Today I was checking out some specs on the Yamaha Grizzly to see how the engines compare. Here is what I found:

Grizzly torque: 28 ft-lbs @ 5500 rpm
Max torque (18hp B&S): 30 ft-lbs @ 2600 rpm

Max has less than half the rpms and MORE torque! I also found that Polaris is too scared to even show their torque specs. Just for the record, the Kohler 725cc engine has 39.5 ft-lbs @ 2400 rpm.

MaxRules

Arctic Cat 500(493cc) motor- 30.6 ft-lbs of torque @ 3000(?) rpm.

How many cc's does your max have?
How much of that 18 hp actually gets to the wheels on your max? The Grizzly gets 22.3 hp to the wheels.

Arctic Cat 500, And they call me a "bragger"

D9 Bulldozer......a gazillion ft-lbs of torque @2000rpms. Gee, what would I rather have?

SCman,excellant point.Did you see that max? BILL

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Boner - You will have to find out the exact torque @ rpms before anything can be compared. Arctic Cat also seems to be scared of posting their torque rating on the web.

SCman - Although that was retarded and had nothing to do with the subject, I would rather have a D11 dozer than a D9. Check out Cat's web site, there is a D11 dozer.

MaxRules

Max,

Hang on a minute till I stop this drooling. What is that twitch? Wait.......a fly. I just love Dueling Banjo's. Is that my elbow in my ear? The <blink>VOICES</blink>!!!!

Ok, sorry, I wasn't aware we were comparing bulldozers. My bad.

Hey Max Boner is right on the money with the torque you can find it in a ACat sales brochure so where do you come up with the torque for the Max sounds a little high to me.

Artic Cat 500...don't float but it flys

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I got the specs off the Max brochure. I think you can also see those torque ratings on the B&S or Kohler engine sites. Both B&S and Kohler engines are made to produce lots of torque at very low rpms.

MaxRules

Ok scman how did you get voices to flash?

Just an html tag to make it blink. Click on the icon to edit my post and you will see.