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Post by 1970tnt on Mar 23, 2020 18:17:44 GMT
DANDO127 WHAT SIZE SKINS YA GOT ON THAT ELAN??? YETI
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Post by dando127 on Mar 24, 2020 2:37:12 GMT
The ski skins are 8" wide. They really doo help the Elan float. I followed this video to install them... youtu.be/l3fu-3klRQsI also used Citation carbides to help with steering. I had to drill a second hole in the skiis, but it is a nice upgrade from the iron bars that are available for the Elan. |
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Post by joeolympique on Mar 24, 2020 3:49:19 GMT
I know this is a primitive approach, but have you raised the front set of bogies? Maybe in conjunction with the ski skins? I've raised bogies
on a 70 Olympique and a 72 TNT with noticeable improvement in steering. It hampers flotation somewhat but does turn better.
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Post by dando127 on Mar 24, 2020 21:18:08 GMT
My plan was to put sets of Olympic bogies for the rear 2 sets and use the Elan bogies for the front. I was hoping that would increase the pressure on the skiis. One day i'll get around to dooin' it.
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Post by olyman on Mar 25, 2020 14:11:45 GMT
I know this is a primitive approach, but have you raised the front set of bogies? Maybe in conjunction with the ski skins? I've raised bogies on a 70 Olympique and a 72 TNT with noticeable improvement in steering. It hampers flotation somewhat but does turn better. I tried that on my 71 elan, and it actually worked too good. It put so much pressure on the front that it was hard to turn when going slow and squatted the leaf springs down to about half or less. Ended up putting them back down to the normal spot. I cant recall if I changed ALL of the bogies out for Olympic ones, but most of them were if not all. The 71/72 chassis weren't quite the same as the the later years though from what I understand. |
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Post by tompriebe on Mar 25, 2020 15:38:48 GMT
I made a set of wear rods for the 12/3 last weekend. I channeled my inner 10 year old and did what I did back in the day. Welded another 8" section of rod to the main wear rods right under the spindle. Hopefully I can get a picture up some time.
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Post by 1970tnt on Apr 3, 2020 20:06:01 GMT
TKS FOR THE INFO. JUST PUT A SET OF 6 INCHERS ON A SET OF SKIS'S FOR ELAN ALSO. JUST HAVE TO WELD UP THE HOLES AND PAINT THEM . THEN THE YETI KILLER WILL JUST FLOAT ACROSS THE SNOW LIKE A FEATHER IN THE WIND  |
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Post by joeolympique on Apr 4, 2020 1:21:37 GMT
THE YETI KILLER Results for our featured match, elan 340 single vs. the Yeti.... elan 1, Yeti 0. But who's counting  |
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Post by 1970tnt on Apr 20, 2020 19:53:07 GMT
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