Hello all. The reason for this post is, Im hell bent on losing these heavy pigs we like to call struts. Ive heard of some that convert to marvin shaw struts/schocks. But then youve gotta buy custom spindles ( I think) wich are 400$ from HPD. Why cudnt you use a pice of solid stock- aluminum box tube maybe. Make the front end rigid. And use a spindle off of an old 250x, warrior, lakota. Something like that? I also notice that Yamaha timberwolf uses a similar strut setup also? Any body else got any thoughts on this? Man, these things are heavy! And im gona change that a lil at a time.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

on the hpd race quads they put dual a-arms front ends on the 400L machines but i think they are custom made frames thay put them on

 

Yeah, they use a modified 250r race chassis. I got rid of the front end and welded in a 250r front. its not yet done though. getting closer...

 

The hpd chassis overall aren't any lighter if you totally mod the stock frame you can get it to around 360. Unless you go with lightweight a arms and shaws I doubt a 250r front end will be much lighter. I think Dennis has a marvin shaw setup that uses the stock strut housing, but I think it only takes off 10 lbs or so. 360 is pretty light of course not compared to all out drag quads!

 

I have a 98 Sport,what can you do to get 360lbs?I have removed stock carb and airbox,have a RCR topend pipe and silencer,coolhead,.020 over wiseco and removed oil inj.I also have .190 Douglas rims.Any suggestions on a Sport diet?I plan on getting the HPD kit somewhere down the road.

 

Remove floorboards, starter, battery, fan, shift linkage. Basically anything that dosent involve just running and moving foward. I even removed charge coils from the stator, and reverse gear from tranny. Speaking of wheels, I have 190s also and I thot of sellin em and going to a 120. I wonder how much less they weigh, and how they hold up, if you dont hit anything with em?