If you could stuff another engine in the ds what would you choose? For the price of the pammi760 5000 plus you could buy a crotch rocket used motor, any dirt bike ktm etc. Buy a new ds for 5500, sell the brand new unused engine for ???? Have a fast, fast quad for well under 10K. When the weather is cold i get bored. What are your thoughts.

 

I think a Hemi 340 or 440 would smoke! But knowing my Raptor buddies as I do, they'll pull their 660's and drop in a 454 w/ a 6 pack on top just to see if they can take over as King of the Hill! Yes, 440 would be my chosen motor!

 

Well I would put in a Raptor motor!LOL,LOL(j/k). Its funny you asked, because on my way back from the dunes today[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Me and my brother were dicussing that very subject. Anyways I would want a motor that was'nt much heavier and still had lots of torque, So my choice would be a V-twin out of a Ducati,Buell,TLR,or something like that.

Biggerisbetter.

 

I think if I were going to go to the trouble and expense, I would look at some kind of snowmobile powerplant. Maybe a two stroke 700 or 800 or maybe some gsxr motor. I saw a gsxr 1100 (I think) with a turbo in some mini rails, maybe something like that. That would most likely cure my need for speed.

I wonder if you could put some kind of jet engine in a quad frame. That would be cool especially at night. Afterburner

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Bat

 

It would be nice if the factories would produce a limited number of 125 horse quads for us chosen few.

 

it would be possible to put a small turbine motor in a quad, a couple years ago someone(don't remember name) that specialized in turbine jet boats put one in a motorcycle frame.

 

How about a very small lightweight rotary motor like a Mazda RX-7, but on a smaller scale. Those motors haul.
Or maybe the 345V-8 out of my 4WD IH truck. Not fast, but pulls grain wagons good[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Just to twist things around, what would you put your DS motor in? I'd put mine (and I'm going to) in a www.houser-racing.com chassis.

 

I have to agree with bat with the snowmobile engine. I've seen them (snowmobiles) in the paper for $1500 and they have excelent power-to-weight ratio.
The bomb chassis is too heavy though and a lighter quad can be had for less $$ but now I'm getting away from the point

 

My nephew put a cr500 in his ds and it works really well.It fit nice and looks real good.He loves the power that it has,and the weight difference.