100 Mile Snow Safari Forum

Knowing one of the top reasons land owners either don't want or close their land to snowmobiles is noise, why run loud pipes on your sled? I understand there are performance gains, but aren't these performance gains pretty small? Does an extra two or three horsepower really matter on a 150 horsepower sled? :shrug:

I don't hear too many pipes here in Forest County, mostly they seem to be in the UP. But even in the UP it is still an issue. One of the main arguments for closing (part of) the National Forest to snowmobilers and hunters is to maintain the solitude, or quietness.

I totally agree!

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Sleds are plenty noisy enough in bone stock form.

My family has mostly made the transition to 4 strokes... what a (pleasant) difference. Plus they don't leave a trail of smoke for everybody else to ride through either. Understandably it's a pretty significant investment to make, but it's totally worth it.

if you are doing after market adjustments to create more horsepower, in my opinion you just did not get a big enough sled!:rolleyes: i talked to a guy about 8 years ago who was part of a group where the smallest sled was a 800! i ask him how he liked the 1000 he ran! he gave me a piece of advice i that i have listened to, which is: buy a sled that fits your riding!:thumbup: everyone rides differently so why not by a sled big enough right away!:shrug: if anyone has to make exhaust changes they just did not know what they were doing when they bought there sled!:redgrin:

Another thought is that in most, but not all cases, louder pipes on cycles, sleds, atvs and other powersports can result in a net LOSS of power or a major shift in the powerband without proper jetting, etc, although some don't care as long as it sounds good!! Harleys sure do. :thebomb: For me 60 or 70 stock hp is more than enough for these northeast Wisconsin trails, imho. :cheers: :sledder:

[QUOTE=ghostrider;12469]if you are doing after market adjustments to create more horsepower, in my opinion you just did not get a big enough sled!:rolleyes: i talked to a guy about 8 years ago who was part of a group where the smallest sled was a 800! i ask him how he liked the 1000 he ran! he gave me a piece of advice i that i have listened to, which is: buy a sled that fits your riding!:thumbup: everyone rides differently so why not by a sled big enough right away!:shrug: if anyone has to make exhaust changes they just did not know what they were doing when they bought there sled!:redgrin:[/QUOTE]

It is always nice to take a 600 and smoke some 800's or 1000's in a short race

[QUOTE=snohawk;12473]It is always nice to take a 600 and smoke some 800's or 1000's in a short race [/QUOTE]

But its a whole lot easier to take a 1000 and put 600 stickers on it:redgrin:

[QUOTE=Av25842;12475]But its a whole lot easier to take a 1000 and put 600 stickers on it:redgrin:[/QUOTE]
Yea but my wife checks the cylinder sizes.