Kevin,
Thanks for the update on your Raptor rebuild. I can't wait to see how strong your quad runs after its all together.
Sounds like you and I are both having longer delays that originally anticipated. The good news for me is that I'm now told my ported/polished heads and new head gaskets will finally be ready and shipped out this Monday. By coincidence, my cams that are now getting cryogenic treatment should also be ready and shipped out this Monday.
As far as my custom pipe, I finally picked it up from Polydyn earlier this week...BAD NEWS! When they sand blasted the collector pipe, it exposed 3 small holes in a welded seam. They applied ceramic coating anyway! Doh. So I had to take it to another shop this week to re-weld/patch up the holes, and then take that piece back to Polydyn to get re-coated. I'm told it should be ready for pick up this Monday or Tuesday.
If everything goes as planned, I *should* get everything back in about 1 week from now. But then I still have to put it all back together and break in the cams. So realistically, I'm about 2 weeks out from riding/racing again.
I don't know about you, but not having a quad to ride for the past 2 months is almost unbearable...especially since the weather has been nice and they have started up the atv mud drag racing already. I sure hope the long wait is worth it for both of our quads!
Stay in touch and happy trails...:)