I try...

 

I sent off the part to Jack today. Thanks for the help with the PM's. Can't wait to see how this runs for the grand kids. Question, what's a LT80R?

 

LT80R - well, technically no such quad exists, however I'm doing my mad scientist/hacker/fabricator best to make what should have been come to life.

 

Like to see pictures as you go. Thanks, was curious.

 

LT80R- motor has been "jacked" up...lmao

 

Like in more HP. I guess we're going to have a LT80R! Kids should love it.

 

1) So...I'm not allowed to discuss the details of my motor build other than saying it has "Moore" HP and clutch work! I rebuilt it from the ground up and PC'd the cases...


2) The LT80 frame needed some help in the front suspension area...so I grafted an '86 LT250R front end to it...it weighs in a bit more, but gives it all the benefits of double A-arms/disk brakes/front wheel options/more travel...without being ridiculously wide (like some other...cough...300ex...cough...conversions...coug h...I've seen...)


Just need to PC the frame & other parts, then re-assemble (had to build an oven and booth for the frame...I must be )

 

Looks good. More work then I'd like to go threw at this point though. I bet it handles really good. Who knows, with the new found power from Jack, I mitt have to do something simular for the grad kids.

 

I wonder how the PC is going to smell from the rear clutch drum getting hot. <EG>
Sure is pretty.

 

In my opinion more HP without chassis updates is a disaster waiting to happen. In stock form the LT80 has plenty of punch for a mini...my son got used to that power pretty quickly and started opening the throttle...unfortunately, the stock chassis wasn't up to the challenge. We were tooling down a railroad bed with small whoops...I was driving behind him and could see is *** being bucked off the seat and the front end pitching left & right. For the rear end I settled on a Fox Float shock and left the travel stock...I could visually see 1/2" being used (my son would need to be 150+lbs to achieve full stroke on the stock setup...he's 70lb). The Fox Float will provide superior travel usage and is fully adjustable.


The issue with the front end is a little more problematic...it's a single a-arm...meaning camber changes significantly when the suspension is moved through its stroke (recall all snowmobiles had trailing arm front ends...now all have double a-arms...main reason was tracking issues through rough terrain)...only way to fix this was to change the front-end completely. Thought about that one a lot before settling on the early years (85 & 86) for the LT250R front end. Many pros and only one con (weight)...of course getting it on there was interesting, but I managed without too much original frame modification. Benefits are:


1) Stability - front end is +6 over stock, rear end will get +5 (wheel spacers)
2) Handling - since it's faster, it needs to handle the terrain better and corner flatter
3) Brakes - disk brakes now...more whoa for Moore's go!


My son really enjoyed the quad's power in stock form, but flat out told me it needed work in the handling/ride departments...so, off to work I went, but of course I had to add Moore power as well