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Post by jd0110 on Jul 23, 2005 8:23:39 GMT -5
Paul, The article was written by Dale W. A relative I presume. I would be interested in some history. Thanks. Jerry
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Post by #0002 Paul W. on Aug 5, 2005 1:08:09 GMT -5
Hi, Yes, Dale W. is a brother of mine (I have two other brothers and two sisters...). The articles (so far) have actually been culled from the 1974 Mod Manual, "To Be Competitive". Back in the 1980's, Dale worked as a small engine mechanic for a place that used to be an Arctic dealer. This place dropped the Arctic line when Cat went under and did not pick them back up when Cat came back to life. This dealer did, however, keep a lot of their parts inventory so Dale and a few other guys were able to pick through "the good stuff" and buy it for pennies on the dollar. Dale also did some sled racing back then (ice drags) and played around with the T1 250 Kawasaki free air with the full Mod Kit. He is also friends with the Fashun brothers at F&F Enterprises (which is just a few miles up the road from us). F&F used to build the Arctic Cat sleds that the late, great, Jim Herzig raced. Dale volunteered to put together a series of articles for the newsletter with performance info that the members might find interesting, or maybe even useful... LOL! So I said "sure", 'cause I'm always looking for stuff from the members to post on the website or put in the newsletter. I just hope he shares some of his stories and "tricks" he got from F&F because some of it is neat stuff. Like, the 1973 and '74 El Tigre mufflers are not the same. One has a stinger inside and the other does not. And one of them is better for racing, but I'm not going to tell you which one. I'll leave that to Dale! Later....... Paul W. / ACCA
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Post by jd0110 on Aug 5, 2005 23:45:15 GMT -5
Thanks Paul, That was very interesting. I'm back into snowmobiling after a 30 year hiatus from the sport. I really enjoy trying to bring back these old sleds. I notice from some of the questions asked, that some, like myself are mechanically challenged. I also notice, that a few like yourself, seem to have allot of the answers.(which I'm sure are much appreciated) I've found that the tech manuals from the vintage years seem to trouble shoot the obvious, but don't dig into subtle things to look for. What we need is some books, "Snowmobile Electrical for Idiots," "Snowmobile Carburetors for Idiots" and the like that would tell other things to try when everything else has failed. Or maybe an addition to this site with little secrets to try when we have problems. Maybe it would keep some of us from asking too many questions. Just a thought.
Jerry
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