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Well, it's underway.
Taking a 2009 Baja XTZ and setting it up for some serious running in the desert Southwest. A local off-roading shop will be fabbing up the cage (8 inches shorter than stock cage), beefing the frame and lowering the seats.
Some of the goodies going on are Twisted Stitch Vortex Seats (replacing the Arctic Cat Seats without harness holes, 5 point Crowe Harnesses, ITP SS312 Wheels (Beadlocked by ORM) with ITP Baja Cross 8-ply tires. Oversized radiator (built locally by a shop that handles custom radiators and understands performance). Suspension mods will be kept simple, beefing the A-arms, custom built gas racing shocks with shock towers (machine will have approx 13 inches travel and 13 inches ground clearance). Internally, the engine will get some warming over and the clutch will be set up for quicker take off.
Along the way we'll incorporate some other goodies too.
It'll be used primarily for desert running, race pre-running and maybe some light competition in the modified stock desert classes around here.
As it progresses, I'll post pics and any info on what we run into along the way.
Taking a 2009 Baja XTZ and setting it up for some serious running in the desert Southwest. A local off-roading shop will be fabbing up the cage (8 inches shorter than stock cage), beefing the frame and lowering the seats.
Some of the goodies going on are Twisted Stitch Vortex Seats (replacing the Arctic Cat Seats without harness holes, 5 point Crowe Harnesses, ITP SS312 Wheels (Beadlocked by ORM) with ITP Baja Cross 8-ply tires. Oversized radiator (built locally by a shop that handles custom radiators and understands performance). Suspension mods will be kept simple, beefing the A-arms, custom built gas racing shocks with shock towers (machine will have approx 13 inches travel and 13 inches ground clearance). Internally, the engine will get some warming over and the clutch will be set up for quicker take off.
Along the way we'll incorporate some other goodies too.
It'll be used primarily for desert running, race pre-running and maybe some light competition in the modified stock desert classes around here.
As it progresses, I'll post pics and any info on what we run into along the way.
