all chisels along with Bikeman domes and a Pipe Mod no Mach Z got me out of the hole on a consistant basis...but he did every time by up to 4-5 sleds...and I would creap on top...yep...creap on him...but never catch him. But if we went from any kind of role I would pull a sled...and to stay ahead I had to keep my face in my crotch b/c if my helmet was above the windshiled he would walk me the slightest bit...he said he knows why he wasn't pulling on top so this may be the last time I can say that about his sled, but it's all broken in and has some good mods to it and that track.
All other Mach Zs...twin pipes, chuckaroo setups, stock, whatever...I was within 2 sleds of on top or even with or beating. There was one Chuckaroo Mach Z I raced from a stop and then a roll and I walked it bad. There was another great guy I just met with a set up twins that when Rob Romeo drove his sled we went from one end of back lake to the other and for the first 1000' I was out good and then he walked me by about 2 sleds and then I caught right back up and we stayed practically even across the lake like this...so on tip top end the Mach Zs had no more than my F1000...with no miles on it, All stock clutching and premix in the first tank of gas and my Boondocker set to rich in the low, mid and high end under both low and high load settings....Even when the Mach Zs that got me out of the hole got me they would never walk me...they would jump out and then I would either stay 2-4 sleds behind or creap on them ever so slightly...so top end is for real with the F1000.
I think if someone comes up with clutching that can handle the torque we have for a better launch, but not hurt back shifting and fullshift out for top speed we will be even better vs. the Mach Zs. Other than that, and I read people on here $hitting on the F1000 clutching we didn't see one weekness...it felt good everywhere.
So there it is...about 35 miles of back and forth WOT balls out racing with little to no breaks in b/t runs and my sled ran like an animal, didn't blow a belt, or fall apart at the seams...I was very happy with it and all the while so comfortable on it b/c the ergonomics kick ass!
As a side note...every Mach Z rider I raced was a GREAT guy...all very nice, very forthcoming and they were very supportive of the F1000 b/c competition is fun and good for all of us, and again Converted was a great guy too and I thank him again for the cooling hose help! :beerchug:
Brad (Indy) installed the Boondocker, and then we thoroughly burped the F1000 to take the excuses away. We ran it up, tipped it on the PTO side for a min...then checked it all around and headed to the lake. We stopped in to See Goldenchild (Roy) and with the help of Glen Hall on the phone...Nice of Roy to have connections like that :beerchug: ...made some adjustments to further fatten things up and keep things extra safe during break in. I had already thrown some APV oil into the Full tank of 93 Octane and with the Speedwerx ceramic Y-Pipe and D&D Bullseyes we were off. My Clutching is BONE STOCK. We removed my couplers after it would not hook up on ice...I have a 65/35 mix of Woody's Modified 45 Deg Carbides (1.175) and Woodys 1.2 Chisel picks on the 14" x 128" x 1" Hacksaw.
Break in lasted from the spot we parked until I hit the flapper on my ZR and Brad followed on my F1000. lol We did this for about 10 mins around the lake while I broke in the belt on my Hooper sled. Then Brad raced the F8 from Land N Sea in CT and won. I was on the Hooper ice racing at this point. After some technical difficulties resulted in the early retirement of the ZR for this weekend, I took the F1000 out and proceeded to race anything that moved until it was Dark.
F7s...and there are some FAST F7s there...I know the people who own them...tune them...etc...they know their shit...except for the John Reynolds crew F7s that could hand for about 500' none were even close and on top end they were not around at all. I KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN F7 LOSING A RACE IN ANY DISTANCE ON HCS SO PLEASE JUST SAVE THE BS FOLLOW UPS TO THIS REPORT AND CALL ME CRAZY...EVEN THOUGH I OWN AN F7... :linemup:
Rev 800s...same as F7s but worse.
F1000s...except for Converted, who as he posted in another thread, no F1000 was near me all weekend. He was, and you can correct me if I'm wrong Converted, a few sleds behind me on top, and he has the D&D Y-Pipe, Bullseyes, No premix, and some clutching done. His sled runs great...so I was happy to be out front. After we raced we actually got to talk person to person and he was a great help in showing me where the coolant trouble eminates and I was very appreciative. His buddy on the sharp looking Mach Z X was a nice guy too. Look forward to seeing you guys more often up there. The rest of the F1000s were so damn scared of blowing up that none of them wanted to run...at all...I got a few to go 600-750', but they were all stock...and very weak...which someone else reported...so, just like a Mach Z with it's clickers on 6 and no miles on the engine the F1000 needs some help in the set up dept to wake up...but boy does it wake up.
Mach Zs...the one everyone wants to read about...I raced at least 10-15 Mach Zs b/t Fri and Sun. Some beat me, some lost pretty bad to me. And here is the general thing I saw with the F1000 vs. the Mach Z.
The Mach Z makes less torque, but amost 10 more HP in stock trim at 600 more RPMS...that equals more top speed period...and if an F1000 blows its track out off the line the extra torque we have is useless...which is why I was not f**kin around when it came to studs. Brad came up with his own nutso pattern based on a race pattern we have on my Hooper sled and there are 4 picks per line with a lot of double backers and the aforementioned agressive studs. Except for a friend's Mach Z that has a .750 track and all chisels along with Bikeman domes and a Pipe Mod no Mach Z got me out of the hole on a consistant basis...but he did every time by up to 4-5 sleds...and I would creap on top...yep...creap on him...but never catch him. But if we went from any kind of role I would pull a sled...and to stay ahead I had to keep my face in my crotch b/c if my helmet was above the windshiled he would walk me the slightest bit...he said he knows why he wasn't pulling on top so this may be the last time I can say that about his sled, but it's all broken in and has some good mods to it and that track.
All other Mach Zs...twin pipes, chuckaroo setups, stock, whatever...I was within 2 sleds of on top or even with or beating. There was one Chuckaroo Mach Z I raced from a stop and then a roll and I walked it bad. There was another great guy I just met with a set up twins that when Rob Romeo drove his sled we went from one end of back lake to the other and for the first 1000' I was out good and then he walked me by about 2 sleds and then I caught right back up and we stayed practically even across the lake like this...so on tip top end the Mach Zs had no more than my F1000...with no miles on it, All stock clutching and premix in the first tank of gas and my Boondocker set to rich in the low, mid and high end under both low and high load settings....Even when the Mach Zs that got me out of the hole got me they would never walk me...they would jump out and then I would either stay 2-4 sleds behind or creap on them ever so slightly...so top end is for real with the F1000.
I think if someone comes up with clutching that can handle the torque we have for a better launch, but not hurt back shifting and fullshift out for top speed we will be even better vs. the Mach Zs. Other than that, and I read people on here $hitting on the F1000 clutching we didn't see one weekness...it felt good everywhere.
So there it is...about 35 miles of back and forth WOT balls out racing with little to no breaks in b/t runs and my sled ran like an animal, didn't blow a belt, or fall apart at the seams...I was very happy with it and all the while so comfortable on it b/c the ergonomics kick ass!
As a side note...every Mach Z rider I raced was a GREAT guy...all very nice, very forthcoming and they were very supportive of the F1000 b/c competition is fun and good for all of us, and again Converted was a great guy too and I thank him again for the cooling hose help! :beerchug: