Chenowth Mini Mag VS RZR 900

[DeanB]

Just for fun. I know it's not relative, but how do you think they would compare in a dezert race?

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[partybarge_pilot]

The motors in Minimags weren't the most reliable. If you had one with a newer Yamaha 4 stroke twin from a snowmobile it would kick the crap out of a RXR.

[bajaxp]

The motors in Minimags weren't the most reliable. If you had one with a newer Yamaha 4 stroke twin from a snowmobile it would kick the crap out of a RXR.

Awesome thread! I don't know about 'kick the crap out of...' but it would be interesting. Someone post up the specs on a Mini Mag for comparison. Weight, width, height, hp, wheel travel, brake type, etc. Did a M.M. have reverse? Only came in as a single seater, right? One advantage the MM has is wheels and tires. Are those 31's? What size wheels...15's?

[partybarge_pilot]

Minimags had there own spec tires from MT. I belive they were 29". Ever see a 1600 car go skipping over the whoops past a sportsman truck? Thats about what the Mini would look like going past a RXR. The only place the RXR would hold the advantage would be silt or deep mud.

Edit, They still make the tires.

http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/o...p?item=MiniMag

[bajaxp]

Post up the specs and we will compare them on paper at least.

[NIKAL]

Scott with PCI started racing with the Chenowth Mini Mag. I bet he would know the specs on them. I dont know what happened to make the Mini Mag class not survive? These things raced everything from Riverside to Baja.

Here is a Mini Mag You-Tube video I found,

[DeanB]

http://www.modernmedicine.com/modern....jsp?id=486336

[DeanB]

http://www.dunebuggybroker.com/dune/...r-for-sale.htm

[partybarge_pilot]

http://www.dunebuggybroker.com/dune/...r-for-sale.htm

Those were for sale back in 08. They were supposedly located in TJ. There was a guy on another board looking into buying them. The owner was very vuage and the deal never went through.

[Nessy]

The wheelbase appears to be longer than a typical UTV but I doubt if the suspension would be as good as say a stock Polaris XP.Also I think they ran a 2cylinder 800cc 2 stroke snowmobile motor which would probably be similar in HP to todays performance UTV.