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New hoopty is home
For sure. Not like it's been sitting for years and pitting the pump shaft either.
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New hoopty is home
The water pump would piss me off as well. How many miles?
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24/25 Cross Country
Cat needs a more competitive 600 engine in the Catalyst, particularly for XC racing which has become heavy on the lake events. Polaris has a very stout "race-specific" engine in a chassis that is completely dialed (it's 10 years old now). The shoptalk boys have said on the podcast that the Catalyst has great speed with old Suzuki 600 race motor.
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24/25 Cross Country
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Did tariffs help the Arctic Cat sale?
I gotta imagine that it was a factor.
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2024 Arctic Cat Catalyst 'Chassis' details?
Wasn't there something with some of these OEM helixes no longer having a "rolled" bushings vs hard edged? Maybe some do some don't hence different P/Ns? I know it was implicated in some of the inconsistent RPM issues some were having, myself included. I switched to BDX for a helix which def has a rolled bushing. My issues disappeared along with some other minor clutching changes.
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The Cat is back baby!!!
Referring to my previous post, I think this could be the biggest possible advantage. Right now the ratio steering on the Catalyst makes for a very light bar feel, but it's also the opposite of the EPS being described above. You have a mechanical advantage, so you actually turn the bars more with less movement at the ski. The EPS sounds like the exact opposite, yet still very light steering.
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The Cat is back baby!!!
Interesting that Leach rated the RZ and the XCS as similarly aggressive on the Catalyst. That tells me apples to apples the Catalyst chassis + ratio steering definitely is contributing to the light bar effort I feel vs my buddy's XC 850.
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The Cat is back baby!!!
He claims he doesn't mind it
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The Cat is back baby!!!
Yeah the XPT skis are what C&A recommends for rider forward trail sleds vs the RZR, but the RZRs still steer so light on the Catalyst I'm planning to try some C&A XTs that I have on the shelf for comparison. That will be a good litmus test since they're pretty much the most aggressive ski you can buy haha. Also have Mohawks to try out too.