97 XCR 600 SE Engine Rating

[Chris & Nicole]

I recently bought a 97 XCR 600 SE. I am wondering what the Horsepower rating
is on a stock machine.

Thanks.

Chris

[John Praeger]

Chris & Nicole wrote:

Chris,
I can't remember what mine was stock off hand. I think it was in the
area of 125.
I have a set of AAEN pipes, the Ultra CDI box, 42 mm flat slide carbs, and reeds
which put it at 161 hp.
If replace the stock pipes with after market ones you won't believe the weight
difference up front. You can shave about 45 pounds off the front.

John
"97" XCR 600 SE

[sparks]

A '97, no friken way, I'd say around 100-105. The 2002 xcsp600 is listed
around 116.

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Sparks....... '02 600 VES Classic (winter fun)
'99 400 Xplorer (summer fun)

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[mitch]

Should get more horsies out of the triple (XCR)than the twin though, no?
mitch

[snocruzin]

If it's the same motor as a 97 xlt special then it's only 97 hp out of the
box.
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Henry

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96 XLT Touring 96 Classic Touring
01 XC 600 SP

[IRONDOG]

The '97 XCR600SE used a case reed engine, was a triple-triple and I'm sure
was at least 115 H.P. Can't lay my hands on any diffinitive info at the
moment as far as dyno tests, are you thinking of the '97 XC600 monobloc
triple, which was the XCR600 in '96?

"sparks" wrote > A '97, no friken way, I'd say around 100-105. The 2002

[IRONDOG]

No, it was an entirely different engine- case reed triple-triple.

"snocruzin" wrote > If it's the same motor as a 97 xlt special then it's

[John Praeger]

sparks wrote:

I did some checking. As stated by Polaris the 1997 XCR 600se did 115-120 hp.
2002 XC 600 SP is 110-115 listed by A/S.

[John Praeger]

snocruzin wrote:

No it's not. The "97" XCR 600 is a Triple Triple with reed case.

[David Courtney]

Not because it's a triple... but because it has one pipe per cylinder.
That motor made about 120-125hp... but the otherwise identical Ultra 680
only made about 105hp with 80 more cc's and a single pipe. Building a
decent Y-pipe for a triple is about 10 times harder than building a good
Y-pipe for a twin, because it's not only difficult to get all three legs the
same length... but the junction is "messier" as far as the pressure waves
are concerned.
That's why adding triple pipes to the poor Ultra motor is worth 45 hp.
For whatever that tidbit of unproven insight is worth. >;-}
David

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[sledhead]

"sparks" <m...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> A '97, no friken way, I'd say around 100-105. The 2002 xcsp600 is listed
> around 116.
>
> --
> Sparks....... '02 600 VES Classic (winter fun)
> '99 400 Xplorer (summer fun)

I understand how you can be confused. Over a very short time 600's were
monoblock single pipe tripe, case reed triple-triple and a couple of twins
(big and small).

The 97 XCR SE was the triple-triple... and put out something around 120hp.
Actually about 3hp more than the ZRT 6 though drivability and tuning did
suffer accordingly.

[sledhead]

"snocruzin" <snoc...@nospamhome.com> wrote in message
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> If it's the same motor as a 97 xlt special then it's only 97 hp out of the
> box.
> --
> Henry

Wrong on the first (it's the Ultra based triple-triple) and BTW no way did
the 97 XLT make 97hp.

[Chris & Nicole]

It is a 599cc with triple pipes. If I remember correctly, an Arctic Cat ZRT
600 (598cc w/ triple pipes) puts out about 130 hp. Does this sound right?

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