What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Dirtman]

That’s ok. My Wolverine is only a 708cc. That doesn’t matter on the trails, it only makes a difference when you get out on the flats.

How fast do you need to go!? My 500 Polaris ranger will do almost 60! Where you riding the damn thing?! At full speed in mine even on flat hardpack sand it's scary. Only time I wish I had more engine is crawling over stumps in the swamp. Speed is never an issue.

 

[Blmpkn]

How fast do you need to go!? My 500 Polaris ranger will do almost 60! Where you riding the damn thing?! At full speed in mine even on flat hardpack sand it's scary. Only time I wish I had more engine is crawling over stumps in the swamp. Speed is never an issue.

You do wheeler things? Neat.

 

[snoranger]

How fast do you need to go!? My 500 Polaris ranger will do almost 60! Where you riding the damn thing?! At full speed in mine even on flat hardpack sand it's scary. Only time I wish I had more engine is crawling over stumps in the swamp. Speed is never an issue.

The YXZ1000r and the Can Am X3 turbo are both limited to 80 from the factory... they can do over 100 with a simple tune.

 

[ericbphoto]

The YXZ1000r and the Can Am X3 turbo are both limited to 80 from the factory... they can do over 100 with a simple tune.

I don't even do that in my Ranger.

 

[Dirtman]

The YXZ1000r and the Can Am X3 turbo are both limited to 80 from the factory... they can do over 100 with a simple tune.

Again... why!?!?!?! What practical use is there for that?

 

[Uncle Gump]

Again... why!?!?!?! What practical use is there for that?

It's kinda like having a 6.5 creedmor to punch holes in paper?

 

[snoranger]

Again... why!?!?!?! What practical use is there for that?

I can tell you the YXZ feels very stable around 90. I’ve never had one into triple digits.

 

[Dirtman]

It's kinda like having a 6.5 creedmor to punch holes in paper?

Your argument is invalid as the paper is too far away for much else to punch holes in it... .338LM, 408 cheytec, .50bmg, maybe .300wsm and .300rum.... the paper must die so 6.5 creedmoor is absolutely neccessary. Doing 100 in an ATV is not.

 

[Uncle Gump]

different stokes for different folks I suppose...

 

[ericbphoto]

Your argument is invalid as the paper is too far away for much else to punch holes in it... .338LM, 408 cheytec, .50bmg, maybe .300wsm and .300rum.... the paper must die so 6.5 creedmoor is absolutely neccessary. Doing 100 in an ATV is not.

That makes absolutely no cantaloupe.

 

[snoranger]

Doing 100 in an ATV is not.

There’s a lot of things in life that aren’t necessary, but they’re still fun.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

I got it to 45 today when I unloaded it and she said that was as fast as she ever wanted to go. Now I may push it a little faster in the right situation. It felt real stable though. Ran out of yard to go any faster and being the chief of police lives 3 houses down didnt want to get out screaming down my road that has a 20mph speed limit

 

[Uncle Gump]

I got it to 45 today when I unloaded it and she said that was as fast as she ever wanted to go. Now I may push it a little faster in the right situation. It felt real stable though. Ran out of yard to go any faster and being the chief of police lives 3 houses down didnt want to get out screaming down my road that has a 20mph speed limit

Just give him the keys... he will tell you how fast it will go.

 

[snoranger]

I got it to 45 today when I unloaded it and she said that was as fast as she ever wanted to go. Now I may push it a little faster in the right situation. It felt real stable though. Ran out of yard to go any faster and being the chief of police lives 3 houses down didnt want to get out screaming down my road that has a 20mph speed limit

Ask him to use his radar gun and help you calibrate the speedo... the manufacturer recommends calibration at 75mph.

 

[Zmans]

Your brand new transmission shifts that way because people like you expect them to. If you bought a new vehicle and it shifted hard you would insist something was wrong with it so manufacturers specifically set the shift timing for smoothness.

But smooth shifts mean the clutches and bands are being very slowly engaged and released which makes a ton of heat since they are slipping. Heat kills automatic transmissions. Fast hard shifts keep the transmission cooler so there is less physical wear happening.

So once again, you like smooth shifts, the transmission does not. There's nothing wrong with your transmission but it's designed poorly from the factory so you can go "wow I didn't even feel it shift"

So you probably like straight cut gear transmissions? No need for fluff…