At our Shoot-out this past December we found that the two strongest production 700cc twins were nearly equal, with the power match going to Polaris and its exhaust valve equipped twin. What we wanted to know was, in a rematch would the results be the same? Would they be close? Here's what we found when we took our two shoot-out models to the Area 330 test facility for a followup.
This time, instead of dirt and grass, we had 6 to 8 inches of snow for the two sleds to power through. Both models were studded with a similar pattern designed for trail riding, not intended for drag racing.
While the results were decidedly more similar for the Ski-Doo 700's performance, the Polaris' "made in the USA" twin showed that it is the real deal and retained the edge in all critical elapsed time categories. As you can see, the Polaris ran very strongly at our Port-A-Tree Shoot-Out whereas the Ski-Doo tended to be closer from one event to the other.
| -- | SKI-DOO MXZ 700 @ Port-A-Tree Shoot-Out | SKI-DOO MXZ 700 @ Area 330 (6-8 inches snow) | POLARIS XC 700 SP@ Area 330 (6-8 inches snow) | POLARIS XC 700 SP@ Port-A-Tree Shoot-Out |
| 0-60ft Sec | 1.887 | 3.03 | 2.62 | 1.62 |
| 0-330 ft Sec | Na | 6.97 | 6.42 | Na |
| 0-330 ft Mph | Na | 60.80 | 61.55 | Na |
| 0-660 ft Sec | 8.28 | 10.28 | 9.73 | 7.72 |
| 0-660 ft Mph | 74.13 | 73.10 | 73.13 | 80.93 |
| 0-1000 ft Sec | 11.14 | 13.28 | 12.76 | 10.33 |
| 0-1000 ft Mph | 85.07 | 79.98 | 79.52 | 92.78 |
| 0-1320 ft Sec | 13.69 | 15.94 | 15.49 | 12.67 |
| 0-1320 ft Mph | 86.87 | 83.53 | 82.65 | 95.74 |
| 0-60 mph Sec | Na | 6.84 | 6.12 | Na |