17 Dec Snowmobile Oil Performance
Modern sleds raise the bar for snowmobile performance. Amsoil 2-Stroke oil and 4-Stroke oil can increase snowmobile performance
Manufacturers are designing today’s sleds to deliver unprecedented power and performance, so snowmobile enthusiastic can push the boundaries of power even further. Some models used turbo charging to produce extreme horsepower. Turbos create intense heat and pressure that can create power-robbing deposits on the turbo bearing, pistons and exhaust power valves, reduce engine power and causing engine wear. Amsoil’s 2-stroke and 4-stroke oils can resolve those issues
Visit the Polaris, Ski-Doo or Arctic Cat website, and I bet you’ll see a shot of their latest sled, carving up a mountain side with a headline that reads something like “Our most powerful sled ever.” With each new model year, engineers find a way to coax a couple of more horsepower out of their engines.
The cumulative effect is that today’s sleds produce more power than some cars on the road. A typical 850 cc two-stroke snowmobile engine, like the Rotax E-TEC available and Ski Doo sleds or the Polaris 850 Patriot makes about 165 hp. That’ll whip your helmet back.2
Four stroke snowmobile engines are even more impressive. Ski-Doo Rotax 900 ACE Turbo R produces 180 hp. If that isn’t enough to satisfy your power cravings, the Arctic Cat, C-TEC4 turbo charged 998 cc engine used in the ZR 9000 Thundercat puts down more than 200 hp, making it the fastest production snowmobile.
For perspective, consider that the 1.8 L engine found in a 2022 Toyota Corolla produces just 139 HP. But, what good as all that power if the oil can’t handle it?
No rider who drops close to $20,000 on a new sled wanted to lose power due to stuck piston rings or bulky exhaust power valves. The emotional connection between sled and rider offers a great entry point when talking to prospects about Amsoil synthetic snowmobile oil.
Oil can be the weak link that breaks that connection. Engines rarely blow up in a catastrophic fireworks display due to low quality oil. Instead, an oils poor performance works slowly and insidiously. Increase heat and pressure can lead to piston scuffing and deposits in the piston-ring lands, on the spark plugs and on the exhaust power valves in two-stroke engines. Stuck rings allow pressurized gases to escape the combustion chamber, reducing power.
In two strokes, exhaust power valve deposits can cause the valves to stick, which reduces throttle response at low rpm and limit top end power.
INTERCEPTOR: 2-Stroke oil
When formulating Amsoil synthetic snowmobile oils, we consider the toughest conditions of today’s most powerful sleds and tell them to exceed requirements. For two-stroke, sleds, INTERCEPTOR synthetic two-stroke oil is our best overall oil. It’s synthetic bass oils provide excellent lubricity, which means it provides excellent protection against pistons scuffing and wear.
Its clean burning base oils and powerful high temperature detergents fight power-robbing deposits. Maintaining cleanliness maximizes the life and functionality It’s clean, burning base oils and powerful high temperature detergents fight Paul robbing deposits. Maintaining cleanliness maximize the life and functionality of pistons, rings, power valves, and other components. This helps riders get the most power out of their sleds while reducing maintenance.
Check out interceptors performance in a rental sled, abused in the Canadian Rockies for an entire riding season. Share our testing video on social media and your website find it at youtube.com/amsoilinc by searching grizzly lodge.
Formula 4-Stroke Oil
In four stroke sleds, we offer Amsoil Formula 4-Stroke Powersports Synthetic Motor Oil (AFF). It provides exceptional wear protection, engine cleanliness and cold-flow to protect powerful four-stroke sleds. It’s also anti-rust fortified for protection during storage. By fighting wear, it maximizes engine compression to help preserve all that horsepower riders crave.