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Race Talk / Re: KYMCO UXV 700 and MXU 700 Racing
« on: August 13, 2016, 03:30:20 PM »
James Clark machined the primaries, you can touch base with him through facebook, https://www.facebook.com/james.clark.77920

You can also talk to Al Golding https://www.facebook.com/al.golding.3 as he is the one that did the secondaries. Talk to them both, tell them what you'd like it to do and see who has the best solution for you.

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Race Talk / Re: KYMCO UXV 700 and MXU 700 Racing
« on: August 13, 2016, 02:57:21 AM »
Thanks, things are coming together, it has been a trip!

Dyno time is harder to come by here as opposed to the metro Phoenix area where we moved from. Once it's on the dyno we will play with a lot of settings, a big one will be the rpm limit, we need the SxS to work in a much higher range than what it has been in.

Yes, I have been racing with the winch attached. I wanted to dial in the Elka's with the weight up there before taking it off, but after having it for awhile it has come in handy. Not sure I'll end up taking it off anyway. Might flip it to the back.

The primaries were machined. The secondaries have a dual rate spring on them. It will be changed up to get it to operate in the rpm range we want. I'll let you know what we end up with.

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Race Talk / KYMCO UXV 700 and MXU 700 Racing
« on: August 07, 2016, 11:53:39 PM »
Well guess who fell off the forum bandwagon? Sorry for lack of updates, I need to somehow plug this forum into my regular list of things to do.

A LOT has happened in the past year with still more to come. I received an MXU 700 and it has been modified to race and is doing great...should come away with the Championship for 2016 in the ATV 4x4 class. I had different issues with the UXV 700 and will not be placing, but it's getting set up for a stellar 2017.

UXV 700 mods
Intake, exhaust, ported head, 14:1 piston, race cam, DynaJet fuel controller and wide band sensor, clutch tuning, Elka Stage 5 mid travel shocks 10" front/13" rear, tie rod ends and spacer for steering arm for bump steer, Razorback belt temp sensor, 27" EFX Motohammer tires, MSA M21 Lok 14" beadlock wheels, cage, race seat, clean air for helmet, 5 pt harness, aluminum door panels and roof, and just got the graphics on it a week ago.

MXU 700 mods
Intake, exhaust, ported head, 14:1 piston, sport cam, Dyna Jet fuel controller, clutch tuning, Elka Stage 5 mid travel shocks 9.5" front and back, graphics, razorback belt temp sensor.  Much easier to mod for racing than the UXV :)

I just finished the motor mods and will get them both on a Dyno for tuning and results shortly.

I have a long travel kit designed for the UXV, kinda spendy, but it gives you 1000 sport SxS suspension. 17" up front and 18" in the back using Elka Stage 5 shocks, +5 a-arms and Heavy duty axles with 2" of plunge and 40 degrees of misalignment along with beefy tie rods. That should be going on in the next few months.


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Race Talk / KYMCO Wins WORCS and GNCC Championships in 2015
« on: January 01, 2016, 06:00:56 AM »
It was a good year for KYMCO.

Dan MacConnaughey won the GNCC title in his UXV 700 and I won the WORCS title in my UXV 700.

I have posts from both on my fb page. https://www.facebook.com/warpoffroad If you scroll down you will see my pictures and further down you will find my write up of the year.

It's been a busy year for me as I worked to get the UXV 700 from stock to a racer all the while racing it. We will be doing the same for 2016 with the UXV 700 as I continue to work on new parts for it and I'm adding the MXU 700 to race in the ATV 4x4 class.

First race is January 9th and I don't have the MXU yet....hmmmmm, might be an interesting year. :)


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Side By Side / Re: 500I Uxv exhaust mods?
« on: January 01, 2016, 05:37:00 AM »
The biggest gain I got from the 700 was to remove the air intake and replace it with a big K&N along with a custom intake. Had to use the Dobeck fuel controller to get the mix right but this was worth over 5hp. My slip on exhaust netted 2hp and the race exhaust a couple more depending on the rpm range.

Speaking of RPM, I used the MXU 700 ECU which messed up my dash read out, but gave me another 1000rpm. I don't know how this will work with the 500, might be the same. Changing clutching will help a bit too. Right now I'm maxing out at 56mph and keeping pace with the Arctic Cat 700's. I also did some head work and a cam. Right now I'm playing with a larger throttle body but that has to be matched with a more aggressive cam and even more RPM. I started with 32hp at the rear wheels bone stock and currently have 49hp.

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MXU / Re: Mxu 700i rev limit?
« on: August 14, 2015, 03:10:52 AM »
If I find there is a decent market for product for the 450, I will work on it too. My time for this next year is going to be tight so I am not sure what will have the highest priority. The 450 is a nice unit though. What products would you want? Motor, suspension, other?

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: August 13, 2015, 02:26:42 AM »
Thanks Joe!

Yup, it stands out for sure. This last race was cool because there was a grandstand with lots of people watching, my wife said that a lot of them were rooting for me just because I was different.

It is a lot of fun, and I'm making ground on the Arctic Cats and Polaris vehicles. I always liked the underdog and enjoy the unusual, like a utility vehicle showing up a sport vehicle.

The ATV on my page is the Wraith 1000. It is a purpose built, clean sheet design for a desert race sport ATV. 110hp V2 Suzuki motor, 18" of front wheel travel and 20" of rear wheel travel on 28" tires using a six shock suspension design of mine. I'm not quite done with it or I would be at the Vegas to Reno race this weekend, maybe by next year I will have everything done and tested.

Perhaps by the time I get done building aftermarket parts for the KYMCO you will want one again. The Teryx is a good vehicle though, don't think you can go wrong with it for an all purpose SxS.

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: August 11, 2015, 10:44:36 PM »
Straddleline ORV park WORCS race #7 is in the books.

You can see the picture gallery and video on my fb page. https://www.facebook.com/warpoffroad

The suspension and power were pretty good. Had an issue from the get go when I hit the first big table top and landed fairly hard, I broke the front differential mount. Finally figured out what was happening and switched to 2WD and continued racing. Did that for a couple of laps then high centered on a large log in the woods and stayed there for the duration.

The next two races can take advantage of more power so that's where I'll be concentrating my efforts as it seems the suspension is doing a-ok.

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MXU / Re: Hello, new 450i owner w/ mini comparison
« on: August 10, 2015, 05:13:26 AM »
Welcome and nice report on the MXU 450i. Good to hear peoples impression of their vehicles. I have a UXV 450i and it doesn't seem to give up much on the 700.

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: July 20, 2015, 06:26:07 AM »
Did some more testing and performance improvements this past week.

Clutch: Changed in some custom parts and springs. Peak hp changed from 40.63 to 42.43. But that's not the big news. From 20mph on up it had a good 3-5hp gain and it didn't stop until just over 56mph. This is a great mod!

Exhaust: Didn't alter it yet, but did run it with and without the endcap. With the endcap tops is 42.43hp, without the end cap it maxes at 44.59hp. It's particularly effective at low rpm, but shows improvement across the whole range up to 40mph where it is about the same with the cap, but then shows improvement again all the way to max speed of 56mph. I'll work on getting a muffler made that will take advantage of the lost hp.

Overall it's looking good. Had the head flow tested and it looks like it's a well designed head that will flow a lot of air, more so than the Raptor. We should see some very significant gains from the top end. I'm shooting for 60hp to the wheels, this puts it in 900s range. We might even make it into 900XP range. With the increase in power, I will most likely move to larger tires, like 30". This will increase my top end to where it needs to be.

More updates in a few weeks after the next WORCS race and maybe even news on the a-arms!

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: July 02, 2015, 02:34:10 AM »
I'm out of state right now, but when I get back next week I'll see if a motor is still in parts or not and get you a number if it is.

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Side By Side / Re: 450i review
« on: July 01, 2015, 03:28:18 PM »
I just visited a KYMCO dealer and they had a 450i out front. Just looking at it I could see there was excessive toe in. The lady there mentioned that it felt tippy when turning, toe in will do that. Not sure how they are shipped, but I would think that would be part of the dealer prep process.

What I do to align the front is to take a couple pieces of tube (about 6' long), put a loop of rope in the center then hang it off each wheel so the tube sits halfway down the side of the tire. Then I measure the ends to see how far apart they are and adjust accordingly...or I eyeball it, but the tubes are more accurate. That's what I did with my ATVs, haven't tried anything with the SxSs yet.

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: July 01, 2015, 02:50:50 PM »
This site is amazingly stingy with pictures, might have to do with bandwidth or hosting costs. I use Windows Live Photo Gallery on my laptop to resize images. I'm sure there is an app for your phone that can handle the tasks. Try Aviary Photo Editor.

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: July 01, 2015, 02:11:27 AM »
Sounds like you got a great deal there. My suspension kit keeps the width stock...your day just keeps getting better! Your wife will love you for getting this kit once I'm done with it...just saying ;)

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Side By Side / Re: UXV 700 Race Build
« on: June 30, 2015, 09:38:03 PM »
Thanks for the lead Zombie!

I sent them an email, see if we can get something going on.

I have a 12.4:1, 105mm piston going in, that should help a bit. I'm trying out a couple of clutch set ups, one from epi, the other from KYMCO. I also have some stronger springs to put in the wet clutch. We have two different grinds on a cam, one is all around the other is high rpm. I'll drop in the high rpm cam :). The all around cam will go in the back up 700. I also bought a 425cfm blower to put on the clutch, gonna keep that puppy cool!

After I get all of these parts on, then we can see about flowing the head. Looking for a larger throttle body, but not really finding anything readily available that doesn't require a lot of rework. I might have to be content with boring this one out.

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