I am sure Matlock has the shocks valved and sprung to his liking for the race application. He is still running the live valve set up. Obviously the cage required to race SCORE and fuel cell. Suspension arms look to be stock and the trailing arms. They did do an exhaust as they had to make room for the fuel cell. He will likely finish the race as he always finds a way to finish. Him winning overall for the UTVs is unlikely in a new UTV.
Here let me help you out - RJ Anderson is sponsored by Walker Evans Racing, which is the company his dad owns. That is why he ran Walker Shocks on the car. What's the point of making a video of a car they're not actually going to sell? Polaris should have insisted on using their shocks to showcase their vehicle, regardless of who owns a shock company. To me, it smacks of "smoke and mirrors", but you know I prefer dry tech lectures over exciting action videos. I just wish they had the Doonies girls in there somewhere!
Oh and those were stock a-arms and trailing arms he was running in that video. Did you see the frame break in half when he over shot that jump? Me neither. A hit like that should of folded the entire car if we believe your thoughts on the frame. You never know, it might have sustained damage, we weren't given a close up of anything, not like that guy who plastered pics and CAD drawings all over the net. Did you see something fly off the right side suspension when it landed? I saw someone post that they did. Probably nothing important.
Have you ever driven or been in a UTV with the Live Value set up? I am going to guess not. The Polaris system is not just a push the button to change the suspension feel. The new system is 4 different settings and an "oh chit button" on the steering wheel for when you want full stiff (The vigara of suspension. LOL). The system also monitors each corner and can adjust the shocks to reduce body roll and the front from diving. New system does hi/low speed compression and rebound adjustments. It is not a perfect system, but for some person that does not want to tinker with shocks it is a good set up. This reminds me of Apple vs PC debate. Apple owners wouldn't know a memory chip if it bit them on the nose, a lot of PC owners build their own computers. I built all of my computers, including my servers. The problems come in when something breaks and the driver doesn't know what to do 50 mi away from camp. Hopefully, someone in the group is handy with tools. Assuming they're with a group.
The Can Am Smart shock set up has a ways to go. Hence why I did not hold out for a Smart Shock model.
If I got 100% on a test I was not bragging about it and telling everyone how much smarter I was then them. LOL! I never had to. All of the B and C students were begging the teacher to grade on a curve, but the teacher would point at me and say, "Sorry, he got 100 on it, so the curve starts at 100. Try studying harder next time." LOL!
In you mind RG should never look at a competitors car. How did he figure out what was needed to build a UTV and make it better, if he never looked at what was out there? I didn't say he should never look at a competitors car. I asked why would he? What would he learn? Remember, he was involved in designing the XP900 4 seater, I think it was, then he was involved with the XX. I think he's seen exactly what's in them. He clearly states numerous times in his videos he felt we deserved better.
Aside from the new clutch setup, he might learn from that. He seems very happy with the Tapp clutch. I guess we'll see how it works out. If not, it won't be the first time the aftermarket came up with a better clutch and people installed them. For the record, I'm not sure I'm happy with how the Tapp clutch transfers the power. Based just on videos (very unscientific) it LOOKS LIKE the Canams accelerate better than the Speed does. I'd love to see a race between the two to see how much difference there is, but it sure seems to me the Speed doesn't accelerate that well and the Canams do great in that regard. See? RG is not God, the Speed UTV is not perfect, you saw me post that! OTOH, you can custom order any color scheme you like and they'll sell you real carbon fiber body panels! Woohoo! LOL
