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Arctic Cat is an American brand of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles manufactured in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.The company was formed in 1960 and is now part of Textron Inc. Arctic Cat designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and related parts, garments (such as snowmobile suits), and accessories.
The Thundercat series was introduced in 1993, as Arctic Cats entry into the Musclesled category. [1] These sleds feature extremely powerful engines placed in chassis derived from racing models. The first-gen featured a Suzuki-produced, counterbalanced case-reed triple cylinder 2-stoke 900cc engine, which produced 161.5 horsepower .
Model numbers designated the configuration of the unit, for example a Model 342 was a "300" series, four-track, two-door Tucker Sno-Cat. A Model 443 would be a "400" series, four-track, three-door unit. In the early models, there were ultimately series 200 through 900, with the higher numbers being larger units. The 500 series Tuckers employed ...
Thundercat (snowmobile), a series of snowmobiles produced by Arctic Cat; Thundercat (musician), stage name of Stephen Lee Bruner, an American musician; ThunderCats, a media franchise, featuring a fictional group of catlike humanoid aliens. ThunderCats (1985 TV series), the original 1985 television series
[4] Competitive snowcat trials were conducted by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service in Sun Valley, Idaho from 1950-1952. [5] [6] In the 1955–1958 Fuchs and Hillary Transantarctic Expedition, four modern snowcats were used, produced by the Tucker Sno-Cat Corporation. These vehicles were highly modified for the purposes of the expedition.
[4] The event was a cross country race run on and around Dollar Lake. [4] Many snowmobiles were unable to climb a small hill. The first winner was an eighth grade student named Stan Hayes, who won the marquee race in a 9 horsepower sled. [4] The Alward's held the race at their inn in 1965 before passing it on to the Eagle River Lions Club. The ...
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Arctic Cat in 2005 introduced "Silent Track technology" on touring models such as the T660 Turbo, Bearcat, and some M-Series sleds. Ski-Doo has since then also used comparative "silent track technology" on some models. The use of aftermarket exhaust systems ("cans" or "silencers") is controversial.