Just found and bought an 86 ARTICCAT 530 twin cyl sled. This is gona by fun. The guy I bought it frum gested it has abought 110 hp. Said he had it up just a little over 100 mph. Banshee boys........look out. Its gonna take a few mouths to convert, but will be all worth it . If anyone has any good info please post it ........Thanks

 

the only good info I can come up with at the moment is, I hope you have a good helmet! And a digital camera so we can see this contraption. I'm pretty psyched to see this thing. I knew a guy way back when who put a sled motor on a go-kart, it was absolutely suicidal! I've also seen a Suzuki quadrunner 230 with a lengthened frame to fit a Honda 750 4 cylinder street bike motor in it.
you might need wheelie bars!

 

Yep I have a good helmet and other gear. When i get into the progect a little more I will be posting pics , Im going to take my time and make it nice, not just a cobbled up mess. My wife allready dont like the idea , but I got to do it anyways .IM tired of seeing all those banshees rippin it up on the dunes, dont get me wrong there nice bikes but i have liked to be the oddball.......hopefully I will be able to post some pics in the next couple of weeks...

 

somebody on this forum had an old Kawasaki Mojave with a KX500 big bore in it, said it would smoke Banshees. It was wicked cool.

 

a snowmobile engine is the best way to gain some major power. not to say you wont be fast but i doubt that motor can put out 110 hp unless it is ported and piped. i had a 440 that made 60-70 hp and ran 105 mph and my current 800 cc that is 140 hp can only run 85 mph. good luck with the project i wish i could do one. but i wouldnt throw that 110 hp number around. i am sure you could find the real number on the net if you know what sled it came out of. have fun dave

 

That number came from the the guy i bought it frrom. It does have pipes,carbes and some porting ..I do have the whole sled its a 86 articcat El Tigre water cooled 530. If you have info on the HP that whould be cool thaks.........Im also gona need info on jetting this thing at low altatood and warm weather thanks.........

 

Did you get far on this project? I'd like to know how it works if you did.

Rod
02 400EX

 

Hey lt250 Dude that thing is a Monster Garage project i hope it works out. I cant wait to see pics.

 

There was a guy on this forum, I think his name is 800twin, that had an 800 twin sled motor in his trailblazer. If you could get ahold of him somehow then that would be very helpful to ya.

 

Uh... ths is a message to Bigbadscrambler: I would like to say thanks for gettin rid of that friggin monkey with the glasses, that thing was creapin me out. ;D