May be buying an Arctic Cat 700 Diesel
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David, there is a guy on arctic chat forums (Whitbread) who turboed his and posted a couple videos of him at the sled pulls. Didn't look like power was an issue, he pulled the sled almost off the track! He runs 12-14 psi boost only and stock injector turned to the max, timing advanced 5 degrees. Actually I run a 5 degree timing advance key on my AC 500 , have to run premium gas.
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Hello Brutus, and you kinda look like a Bluto from Popeye. Big, tough ATV.
For a work'in utility, the diesel with torque makes a lot of sense. I hope the engineers also addressed the transmission and driveline to handle the low speed torque. Probably did. And they probably completed a 1000 hour accelerated reliability test at the expect duty cycle.
David
For a work'in utility, the diesel with torque makes a lot of sense. I hope the engineers also addressed the transmission and driveline to handle the low speed torque. Probably did. And they probably completed a 1000 hour accelerated reliability test at the expect duty cycle.
David
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Having looked over the parts manual, seems like every thing is bigger on the diesel. 1 nice feature is a 40 amp alternator! My complaint with my gas 500 is that after 2 hours plowing with head lights/ tail light on, grip/thumb warmers on max, engine cooling fan running and the winch going my headlights start to flutter (voltage low). The gas model's stator has a hard job keeping up. PITA. If I don't like it, I might export to Europe, as it only has 400 miles and I'm pretty close to the Eimskip terminal. The suggested overhaul for the motor is: 10,000 hours!
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Having looked over the parts manual, seems like every thing is bigger on the diesel. 1 nice feature is a 40 amp alternator! My complaint with my gas 500 is that after 2 hours plowing with head lights/ tail light on, grip/thumb warmers on max, engine cooling fan running and the winch going my headlights start to flutter (voltage low). The gas model's stator has a hard job keeping up. PITA. If I don't like it, I might export to Europe, as it only has 400 miles and I'm pretty close to the Eimskip terminal. The suggested overhaul for the motor is: 10,000 hours!
Brutus looks great. Those look like original tires. Should do everything you want it to do. Congratulations on the purchase!
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Greg, yes I use my 500 with the rear box as a 2 up to take the wife, now with the much longer W/B it will be way safer. AC has a 2up seat that I'll have to get and probably get a big tool box for the front, as well as a chain saw mount and some gun mounts, probably a windshield. Hoping the Mudzillas fit. Getting antsy, haha