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I checked with two Yamaha dealers in the SLC Utah area; neither had ever installed a turbo on a YXZ. And there are probably more SXS's in Utah than most states. I'm yet to see a YXZ with a turbo. Don't know where all these turbo machines are.
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Most of the turbo kits in utah are from packard performance
They are all over if you watch the FB groups marketplace etc. If I look at only my area then yeah I don’t know another firsthand either. Got to consider the world is larger than our backyards.
makes sense. Many are likely in So. CA for Glamis. I see more Polaris & Can-Am's in Utah than any other brand anyway. I know Utah's Little Sahara dunes have around 30k people on Memorial and Labor weekends, should be plenty there then; the two dates I avoid lol
Yes, I’ve spoken with Coyne motor sports in El Centro and they have a lot of installs under their belts.
Also Liberty Motorsports in Yuma. Good guys in the service dept there.
Last I talked to WIM, (bought a used turbo from them) they’d just about had it with GYTR installs.
Agree. I never would have gone turbo if not for wanting to run the dunes. Pipe and tune would have been plenty for the desert riding I do.
I considered it but its to unrefined I will wait for a factory one that comes installed from the factory. all that tuning stuff just turns me off to many things to go wrong FYI the factory determines your warranty not the dealer . The dealer request the warranty from the factory Just thought some of you may want to know that. Its not easy being a dealer and no I am not one.I am not saying do not buy a turbo I am saying know what the dangers are and proceed at your own risk.
The GYTR kit is solid. If you want to play it safe just install it and leave it as it is. Huge difference in machine, power wise, but stock manners all retained. I felt the same way as you but after waiting around for years decided I better just move along, we are not going to be on earth forever and it seems that is what is going to take to get Yamaha to put a turbo on these things.
I did not say not to just be aware, also I do not disagree with anything you said.
Yep, just letting you (and others) know that the GYTR setup is well refined. The problems mainly come about when you go off the standard path by trying to modify well beyond by running different exhaust/more boost/etc. But if you just settle for the ~185hp as part of the standard kit it is well worth it and headache free.
Could not agree more Rob. Power is great, manners are great. I think most would be pleased with what you get with this kit.
There are always those who want more, and one way or another you’ve got to pay to play.
That's funny! I guess this type of thinking kicks in at a certain age lol Until recently, I never said "Well, I'm not getting any younger"; now I find myself saying it quite often. Some of us indeed don't have the time to wait for Yamaha to do things the way we wish so we're forging ahead now. Yamaha may never get there; gotta move forward.
Absolutely. When you are in your 20's or maybe early 30's, you usually have the time to try to wait it out, you may also have a bit less money to burn with many other life priorities. But by the time your hitting mid 30's to early 40's, you start to realize your days are going faster and faster, and you may have a bit more money to spare but you're also realizing you have much less time left to play. It is then the midlife crisis/biological clock-like stuff kicks in.
All said there is no doubt a fully revised YXZ, factory turbo, blah blah blah would be the bees knees. BUT Yamaha has been asleep at the wheel for so long, as of current I have next to zero faith that they'll ever deliver on our dreams. So the choice literally comes down to simply getting a belt car (like literally almost everyone else) or just do the things you want for this machine.
Personally if I could leave things well enough alone this GYTR kit would be perfect as it sits, but I know me and I'm a glutton for punishment, so modifying it further was in the cards before I started. Even if it ends up costing a ton more to get where I want it to be, that is ok as we can always make more $$$ but we certainly can't buy our time back. Best (or "Worst" pending on how you look at it lol) case they come out with all that we have dreamed of someday, well then we can just sell what we have for market value and buck up and buy the new one.
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