Honda 400ex. Rear Sprocket?

[Bound4Dirt]

Just bought a (new to me) 2003 400ex. I am second owner. Add-ons are Pro Circuit pipe and DG nerf bars. I have had it two weeks now. Great quad.
Question. I would like to go with a 36T what gains do I get? Extreme?

Thanks.

u gain more spead and loose torq.

i have 38 on back and 13 on front of my quad

[Bound4Dirt]

Stock is 38/14 right?

[sickmojave]

15/38 is stock for an 03..;)

[Bound4Dirt]

Thanks for quick response!

[Bound4Dirt]

Which is better? 16/38 -or- a 15/36

[sickmojave]

if you want to see the difference you can play around with this...;)

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/400ex.htm

[Bound4Dirt]

Cool site! Thanks.

woo.. well my 2002 400ex goes 15mph slower than a stock 2002

[Bound4Dirt]

The price I got was...
X-ring - $65.84
36T - $36.31
-or-
36T $18.62
One is Sunstar and other is JT.

Opinions??

i would go sun star only cuz of the name but i dont know which one is better but i would go with sun star.

[Bound4Dirt]

Went with Sunstar (36T) and DID X-Ring chain. $116.32 shipped (2-day).

Thanks!

[Trevor]

I have a 36t sunstar on my 300ex it has been on there for a year now and has worked perfect and still shows no sign of wear.

[Bound4Dirt]

Originally posted by Trevor
I have a 36t sunstar on my 300ex it has been on there for a year now and has worked perfect and still shows no sign of wear.

Great! What performace did you notice?

[DAVE14]

I beat on the sunstars all the time ,a decent gear for the money if you havent got any real mods or high .comp piston I wouldnt gear it too much higher or youll lose top speed because the motor will be luggin & not able to turn flat out

[Bound4Dirt]

Originally posted by DAVE14
I beat on the sunstars all the time ,a decent gear for the money if you havent got any real mods or high .comp piston I wouldnt gear it too much higher or youll lose top speed because the motor will be luggin & not able to turn flat out

It shouldn't be there the gear name as it should be the tooth count right? Right, 36T was the lowest tooth count I would put on it too.

Thanks for input.

[400exstud]

I got a 39T JT for free from my cousin because he had is sitting around. I have used it this summer and it seems like it will last a long time. By the way it's a steel one.

Aluminum sprockets wear faster than steel ones.

[DAVE14]

I was runnin 15/38 gears with 22'' rear tires & its a high comp. 440 fast as hell & pretty strong but it was luggin just a bit so I threw my 14 back on the front thats with brand new rampage tires in the snow they have a hell of a lot of bite ,makes a pretty good snow blower too ! but I change my gears around often depending if Im playin in the woods , snow or goin flat out in the summer,sometimes the tire ,the conditions will determine which gear to run to the 14 will probably be faster now in the top end because it will let the engine get to max rpm & torque is always welcome.

Originally posted by Bound4Dirt
It shouldn't be there the gear name as it should be the tooth count right? Right, 36T was the lowest tooth count I would put on it too.

Thanks for input.



im getting a 33 tooth back to try out with my 13 tooth front.

[Bound4Dirt]

Originally posted by blue450yo
im getting a 33 tooth back to try out with my 13 tooth front.

Thought mine might be here today. But, no...

[Bound4Dirt]

Originally posted by Bound4Dirt
Thought mine might be here today. But, no...

Probably be here next Friday. Anyone have the setup I will have?

[Bound4Dirt]

Originally posted by sickmojave
if you want to see the difference you can play around with this...;)

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/400ex.htm

Ok. here is what I got. Don't see a loss in torque with these specs afte running them from that link. Around here, with current set-up I am in 2nd gear pinned to 5th pinned. No real slow driving.

-old-
15/38 w/ 20" tires
23.5 1st gear
35.4
46.5
58.0
68.2 4th gear
-new-
15/36 w/22" tires
27.2 1st gear
41.0
54.0
67.3
79.6 4th gear

[400EXtreme]

Originally posted by Bound4Dirt
Ok. here is what I got. Don't see a loss in torque with these specs afte running them from that link. Around here, with current set-up I am in 2nd gear pinned to 5th pinned. No real slow driving.

-old-
15/38 w/ 20" tires
23.5 1st gear
35.4
46.5
58.0
68.2 4th gear
-new-
15/36 w/22" tires
27.2 1st gear
41.0
54.0
67.3
79.6 4th gear How much torq did u end up loosing

[Bound4Dirt]

Those specs were posted by the link above. It's not in yet. Next week they should be shipped.

[Bound4Dirt]

Tire shop re-ordered my 20" tires. The ones I originally wanted :cool:

[Bound4Dirt]

Well...done! Tire shop couldn't get them after all (well there was a 2 week wait). So they took them off the rims and gace a full refund! So I drove over to Chaparral and got the ITP (6 ply) 20x11x9 and sprung for new 22x7x10 ITP fronts too (6 ply). Looks like a new quad all over again! To late to test drive it tonight with the pipe and all. They look the same as the Maxxis RazR though.

Thanks for all your input! The 36T sprocket and chain isn't in yet will post back with how that works out.