Arctic Cat Desert race car purchase program now on ACs website.

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I think this is one of the many new things out as of late that says so much about how far UTV racing has come. Buy a pure race car direct from a dealer. I see they have just three dealers set up so far. Along with long list of optional racing parts to choose from. I know R.G. hasnt set the world on fire when he has entered a race but none the less I still can appriciate the level of testing they have been doing to get this car ready for purchase. I would guess you will see one of these new cars running up front sooner rather than later
 
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Sure, you can find it by going to the UTV section from Arctic Cats home page. Or you can go straight to Speedcat77.com and that will let you down load the catalog for the purchase options on the new car.
 
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I think this is one of the many new things out as of late that says so much about how far UTV racing has come. Buy a pure race car direct from a dealer. I see they have just three dealers set up so far. Along with long list of optional racing parts to choose from. I know R.G. hasnt set the world on fire when he has entered a race but none the less I still can appriciate the level of testing they have been doing to get this car ready for purchase. I would guess you will see one of these new cars running up front sooner rather than later
More to come in the near future for sure


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I didn't see anything on AC's website....so if this is true, they are keeping it a pretty big secret. Do you have a link from AC's website?
 

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In viewing the catalog, I was impressed to see that it runs a dry sump system for the motor oil, has a 28 gallon fuel cell ('cause all serious race UTE's should make it at least 100 miles on a tank of gas), and has 210 amps of available electrical power using an engine mounted alternator (freewheeling pulley, I hope. Curious at what vehicle speed the alternator starts putting out, and how much is the initial amperage) The big benefit here is that when you slam on the brakes, the alternator pulley doesn't come to an immediate halt along with the drive train.
Regarding the ass end, I'm not a fan of the lay-mans basic rear swingarm set up. I remember hearing a rep comment in one of the promo videos that in line stability was a factor in going with a rear swingarm that pivots perpendicular to the wheelbase. I would strap the rear suspension to limit the amount of droop. It may mean some minor tweaking on the coil spring rate and/or adjustment, but given the 32" tires and potential HP the motor has, I don't think you want to force too much of a compound angle on the cv's (based on cv joint technology 2 years ago that is. I'm unaware of the current cv tech and durability). 20" of rear wheel travel would still suffice. The swing radius of the rear suspension looks a bit short to allow 22" of vertical wheel travel without compromising cv joint integrity at full droop. Seems I remember reading somewhere that after last years 1000, someone in the know said the rear cv joint/axle set up was in need of further R&D.
The front steer was a given in my mind. Irregardless of the layout in past models, I'm sure RG would've ran a front steer. It's just the right thing to do. I'd suggest steering dampers with the 32" tires. For less than 5 or 6 lbs., it's a small price to pay for durability . By the end of 2018, expect to see the other mfg's follow the front steer example as set here. I also think they nailed the track width at 77", and the WB at 110". For too long the available UTE's were either too short (in the mid 80" range), or too long (in the mid to high100 teens range).
The spec sheet still left me a bit hungry. For $100,000, I'd sure like to know how much the car weighs. In standard trim, and fully loaded. All in all, it's a pretty impressive package. I'm sure the influence of this vehicle will help to keep the wind blowing strong into the sails of UTV desert racing. Now, if they can just refine the politics of regulating these cars, it will go a long way in securing said future.
 

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Regarding the ass end, I'm not a fan of the lay-mans basic rear swingarm set up. I remember hearing a rep comment in one of the promo videos that in line stability was a factor in going with a rear swingarm that pivots perpendicular to the wheelbase. I would strap the rear suspension to limit the amount of droop. It may mean some minor tweaking on the coil spring rate and/or adjustment, but given the 32" tires and potential HP the motor has, I don't think you want to force too much of a compound angle on the cv's (based on cv joint technology 2 years ago that is. I'm unaware of the current cv tech and durability). 20" of rear wheel travel would still suffice. The swing radius of the rear suspension looks a bit short to allow 22" of vertical wheel travel without compromising cv joint integrity at full droop. Seems I remember reading somewhere that after last years 1000, someone in the know said the rear cv joint/axle set up was in need of further R&D.
RG said they did a lot of R&D on the CV before deciding on a final design and he is very happy with its performance. I don't believe either of RG's failures at the UTVWC were related to CV failure, believe he had 2 hub failures.

PJ Jones raced a speedcat in Norra last week at the Mexican1000. He was in the lead until day 5 (the last day), and broke a hub causing a wreck and DNF.

Sounds like that is the current issue they are dealing with.
 

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Looks like its a redirect to RGs site. He then has dealers who sell this machine that he has lined up. This still doesn't look like an "Arctic Cat" thing, but more of an aftermarket vehicle with a sponsored team. This is the equivalent if Polaris put a link to Jagged X's website where you could order a Jagged X ready to run race car. That doesn't really make it a production vehicle.

Still seems weird. I can't wrap my mind around it all the way but it is a bad ass machine.
 
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Looks like its a redirect to RGs site. He then has dealers who sell this machine that he has lined up. This still doesn't look like an "Arctic Cat" thing, but more of an aftermarket vehicle with a sponsored team. This is the equivalent if Polaris put a link to Jagged X's website where you could order a Jagged X ready to run race car. That doesn't really make it a production vehicle.

Still seems weird. I can't wrap my mind around it all the way but it is a bad ass machine.
So, are Jagged's cars not production legal? Did I miss read that line?
 

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I am super interested in seeing who they will have lined up to drive in the 500. I heard PJ was crushing it at NORA till he crashed out on the last day. Since I see his shop is one of the new dealers it wouldnt suprise me if he's back in that car for this years 500. The attrition rate at NORA this year was pretty high it seemed.
Since Lots of vehicles never made it past day 3 judging by the results posted after each night makes me think these cars are getting pretty close to being dialed in.
 
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Alot of us here are not old enough to remember this im sure but my father was telling me last night after seeing RGs car that the speedcat reminded him of Auto racing back in the late 60s and 70s in the production classes. Race shops would buy motor and trans packages from the big three back then and sell complete race car builds for teams to go race with . Built and based on production parts from ford , Chevrolet and Dodge. Any older guys here experience any of that stuff ? Sounded like a pretty great time to be into racing.
 

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I think most will agree that the Arctic Cat SpeedCat had not met the production numbers as written in the BITD rules to be a Pro Production class vehicle, but clearly meets the Unlimited class rules, which it had previously been moved to for the Parker race. But RG & crew must have been able to show or sway the decision makers, because Robby raced a SpeedCat in the Pro Production Turbo class at the UTVWC and no one said a thing about it. So what changed that it now meets the rules to race in the Production Turbo class?
 

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Because BITD and SCORE fail to say how many cars need to be produced by the manufacturer. The new BITD rules for 2017 are pretty good but left a loophole. The SCORE rules however look like a drunk chimp wrote them on a bar napkin!!! They actually have a rule for the Pro UTV "NA" class that says the car must weigh a minimum of 3000 LBS.
 

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No they are, the point is, if you couldn't actually buy a Stock RZR XP Turbo, but could only buy it through Jagged X then it really wouldn't be production? Sort of hard to dissertate here but its certainly open for argument.
I think we can buy a wildcat XX soon? will they produce the #'s Polaris and can-am and even Yamaha? who knows???? To me it read like you have to go through a dealer, the 3 listed to buy your Wildcat XX, and then for the predetermined amount it will be turned into a full on race car... Maybe similar to what Jagged used to do on the 900 platform, where you bought the 900, gave them 10,000 and they gave you a BITD car...
 

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Because BITD and SCORE fail to say how many cars need to be produced by the manufacturer. The new BITD rules for 2017 are pretty good but left a loophole. The SCORE rules however look like a drunk chimp wrote them on a bar napkin!!! They actually have a rule for the Pro UTV "NA" class that says the car must weigh a minimum of 3000 LBS.
BITD rules say the manufacture must build 1000 units per year, to be eligible for both Production classes.
 

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Looks like its a redirect to RGs site. He then has dealers who sell this machine that he has lined up. This still doesn't look like an "Arctic Cat" thing, but more of an aftermarket vehicle with a sponsored team. This is the equivalent if Polaris put a link to Jagged X's website where you could order a Jagged X ready to run race car. That doesn't really make it a production vehicle.

Still seems weird. I can't wrap my mind around it all the way but it is a bad ass machine.
I'm still learning the rules, but once the wildcat xx go on sale, if the speedcat has all of the same pickup points, won't it qualify for the production class?
 

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