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v10viper04 · 11-29-2006, 09:26 PM

I need a starter cup for my 1972 Arctic Cat Panther with the 303 Wankel (rotary engine). Thanks......... also, is the 303 Wankel rotary engine a rare engine? or is the whole sled rare due to that engine? b/c i have never seen any other 303 Panthers for sale with the 303. i was just curios, Thanks alot

PolarisINDY500 · 11-29-2006, 09:32 PM

i have never heard of a snowmobile w/ a rotary engine

TUGHILLYAMMI · 11-29-2006, 09:33 PM

Have you gave Ebay a thought or try??

v10viper04 · 11-29-2006, 09:55 PM

hers some more pics of the 303 Panther and yes it does have a rotary Wankel in it. Ebay doesn't have the starter cup for my engine.

M_Jerew · 11-29-2006, 11:13 PM

hey v10viper04 check what i found on ebay # 230058278970

is this what you need

there maybe a slight difference but might work?

v10viper04 · 11-29-2006, 11:52 PM

Hey thanks a million Jerew!!! yea that is the frictional starter drum but i have the pawl starter drum but thats ok b/c i will just switch the pawls with the frictional pawls i get with the new drum. Thanks dude

M_Jerew · 11-29-2006, 11:55 PM

no problem just a fellow sledder helping another

v10viper04 · 11-29-2006, 11:59 PM

also i have been wondering, is my 303 Panther a rare sled with the 303? or is it just that i have really never seen many?

M_Jerew · 11-30-2006, 12:01 AM

id say its pretty rare some may even say that its a collectors item bein that it is a rotary engine

v10viper04 · 11-30-2006, 12:03 AM

yea i agree, i havn't had it running yet but i heard they run REALLY hot! like the exhaust glows red hot! so at least i know now so that i'm not riding and i see a red glow and jump off to save my life even though it was nothing. lol

mmrosshere · 11-30-2006, 12:07 AM

I remenber those. In the day with a few adjustments they seemed to have no top end limit. My Rupp was new and he did not have much a the line but would walk away from me durring any rolling start of over 25 to 30 mph. He was the trail breaker cause he would not spin and could plow through the drifts. Nice sled I would hold on to it .

mmrosshere · 11-30-2006, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by v10viper04

yea i agree, i havn't had it running yet but i heard they run REALLY hot! like the exhaust glows red hot! so at least i know now so that i'm not riding and i see a red glow and jump off to save my life even though it was nothing. lol

Yes it will glow red like a overheated wood stove. not so obvious during the day but at night you can see a definate glow of about a third of the pipe as I remember. Also when it did get stuck there was a reason they were called lead sleds. Thanks for the memories.

M_Jerew · 11-30-2006, 12:23 AM

that would be an exhaust to put one of those hotdogger things on stuff would cook in no time

v10viper04 · 11-30-2006, 12:23 AM

yea lol well thanks for the help guys

M_Jerew · 11-30-2006, 12:43 AM

not a problem i hope you win that part so you can enjoy the snow when comes around

mmrosshere · 11-30-2006, 12:51 AM

don't trash the pawl drum my friends sled was started for many years with a rope and a knot.

**RJ Gleason** · 11-30-2006, 03:00 AM

THe 303 Panther was only built in 2 model years, '69 and '70. They were not a large production sled either.
They are now quite rare, especially if it still runs.

v10viper04 · 11-30-2006, 07:04 AM

well then mines special b/c it says 1971 on the tunnel.

**RJ Gleason** · 11-30-2006, 10:58 AM

Probably one of thae last ones ever built then.

**RJ Gleason** · 11-30-2006, 11:13 AM

Probably one of the last ones ever built then.

Pics?