# CFR drag sled - because going fast in a car is too boring for me
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [December 23, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333 "2014-12-23T16:21:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/1 "2014-12-23T16:21:04Z")
Intro:
I currently have no project cars. I’ve drag raced snowmobiles for about 10 years, including a few years of racing an F7 for Hebeler’s Sales & Service. I can’t seem to shake the rush of going fast on these things so my trail sled has become a racer.
Goal:
Eventually have a 2 stroke turbo setup pushing 500hp and click off a 5.0 1/8th mile, 4.0 in 500ft range for grass and hilldrags. Retain a “stock” trail sled appearance and chassis. Year round racing: pavement April-September, grass September-November, snow/hilldrags December-March.
Sled is a 2009 Arctic Cat CFR1000. I bought it 2 years ago with 650 miles. D&D ypipe and pipe, Boondocker fuel controller, V Force 3 reeds.
After bringing it home I immediately replaced the track with a new 1" hacksaw track with 204 1.375" studs. I also worked on the clutching (I do 100% homebrew clutch setups, no “kits” here) and I took it to DynoTech Research. On pump gas, cranked out 195 hp and 134 ftlbs.
I did some trail riding, and also went and won some races in improved stock type classes.
Then I decided it was time to try pavement.
Lots of time spent swapping around suspension parts and setting ride height, putting in coolant quick disconnects, etc.
I also realized that I could barely touch the ground to do burnouts so I got another seat and to cut down and reshape the foam.
I also shed about 15 pounds going to a lightweight muffler and added an AEM O2 guage
And of course had Dan Delaney of Dan the Sign Man do his magic on some vinyls for numbers
By this point I had to have surgery to have my gallbladder removed. But I still got in about a month or two worth of testing at Lancaster
Where I got my first perfect .0000 reaction time
and eventually clicked off some 5.9x passes including this 5.92 with a 1.28 60ft
By this time the fall semester had started up so the sled just sat for a bit. time to take things apart.
I had the front a-arms chrome plated, had the spindles powdercoated gloss black, shined it up real good and put it in the buffalo motorama with my buddy’s sled
By spring time I had been doing some “dickering” as they say and through some trading I landed a second 2009 CFR1000. This one, with a D&D 1200 big bore. Now the plan is to take both sleds, swap motors, return the “new” cfr to stock and sell it.
Specs on the new motor:
D&D 1200 big bore
Stage 2 / lake race porting
True & welded crank w/ new bearings
Powervalve deletes
D&D trail twin pipes.
Before putting the motor in my sled, I also did:
Removed the nitrous system
Cut the head to a .055 squish from .080
Increased timing key from .030 to .060 for about 5-6\* of timing
Added my V Force 3 reeds
Removed the BDX throttlebodies and put stockers on
Shortened the “header” section of the expansion pipes 1" to raise powerband and peak rpm
I also made a flange to mount some air filters in the nose cone area since there was no room for the stock intake assembly with the twin pipes
note the fabbed clutch cover
By this time it was ready to dump some C12 in the tank and head back to be dyno tuned.
The changes I made since acquiring the new motor bumped the N/A power from 207 hp & 150 ftlbs to 230 hp and 155 ftlbs.
I unfortunately had been in a car accident where I was rear ended and my back was fubared preventing me from getting to the track so I took my time doing the swap so now we are to Fall of 2014.
By this time I had also assembled a complete 2nd rear suspension for snow/hilldrags and I started assembling a 3rd for grass drags.
Of course everything I do now is powdercoated and not paint
chisel track, again one of 3 setups
and the sled set up for grass
by this point im testing grass setups, and never made it to a race. Instead I ambanging my head on the wall because the damn thing keeps going in and out of running on 2 cylinders, to 1.5 cylinders. I change sparkplugs, fuel, boondocker fuel controller, boondocker wiring harness, have the injectors cleaned and tested, still no change. I have now ordered 4 new ignition coils (2 sparkplugs per cylinder, 1 coil per sparkplug) and will change out all coils. Did it with stock motor, then went away. Now its back.
I also decided it was time to reduce weight. so I bought this
and started this
to get this
This reduced the amount of air in tank to preserve fuel, and instead of having to keep ~3 gallons in the tank I can run less just under a gallon. it will also give me room to access the spark plugs without having to remove the exhaust pipes. All while looking “stock”
relocated my fuel controller after the gas tank mod
oh. I also broke this from having way too much compression. had to order some stronger rope. can barely pull it over when cold.
and collecting parts for every racing season.
So that gets you caught up to current. Right now I am working on shedding some more weight on this, and getting ready for some snow/hilldrags. I’ll be racing all king of trail/king of hill/whatever else they will let me run. Come april, Ill be switching it back to pavement and shooting for 5.50-5.60 1/8th mile.
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### Author:  [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/2 "2014-12-23T18:59:06Z")
Sweet. :tup:
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/3 "2014-12-23T19:05:28Z")
I’ve seen this sled in person and it’s sick. Derek actually has the right idea. Go with a non snow setup and actually get to use it around here. Keep up the good work.
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### Author:  [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/4 "2014-12-23T21:18:02Z")
Impressive numbers. How much compression?
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/5 "2014-12-23T22:18:32Z")
Thing is sweeeeet
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### Author:  [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/6 "2014-12-24T04:19:49Z")
How much does the sled weigh now? Is it carbed or EFI?
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/7 "2014-12-24T08:45:59Z")
Thanks Andy. The idea of putting the sled on pavement to go racing was the main reason I decided to actually buy a new sled after I sold my 800.
Compression, I couldn’t tell you an exact number. I never re cc’d the head after I cut .025 off it. But that combined with 98mm pistons, I have to put a heater on it or pull the plugs to turn it over a few times before trying to start it in the cold of winter. I’ve actually considered getting a gym membership to make starting this thing easier lol.
The specs for weight from AC comes in at ~485 lbs. I don’t know what actual race weight with fuels is but I would like to say its a little less. The sled is batteryless EFI. After having a few EFI sleds, you couldn’t pay me to go back to carbs.
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/8 "2015-01-11T14:33:14Z")
so I spent some time trouble shooting why it hasn’t been running right. still not fixed but I did narrow it down some. the boondocker finally popped up a code for “pto injector error” so I checked the wiring at the plugs for that injector, code still came back. so I swapped in my other boondocker fuel controller and this time it said “pto wires crossed”. next step is to swap the injectors left to right to see if it swaps sides.
on a side note, these badges for my ram truck came in to replace the ram head badges on the grill and tailgate. one off pieces that I designed. sent the cad file and colors to billet badges and had em make them up. took too long but the quality is incredible.
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/9 "2015-03-09T17:10:54Z")
> [@joelster](#):
>
> How much does the sled weigh now? Is it carbed or EFI?
when working on the sled this weekend, i figured i would bring the bathroom scale out to the garage. the weight difference of the rear suspension, track, front shocks, skis and seat total for just over 50 pounds lighter in asphalt form. my tank mod saves the weight of a couple gallons of fuel, but the weight difference of the mentioned parts is already 10% of the total weight of the sled. not bad at all.
spent last saturday swapping the sled back to asphalt. going to rebuild the diamond drive before i head out to the track though.
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/10 "2015-03-09T17:30:47Z")
I’ll be looking forward to seeing this embarrass many this summer.
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/11 "2015-03-10T18:52:51Z")
> [@1QIKZ](#):
>
> I’ll be looking forward to seeing this embarrass many this summer.
Could probably embarass most 🙂
BTW the gf got me an HD cam so I’ll finally have some video of this thing goingbdown the track. Will probably mount it on the a arm or something
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### Author:  [@dpm90iroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dpm90iroc)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/12 "2015-03-14T13:32:59Z")
That will be cool 🙂 Very nice sled. props on the perfect light!
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/13 "2015-03-23T18:10:30Z")
^^thanks man.
so for a while now ive been using a rough primary compressor and a threaded rod with some washers for compressing the secondary…since the ones they sell are way too much money, i decided to fab up a set myself. i have ~$30 into the pair, with some leftover material for a future project.
these can be used in a truck receiver or in a vice, and require no wrenches to use 🙂
thats all i have for now, going to north carolina tomorrow. nhra 4wide nats this weekend 🙂
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### Author:  [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/14 "2015-03-23T18:34:42Z")
Cool, now I know who to call when I need to rebuild my primary.
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/15 "2015-03-23T18:38:20Z")
> [@Matt Danger](#):
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> Cool, now I know who to call when I need to rebuild my primary.
Get in line.
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### Author:  [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/16 "2015-04-02T09:32:03Z")
Just wanted to chime in here that I think this is bad ass. Nice work.
I think we all need to do a better job of letting people here know we appreciate these types of threads. It’s so far from where my heads at when it comes to projects, but thats why I like it even more. Keep posting!
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/17 "2015-05-13T09:28:22Z")
> [@maxwell](#):
>
> Just wanted to chime in here that I think this is bad ass. Nice work.
>
> I think we all need to do a better job of letting people here know we appreciate these types of threads. It’s so far from where my heads at when it comes to projects, but thats why I like it even more. Keep posting!
thanks, appreciate it. I think I’m usually outside the “norm” on here.
I haven’t been able to do much with this, the last month was pretty crazy with moving my parents to New Hampshire. As a result I ended up with quite a bit in my garage…bummer that I haven’t been able to do much of anything but I did get some cool antiques and other stuff to clean up for the house. I will have the sled out of the mess by the weekend to work on. I want to be back to the track ASAP.
I did get a chance to make a new stand for the track. My buddy sold his firecat and picked up an 09 CFR like mine(same sled but still a stock bore) he will eventually put on pavement so the stand I’ve been using will go back to him.
This one will be powdercoated arctic cat green with black wheels.
edit. I did manage to get the beast out in the sunlight a few weeks ago. had to take pics for the new insurance policy.
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### Author:  [@lorge1989](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lorge1989)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2015, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/18 "2015-05-15T05:17:40Z")
:bigtup:
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/19 "2015-05-15T05:37:04Z")
> [@95dime](#):
>
> edit. I did manage to get the beast out in the sunlight a few weeks ago. had to take pics for the new insurance policy.
Needs more low.
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### Author:  [@svtcobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/svtcobra)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cfr-drag-sled-because-going-fast-in-a-car-is-too-boring-for-me/271333/20 "2015-05-15T07:03:07Z")
> [@95dime](#):
>
> thanks, appreciate it. I think I’m usually outside the “norm” on here.
>
> I haven’t been able to do much with this, the last month was pretty crazy with moving my parents to New Hampshire. As a result I ended up with quite a bit in my garage…bummer that I haven’t been able to do much of anything but I did get some cool antiques and other stuff to clean up for the house. I will have the sled out of the mess by the weekend to work on. I want to be back to the track ASAP.
>
> I did get a chance to make a new stand for the track. My buddy sold his firecat and picked up an 09 CFR like mine(same sled but still a stock bore) he will eventually put on pavement so the stand I’ve been using will go back to him.
>
> This one will be powdercoated arctic cat green with black wheels.
>
> edit. I did manage to get the beast out in the sunlight a few weeks ago. had to take pics for the new insurance policy.
But is it AWD?
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