'81 exciter 440 - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

Cooter · 10-18-2003, 11:42 PM

How hard is it to rebuild one of these bad boys i am only 17 so i want to do it under a budget and get it running decent

and has any one put a cat engine in one of these mainly the lynx engines ( check out my post on the Cat board )

gerard143 · 10-27-2003, 01:51 AM

did you already buy it or your thinking about buying it?

i'd say save a little more and try to find a newer exciter with the 580 motor.

its a way better sled.

2 stroke motors are generally not to hard to rebuild. how good are you with working on stuff.

i could try to walk you thru it all.... do you have a digi cam in case you get stuck during the rebuild.... it helps a ton this way i can actually see what your working with

Cooter · 11-01-2003, 09:24 PM

allready got the sled , i have had it for 8 years , and the engine hasent ran in about 2 , but it still turns over

Fendrguy · 11-07-2003, 08:43 AM

This sounds like the Kawasaki GPZ 550 motor I put in a Suzuki Quad 500.

The biggest thing is alighning the motor with driven clutch and getting the right belt size.

MountainMax · 12-24-2003, 08:26 AM

It's fairly hard to find parts for these old sleds, and it could get xpensive