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I'm with ya on the Silber turbo. Unfortunately, I got the four year warranty and trade sleds every couple years. Would hate to void the warranty.
I would check a four stroke T the day it became available. If you look at the weight difference between the 850 and 900 ace (snow) it would likely surprise allot of you. I’ve been a 2 stroke doo guy all my life both turbo and N/A, but just can’t deny that a 200+ horse four stroke that’s 15lbs heavier in a nimble chassis would change the industry. Looks like doo put all their eggs in the 850 basket though so I might just build my own.
Not sure I would call a motor that most guys are getting 20,000+kms out of higher maintenance. Weight is an issue that can be overcome rather easily. A two stroke that has both direct and port injection and a cutting edge starting system is less complex then a bare bones 4 stroke? What do you find complex about it? Right now I’m on a turbo etec 174 that works very well I would have a hard time going back to a stock sled.Really do not understand the desire to have a heavier, more complex, higher maintenance engine. :face-icon-small-con
Played the mod-sled game for a lot of years and have not felt the need to mod the 850 E-tec yet. The stock power approaches what the old mod-sleds used to make back in the day.
However a pump gas 200 HP turbo 850 E-Tec would be a hoot!
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Sorry It’s an 11kg difference based off of Rotax.com power plants 41kg(850) 52kg(900) so 24lb difference in engine alone. Not that far off considering. Not hard to make up that difference especially with the way the new chassis’s hide it. After seizing an 850 and blowing a belt on the trail last ride it’s starting to look pretty good. I’m going to wait and see what the 2019 is going to look like, if it’s not something different I might just start shoehorning some frankensled together:face-icon-small-hap