Iam intrigued by the factory turbo thing coming from a hot rodder background . We were trying to put turbos on sbc's in the eighties and with no aftermarket or efi , just destroyed engine after engine untill we just couldn't afford to keep trying. So with a factory I think import-small displacement, low compression ect ect. How do these motors survive 17lbs of boost??? Is it the same with a turbo two stroke-lower compression, different pistons,, different rings and lands ect and how do they manage heat? For a factory to manage failures i would think it would have to be really conservative but you guys feel like they are dramatically different in performance? I built alot of racing engines and no one would ever for a second stand behind a turbo charged or super charged one!! It seems like guys think ,"yeah sweet ill buy the turbo and just go ride" when I personally would think ,"well its turboed so its gonna blow up, good thing its not my ride home" I googled it but never got factory service info just sales kinda stuff. Guess iam getting old lol
Be fun to hear the offices list for the engineers requirements for the research and development . Cool stuff. From a new riders (literally never even thought about a snowmobile) and outsiders perspective to the industry, I'd think polaris will have a pretty dominant hold on the market if the have a successful turbo. They have all the pros and cool kids it would seem and well if they ride them there must be a reason right? Even a guy like me who just wanted to try one and bought without knowing anything just what colors I liked -now after falling in the rabbit's hole wants a turboed khaos (even though I know i couldn't ride it) be interesting to see if all oems HAVE to offer a turboed 850 to compete? Or if polaris wins with one or has miserable failures?
