Help with motor replacement on 94 Panther - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

coloradoman25 · 11-04-2007, 01:47 AM

I have a 94 Panther as a project sled here. Also a zr700 but that one works

Before anyone says rebuld it....The crank is toast one cylinder and head and piston so thats more money than its worth...

Anyway the motor grenaded something fierce in the panther before I got it. The sled itself was damn near free and in great shape. I have torn the motor out of this sled and want to replace it with something else....My question is what will fit with little to no modification:? Will one of the older 500FCs from an eltigre or an older Kawasaki 440 bolt right up with little to no effort? And will the Kawasaki exhaust bolt up to my current Panthers pipes? I have located a fresh late 70s Kaw 440 and wouldnt mind going that route same with the 500.

Or secondarily where can I find a Suzuki 440FC for a reasonable price. This is just a kick around sled so I dont want to sink much into it

Any help is appreciated and thank you for having such an awesome forum.

**RJ Gleason** · 11-04-2007, 01:54 AM

Is it fan or liquid?

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coloradoman25 · 11-04-2007, 01:58 AM

Fan Fc sorry should have put that in the post DUH lol

**RJ Gleason** · 11-04-2007, 02:00 AM

The spirit 500 f/c (suzuki) will be a good replacement and with a little clutch tuning can run with the big cats.

coloradoman25 · 11-04-2007, 02:02 AM

Any idea where I can find one seems I keep running into Kawasaki motors

**RJ Gleason** · 11-04-2007, 02:07 AM

Check the link in previous post.

coloradoman25 · 11-04-2007, 01:02 PM

gound one on craigslist cheap spirit 500 that is so we should be in business in a week or 2

kccats · 11-04-2007, 08:50 PM

The 500 sprint should be a free air not a fan! The best investment might be a 570? newer and likly won't need to be rebuilt! The 500 sprint would likly be an early 80's motor at best? And have aged seals!

coloradoman25 · 11-04-2007, 10:06 PM

Hmm may want to ck your sources it is a rebuilt that I am getting an 85 FC and they were in the cougars the fan cooled ones that is. It is easier and this is just a kick around sled anyway.

kccats · 11-05-2007, 07:52 AM

When you say Sprint Im thinking like the Eltigere 500cc free air, The Cougars were a good motor! The free air might have more hp?

coloradoman25 · 11-05-2007, 01:47 PM

Free air would have more but really I want a fan just to keep it the somewhat the same. I actually have 3 people interested in buying it because my neighbor told them about it yesterday lol. I mentioned that I would sell it for like 1500 seemed high enough to keep interest away nut appearantly not. He snapped pics and I got calls today lol