Has anyone seen the All Terrain Vehicle October issue ? On page 8 under the heading of "Noise from the ATV world". I quote " Seems Polaris may not only drop a 700cc four stroke twin but their answer to the Monster Quad equation may include-get this- EFI! Yep, the engine we suspect Polaris will base their new twin on is currently fully developed with a digital EFI system" .

The article goes on to say " The twin cylinder, four stroke engine which is most likely to power a 700cc Polaris ATV is one of the narrowest twins we've ever seen - including two - stroke twins !" .

I found this a bit interesting, all of the rumors floating around this forum never mentioned anything about a possibility of EFI. So is the Mag full of it or are the people talking about the features of a yet un-released quad full of it. I'm not going to stick my neck out but like I said, I thought it was interesting.

 

The 700cc twin is derived from a sled engine which does use EFI. yes the engine is very narrow, it almost looks like a single. i have never heard of EFI being put on the sp700. I would think if Polaris did put EFI on the sp700 they would have a decal on the outside that said "efi". From looking at the pic i dont see any sign of efi.

I think polaris already had a press confrence with all the magazines on the new sp700. so maybee this will be one of our surprises!!!!!!!


later
jon

 

I wont lie, the rumored 700 Sportsman doesnt have me all that worked up. I'm hoping for some improvements in the Scrambler line. With that said if there is a 700 Sp that has EFI now that would get me excited.

 

The rumor I have heard is that the new 700 will have a 34mm mikuni. I'm sure that it wouldn't be a big step for Polaris to adapt an fuel injection system for this engine. But are we willing to pay the extra price for the gains we would see in performance and fuel economy. I feel that it would be a step in the right direction and hope that polaris will take the lead. We've all seen how much better automobiles start and perform with fuel injection. There is no reason to believe that an atv wouldn't benifit from the same technology. I hope the rumor is true.

 

Price wise my opinion would be the extra money would be well worth it. I'm not sure what the increase range would be but I wouldnt have a problem seeing the price rise by an extra 500$ or somewhere in that range for fuel inj. What would you people think the price would be for a EFI 700? and would it be worth it. I think it would.

 

That could make a huge differance it the three Beasty 4X4 motors, 660 650V2 and Polaris 700 twin.
The factory set up carb motors have to pic a "SAFE" set up that will not hurt the motor in cold, hot, or varing altitudes. This will keep the motors running and not burned up from running too lean and costing the company shop time to repair under warranty.
If Polaris is going to use a modern electronic looped and flow sensed fuel injection system it could come from the factory running lean and mean anytime, anyplace.
Throw in a couple aftermarket hop up parts includeing a chip for the computer and that would make more horsepower than any carbed factory motor.
COOOOOOLLLLLLL.

 

Well if Polaries truely wants to be a leader in the ATV industry that would surely be the way to go. We can only hope.