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97 GTX performance mods?

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Rampage

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Anyone have any good mods on theres? Im a little confused on Nozzle kits. What is the benifits and do the even work on mine? I cant seem to find any aftermarket pipes, or heads for mine either. Also what about ride plates? I like to do alot of wave jumping and seem to go through motor mounts pretty good. Do the after market race mounts from PWC Muscle fit the 97 GTX's?
 
OK... I go way back in PWC... and I've had a bunch of "Mod'ed" skis over the years... but for where you ride... and the way you ride... keep it stock. Engine mods normally take away from reliability.

As far as nozzles.... If you put on a smaller nozzle, you will increase the pressure, and velocity (assuming your pump is good) and in turn, giving the ski a higher top speed. The down side to this is... you will loose "Out of the hole" performance... and if you go past the sweet spot... you will bog the engine, and loose performance every where. Generally, if you are going to play with nozzle size... you need a bunch of sizes, and you tune the ski for the conditions.

With that said... a bigger nozzle will give you better acceleration, but will drop your top speed.


If I was you... I would put in a top loader intake grate, and a Skat-Track swirl impeller, and call it a day.


If you really need to go faster.... buy a ski with a larger engine. (It's cheaper in the long run) You can drop $3K~$4k on your ski, and only gain 5 to 10 MPH, and not be as reliable as a ski with a large engine.

Just my 2 cents.... take it for what it's worth.







With all that said.... I'm thinking of putting a 900 engine in my little Si. :cheers:
 
Engine mods from XPs will fit your GTX; you really want to do everything at once for any kind of real performance upgrade.

Group-k has a bunch of nice upgrades, hone out the pipe, cut the head, bore the carbs, rev limiter...wakes it up nice.

I personally had my carbs bored a few years back on my SPX and I did feel a difference in torque. They are also the best people in the country to cut your stock head.

I would also HIGHLY recommend a prop as the first mod.

AM nozzles are all made for trim...unless you ditch the reverse and add trim its wont work.
 
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OK I think I will just to a top loader and prop. What about the motor mounts?
 
Not a bad idea, but the motor will need realignment. They really only need replacement if they are broken.
 
Not a bad idea, but the motor will need realignment. They really only need replacement if they are broken.

Yeah jumping waves allot I seem to need them more then normal. thats why I was wondering if the race mounts would be better.
 
I can only assume so...I beat the piss outa my machines...big air, and bone jarring chop hits, and only broke one front mount.
 
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