New 2 quad racing, need advice

[YZBlast11]

I bought a 89 blaster wit a YZ250 engine in it. put a FMF Gnarly w/shorty muffler, nerf bars, +2 arms, +2 axle, +4 swingarm. anything else i need 2 be able to keep up wit the 450s? the quad seems alot taller than other race quads, is that a huge problem?

 

[sheeblast]

i would say put some shocks on it.

 

[YZBlast11]

it has shocks on it from a 400ex, is that good enough 2 go practice on a few tracks?

 

[sheeblast]

400ex shocks in the front? or just the rear?

 

[NOVIS]

if your thinking about racing at least get some works shocks front and back. if you just gonna go have fun then some works front and a 250r or 400ex rear should do alright. but if money is no issue look into elka's.

what class would you be in with a blaster with a yz250 motor in it?

 

[YZBlast11]

its 400ex shocks front n rear. im not sure what class that would put me in, hoped someone could tell me what class it is. im totally new 2 racing quads n bikes.

 

[NOVIS]

they would probly just stick you in a open no limits class. i dont think 400ex front shocks fit. and the back one need a special bushing. get some pics of ur shocks.

 

[sheeblast]

what type of racing you doing?
because i know my xc class you could do the 251cc or below.
some have just 2stroke class, then there is open, and many have cc classes, and 251 is the normal cut off, sometime you will see 350

 

[YZBlast11]

im having trouble gettin the pix to post here, still working on it tho.
im no quad expert so im just going from what the kid told me when i bought it, he said 400ex shocks n idk if its true or not. handles ok on small jumps so far, but still in first n second gear

 

[sheeblast]

load your picture to photobucket then post the

 

[NOVIS]

in your sig they look like blaster shocks. hard to tell but they aint 400ex shocks. the ex shocks have a black cover in the middle.

 

[YZBlast11]

 

[yzrider]

i hate to tell yah, but those are stock a arms, but its a niice lookin quad, i have any pic=s of the motor mounts, and stuff, i loooove hybrids

 

[YZBlast11]

thanx 4 the info on the a-arms. i figured the guy was tryin 2 pull a fast one on me when i bought it. but it was $500 and kinda ran when i bought it. it just needed some care n the carb tuned.

 

[lasxgames]

make sure you check out the racing rules before you stick alot of money in it you need long travel suspension to upgrade shocks for racing

 

[yamaha205205]

that front bumper is sweet as hell!!!

 

[motoman9911]

You're going to want better shocks. Suspension makes a huge difference.

 

[YZBlast11]

thanx 4 the comment on the bumper. i run a cnc plasma table at work, so i do alot of my own fab work on my toys, the rear bumper i also made.

 

[blasterracer817]

looks good the bumper looks sharp as hell to haha dont go rollin it unless u have a cavlar suit on

 

[sheeblast]

that bumper will be illegal for racing.
so did you or someone else just rattle can the frame?