Impromptu nostalgia race

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:21 pm

Guys went to nostalgia race with 76 liquifire. Racing approximately 1/8 mile. The jd came in 3rd basically. The yellow 5500 blizzard took first and kawi intruder 2nd. I could get the kawi with the husband on as a little heavier but his wife drove mostly and she clip me at 3/4 track. The 5500 was strong he start leaving me at mid track. Hitting about 70 at stripe. The jdx8 was right there in 4th. The jdx8 surprised a lot of them. Including me.

400brian · Post by **400brian** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:05 pm

Good times!

BU1 · Post by **BU1** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:11 am

Location??

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:52 pm

Yes lots of fun central Alberta.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 12:10 am

I need to step it up. Can a 81 liquifire be modded enough to kick a 9500?

ihengineer76 · Post by **ihengineer76** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:00 pm

That all depends on how deep your pockets are. Can it? Yes. Affordably? No.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:20 pm

Not to worried about affordable. Just wanna surprise a few. I’ve ran skidoo’s my whole life. Hopped up 521(537 type) and triples,700,800 rotax. Never new anything about jd till I bought the 75 jdx8. The power of that sled is impressive. I beat a 6500 blizzard two outta three runs. The 76 liquifire was that little extra and handling so much better. I no nothing of the Kawasaki but possibly with twin pipes, peel heads down and some c12 mix she do the job !!

I just think John deere was ahead of the curve back then. Especially pre 79.

jep_800 · Post by **jep_800** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:30 am

Wow! That's Impressive! Nice job!

ihengineer76 · Post by **ihengineer76** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:29 pm

Properly designed twin pipes, Kawasaki six port cylinders, Deere heads with combustion chambers cut for proper quench, and Wiseco pistons along with an HSR off an 82-84 will go along way to waking it up. Kelly Voss would be a good person to get some information from as he has done a fair amount of dyno work on this engine. He is on the JD Facebook groups. There is also a Polaris ignition that will work very similarly to the HSR, but I can't remember it off the top of my head.

AirborneX4Special · Post by **AirborneX4Special** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:55 pm

I have some handwritten notes from a racer back in the day. I can dig them out and peruse and see what's there. The notes are a couple notebook pages long and pretty much deal with all manner of tips and modifications that include engine work.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:56 pm

Thanks guys. Are the 6 port jugs on just the Ltd? Or did the invaders all run those?

ihengineer76 · Post by **ihengineer76** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:49 pm

Yup, just in the LTD 4/6.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:18 am

Might be tough to find up here. I’ll start hunting.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:20 am

If anyone has 4/6 cylinders under their bed I’d be happy to buy.

Popcorn popper · Post by **Popcorn popper** » Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:03 pm

Would any of you have Kelly’s number?

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