so if i put the clutch kit in with the new sleeve weights and springs it will help me turn bigger tires and raise the top speed? i'm trying to find out if i can get it street legal here, and if i can, put a black rhino cdi box on it and smaller tires just for the road. would it hurt the clutch kit? (i don't know very much about motors on the inside but i know just about the everything on the outside of a quad.)

 

Yes, some clutch mods will make it easier to turn big tires, and increase top speed. It depends on what clutch kit you go with though.

I know with the Trinity clutch set up they use an entirely different sheave, with a different ramp angle for the roller weights, and it is also made to shift out farther than the stock sheave. When the Trinity sheave is combined with the lighter weights that they sell with it, the Rhino revs faster, and revs more initially, but then shifts out harder once the revs are up, and shifts out more overall. The main focus of the Trinity sheave is improved acceleration, for closed course racing, but the net effect is that it does make it easier to get the tires moving, and also adds about 4 mph to top speed.

Hunter Works also makes a sheave and various clutch tuning parts for the Rhino. And so do a few other places. Some focus on increasing top speed only, and actually hurt low end and make it more difficult to get the tires moving. Some focus on low end only, and help more with getting oversized tires moving, but hurt top end speed.

I would first decide what size tires you want, and then take a look at what clutch mods will improve performance where you need it the most.

 

ok, i know that you've read my other threads about getting a grizzly because you posted in them, and i'm not sure which one i want. three hours ago i wanted the rhino ad now i want the grizzly. i'm going to get the money for a stock rhino 700, and when i go to the dealership it will probly be which ever one that i want that day. IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY, I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I change my mind which I like best about once a month. Right now I'd say definitely get the Grizzly. Our Rhino breaks down too much, and neither of our Grizzlys has ever broken. Of course, I fly the Rhino a lot farther than the Grizzlys. I don't dare jump as far on an open ATV as I do in the Rhino. A full race cage, welded on metal doors, and five point harnesses do a lot to inspire confidence. 15" of suspension travel doesn't hurt either. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

DV

 

i just looked at your pictures again, your grizzly looks great. what size tires are you running on it?

 

The camo Grizzly is my wife's, and it has 27x9R14 XTRs in front and 27x11R14 XTRs in back. My Grizzly is the silver one, and it has 25x10R12 Terracross tires at all four corners. The XTRs are probably a better tire, but since we already had a set I wanted to try the Terracross tires this time, and focus more on handling and suspension performance, rather than ground clearance.

 

Are you 3tv on Grizzly Central? I saw someone post on their about thier Grizzly and Jeep against each other on a snowy hilclimb, and the picture is the same one from your album.

 

Here is the way it goes for me. I like the looks of the Rhino and Grizzly the same, I like the Grizzly's balance better, I like the Rhinos seating better along with the cargo box, and I like the Grizzly's power steering and ability to catwalk easily.
The list goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on!!!!! Like I said earlier its driving me crazy trying to choose, and will probly be whatever is in stock at the local dealer when I get the money or whichever one that I like that day.

 

also, do those ss rims on your grizzly weigh much more than stock, and does the grizzly have trouble turning 27" tires?

 

I suspect the SS wheels are a pound or two heavier than stock, not sure exactly how much though. The Grizzly 700 has no problem turning 27" tires. But don't let someone tell you the 27" tires don't make a difference though. There is a hillclimb near where I live that is three miles long, and climbs 4000 ft in elevation. I do this hillclimb every couple of days, because it is the closest way up on the mountain to where the fun ATV trails are at. I can run at wide open throttle for most of the climb, and at some points it is steep enough that it slows down the Grizzly a fair amount, even at wide open throttle. I've done the trail enough times that I know it well, and know just what straightaway is the steepest, and slows the Grizzly down the most. Yesterday I did the climb in the morning on our camo Grizzly with 27" tires. Max speed at the end of the steepest climb was 14 mph, and that was at wide open throttle in two wheel drive high range. I did the same climb later on the same day on my silver Grizzly with 25" tires. Max speed in two wheel drive high range at the end of the steepest climb with the 25" tires was 18 mph. And with the 25" tires I was not at absolutely wide open throttle either, although the throttle was within a quarter of an inch of being wide open. I think the Grizzly with 25" tires could have easily finished that climb at 19 or 20 mph. So thats a 25% decrease in speed on the hillclimb due to 27" tires. The speedometer is going to be off by less that 10% due to tire size, so thats still at least a 15% decrease.