I am wondering what mods would be needed on a Grizzly 700 in order for it to match the Sportsman 800 in acceleration/power? I currently own a Sportsman 800 and am thinking of getting a Grizzly, but don't want to give up that power.

Thanks!

 

high comp. piston
hotcams
exhaust pipe
Fuel Optimizer
(bigger tires, epi clutch kit)


(but honestly... I don't think you'll miss that power much... )

 

I saw a BF 650 get smoked by a yfz 450 then turned around and the BF smoked a POPO 800......go figure~!~

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: WATERJETDUDE

I am wondering what mods would be needed on a Grizzly 700 in order for it to match the Sportsman 800 in acceleration/power?
Thanks!</end quote></div>

Its going to take .31 seconds worth of additional power to match the Sportsman 800. At least thats what ATV Magazine says in their big bore shootout that is in this month's issue. They did timed acceleration runs from 0 to 30 mph, and from 0 to 60 mph, but only the three fastest big bores made it to 60 mph in the distance they had to do the races in (Thunder Cat, Outlander, Brute Force). The ranking from fastest to slowest in the 0 to 30 mph radar test was ...

1) Thunder Cat 1000
2) Brute Force 750i
3) Outlander 800
4) Sportsman 800 EFI
5) King Quad 700
6) Grizzly 700 FI

The Grizzly 700 was the slowest one in the test, and it took .31 seconds longer to get to 30 mph than the Sportsman 800 EFI did.

Desert Viper

 

I would say .31 sec of additional speed... but it'll take more than that for the power department...

Don't you have 2 Grizzly 700s now DV?

 

Yes, we have a camo 700 and a SE 700.

In that big bore shootout I mentioned it was the Brute Force 750 that won the shootout. The Grizzly 700 was second, the Can-Am 800 was third, the Polaris 800 was fourth, and the Arctic Cat 1000 was fifth.

The Brute Force had the lightest ready to ride weight, at 627 lbs. The Grizzly was second lightest, at 628 lbs. And the Polaris Sportsman 800 was the heaviest at 788 lbs.

DV

 

Hrm.. It's been said a million times I know.
I don't see why I would want to go .31 seconds faster than another quad when the Grizzly 700 is plenty fast. I'm happy w/ how fast it goes. No surprise on the top 3, engine size and.. doesn't the outlander have 2 cylinders just like the brute?

Anyways..what I wonder is why does the brute, with 2 cylinders, more CC's cost less than a Grizzly?

You know my biased opinion , so I'm not gonna bother [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

I always hear the statement "why would you want to go any faster?". But if this is really the case, why would anyone ever buy anything bigger than 500cc quad? A 500 is plenty of motor to do anything.

You can make this argument about nearly everything in life. Why get the 3 car garage? Why get the house with 10 acres instead of 9.5? Why get the bigger motor in that truck? Why buy the 24V drill instead of the 18V? More often than not it is because we never want to be left in the position where we wish we opted for something greater. The peace of mind in knowing that you will never wish you had more tool, more motor, more yard is comforting. That is what it is about. Unfortunately, after a purchase is made, the brain is geared much better at saying "I'm glad I have the biggest" rather than "I'm glad I spent the least".

 

ATV Magazine said the Sportsman 800 was .31 seconds faster than the Grizzly 700 in the 0 to 30 mph test, but the Sportsman 800 was not the fastest ATV in the 0 to 30 mph test. The Sportsman 800 was second from slowest. The fastest ATV was the Thunder Cat 1000, and it was .61 seconds faster than the Grizzly in the 0 to 30 mph test. The Grizzly 700 never even made it to 60 mph in the 0 to 60 mph test, at least not within a reasonable time frame, so it wasn't ranked in that test. But the Thunder Cat 1000 was a whopping 5.3 seconds faster than even the Brute Force 750i in the 0 to 60 mph test. So the fastest ATV (Thunder Cat) would probably be as much as 10 to 15 seconds faster than the slowest ATV (Grizzly) in the 0 to 60 mph test. A difference of 10 to 15 seconds in 0 to 60 is huge. Waterjetdude was the one that asked about speed, I was just trying to give some objective data.

 

With the current Polarass reliability issues, all you have to do to out-perform the 800 Sportsman with a Grizz is unload it off the truck.