800 ski doo motor into polaris edge?

snow addict said:

OK, i have a 2003 Polaris 800 edge, and i am wondering if its possible and if it is how hard it would be to put a 800 ski doo motor into my sled? I know if its possible it will be a lot of fabrication of mounts and stuff but, im capable of doing allot of that. so any feedback or opinions please let me know thanks.

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snow addict said:

I have had more trouble with my motor in the last 2 years and im getting tired of it, i just thought that it might work or be better i just need to get a newer sled, i just dont have the money to get one, i was just wondering if anybody did it and if it would be worth it, and i know now that that probably wouldnt be a good idea.

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I_OWN_U said:

Get a 600 liberty or 600 H.O. ! You can get them to run very good and you won't have the crank problems that the 800's did. My 600 ho engine ( got it for $1000) makes more horsepower than my 09 dragon. All i did was port the exhaust, mess with the carbs a bit, and run a race gas head. In a drag, that lil 600 impresses the hell out of me! You might not get quite as high on the hill as an 800 but it is sill a blast! I don't know if this is an option for you but if i were you i would consider it!

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snow addict said:

ok, it is a long story, ok at about 3000 miles my sled blewup and took the whole motor out i bought new case halfs, pistons, rods, heads were fine, ah a used but good cylinder and the other was fine, and had to put a new pto end on crank i had cranky joe out of spokane washington do the crank work and we did the wide bearing kit he pressed them on and put newer pto end on, at this time i also got rid of oil injection and cranky joe drilled out the case for oil to get to the bearings, and i put it all back together and i rode it for about a half a season and parked it for the summer and summerized it, i go it out the next winter and took it up for a short little test ride and went about 10 miles and blew up again took it home took it apart and it was the two bearings on the pto side on the crank, i took it to cranky joe again and he said i dont know and so he put two new bearings on and the cases did get a little scarred from that but he said it was ok so i put it together and went up and rode it for about 8 miles and it went again, took it apart and it was the bearings i took it back again and he said i dont know he said well we could try different cases and he put new bearings on and i switched cases, put it back together and rode it for most of this last season and it was running good, and close to the end of the season i was riding back to the truck and it was making a real loud vibrating noice and took it apart and wat do u no it was the bearings again, so now it is sitting in my garage in pieces. after the second time i took the cases and got the oil port porteed out some more thinking maybe it wasnt getting enough oil and then when i switched cases the ones i switched to was drilled a little different to just see if that changed anything, and the only other thing i can think of is the clutch, the three years i have had the sled i have done nothing to the clutch, which is probably a stupid move and is probably what my problem is, what does anybody else think of this. whoever reads this is probably thinking im a retard, but i dont know what to do. so any help or comments or anything would help, thanks.

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Reaper said:

Sell the sled and get a Cat or Doo, you will fight that 800 timebomb until you do. There comes a point in time when you have to cut your losses and move on.

If you simply cant get a different sled then find a 700 motor, mod it up a bit and run it, I know I loved my Edge but just couldn't deal with it or trust it anymore with a ticking 800 in it. How much is piece of mind worth, and how many more times are your buddies going to tow you out?

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