Well I haven't giving an update on my Prowler in a long time. I had some fun in it and found out I had some problems right away also.
I was having bottoming out issues in the rear. The fox engineers looked at it and gave me some advice. they rebuilt the shocks and replaced the rubber bump stops with some urethane. The set the sag and toe and were a great help. The engineer Ross noticed something was not optimal on the suspension. So he suggested a longer shock with 3 more inch's of travel in the rear. I was like ya right? thought he was kinda kidding, he checked and everything works better with a longer rear shock, so I gave his contact info to Mike at Prestige and figured they would figure it out.
But I still was bottoming in the rear? Chris from Bench Mark did some tuning at the hill with me, He is super knowledgeable and set it the best it has ridden yet. Chris also mentioned I should go heavier springs in the rear. So i went to a 350 lb spring and tightened the shocks all way to tight adjustment and back them off 1 click. And still I bottomed on big hits.
This whole time I had a chance to finally run the Prowler some and I discovered it was running way rich and i did overheat it once but anyway, the blow back oil pooled in my air cleaner and when I stopped at the hill the oil would drain onto a hot exhaust pipe and caught on fire the last time. We got the fire out quick and not much damage. So that is where i am at.
So Mike has ordered new shocks 3 1/2 inch longer to fix the rear suspension. This is with much help from Ross at Fox Shocks, the guy is awsome and really takes the time with his help!!! And Jim @ Prestige gave it a leak down test today, see if the rings, head gasket and stuff need to be done again? Or if it just needs to get on the Dyno. Owe and I am working on new rear rims that bent when i bottomed out.
Unleashed has offered to step up and help me out with the rims, Greg didn't take long as soon as I e-mailed him he knew what I did and is ready to help. great guy
I am also speaking to Bogart make sure i have the best solution for sand rims.