Check Out This Slammed Maverick X3

After years of honing its craft tuning and fabricating anything and everything for diesel pickups, 4x4s, and crawlers, Sin City Diesel & Offroad has opened a dedicated customization department called Sin City Xtreme Performance. This Can-Am Maverick X3 is one of the first animals let loose from the SCXP zoo, an extreme blend of automotive and UTV tuning tech.

The hard core starts with an Evolution Powersports tune that takes the Maverick’s stock 200 hp in top-rated Turbo RR 72 form to 225. That’s only one stage in a process that will eventually reach a Stage 5 tuning kit boosting output by anywhere from 80 to 175 hp. Evolution said its Stage 7 tune is rated at 400 hp and gets 348 of that to the tire, so the Maverick is ready for whatever SCXP throws at it.

The Evolution tune also unlocks the Maverick’s top-speed limiter. Instead of the roughly 80-mph Vmax from the dealer, this one does 90 mph.

Before the heart surgery could be completed, SCXP needed to install a new clutch. The standard unit didn’t have the necessary flexibility to deal with the rpm changes, so out came the Can-Am clutch, in went a KWI x TAPP two-stage grabber with a custom float mod to prevent slippage from the X3′s primary clutch governor cup.

The intensity escalates underneath. SCXP worked with pickup truck suspension maker Kelderman on a one-of-a-kind prototype unit with airbags. Flicking a switch drops the Maverick’s belly to the ground for better low-speed manners or just to look good, then lifts the UTV up when it’s time to get rocking in the dirt. The shop’s UTV specialist, Rafael Carminati, said, “It’s never really been done before on a Can-Am, so it’s definitely pretty cool.”

Still a work in progress, finishing touches for the moment include a full, custom TIG-welded cage, new steel bumpers front and back, Switch-Pros power panel, Assault Industries F-22 doors and mirrors, KMC beadlock wheels on Fuel Gripper tires, and RCV Performance axles.

The crew took their toy out to King of the Hammers for testing, some video footage on Instagram showing it happy to haul butt over some whoops even with a bouncy back end.

As the UTV aftermarket pulls more from the vehicle aftermarket, it’s clear the customization wars are going to put some real brutes on the road and the trail.

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