Well, I ended up trading my old sled with no engine for a 1999 XCSP 700 with a siezed engine. What I am looking to do is have the engine rebuilt but what do you look for when an engine siezes? I already have it un-siezed and it almost runs but I dont think it is going to.

It will fire once or twice on its own after pulled it seems and it smokes out the exhaust a little but wont do much else but die. It does sound like it has compression but I dont have a tester to find out how much, I might try to borrow one today and find out though. If it does have compression why wouldent it run? I figured since its been sitting for anywhere from 2-4 years it could be the carbs needed cleaning and the gas tank needs to be drained. Too bad when I was putting the main back in the last carb I cleaned I overtightened the jet and it snapped the threads off. I did get the threads out though with a flathead screwdriver but now I need to order jets. I did throw a different set of carbs on it off a 1998 700 but it still does the same thing. Everyone says it sounds like it will run but I am still thinking I would rather tear it down to be safe.

Anyways, here is a pic of the sled below. What I am wondering is what else I could do for mods to make it look better. Also are there any suspension mods? I have the Xtra 10 with the fox position sensitive shock on the back. Thanks for any help!



Forgot to add I already thought of a black headlight cover, red powermadd handguards and match the front idler in the pic to the others... Anything else?

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just send me the motor, if you are looking to rebuild it and then mod it. lets start with a good overhaul with some "magic" done to the motor while we have it tore down. then after you ride it you might not need to spend money on aftermarket parts.

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looks like you're on track so far. Here is what my XC 500 looked like before i sold it. I really liked how it turned out.






If you ride hard, the tunnel braces and the grip strips on the running boards are a MUST.

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Madcow, if you are seriously interested in doing it, I will tear down the engine and take some pics of it to show you and see what you think. I know how to build an engine myself but I would like to see how you could get the 700 to haul depending on how much it would be. I already have HTG twin pipes with a two into one can and I am planning on the boost bottle/power pack combo everyone says wakes these sleds up on low end.

PolarisIQmn- That sled looks nasty. I dont have the fishbones, I only have the circular grip type metal treads there that someone put on. I may take into consideration on putting on tunnel braces somehow though because I have had a couple wedges that the running boards ended up bent from my normal riding and from what I understand the tunnels on our sleds are pretty much the same.

Thanks for the help so far guys!

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Just an update, the pipes on the sled were full of gas when I just pulled them. It is still getting spark. Whats the verdict? No compression?

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just stick ure finger over the spark plug hole and give it a try it should feel liek its gonna blow ure finger off. just my 2.0

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