Cat does it again (1000 thundercat 4x4) - Snowmobile Forum: Your #1 Snowmobile Forum

Cdndairyman · 07-10-2007, 12:42 PM

Wow! Thats crazy! A 1000cc quad! Does anyone have any specs on the power of this beast? I have read that this thing has 180+ ft/lbs torque! I wonder how it will work in the mud? I can't imagine how they can harness that much power. I have read that the Rotax 800 Can am is almost too much power and it makes it hard to lug the bike through the mud without spinning out. Any opinions?

Cdndairyman · 07-10-2007, 12:44 PM

here's a link to the Cat site

Arctic Cat

skidoorider · 07-10-2007, 01:49 PM

i dont think it would do that great in the mud. it would be to heavy. i have out wheeled 750's on my 500 just because they sank in the deep parts.

brian102 · 07-11-2007, 03:24 PM

a 6 1/2 gallon gas tank holly crap!! and 750 pounds,that thing is a beast, no thanks way to heavy!! lol get that thing stuck and u would have to call in a crain to get it out

PolarisINDY500 · 07-11-2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by brian102

get that thing stuck and u would have to call in a crain to get it out

then you'd know how mouse feels when he's trying to get his one night stand out of his room.

Cdndairyman · 07-12-2007, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by skidoorider

i dont think it would do that great in the mud. it would be to heavy. i have out wheeled 750's on my 500 just because they sank in the deep parts.

Yea our 400 Outlander can do anything the big boys I ride with can do. That extra 200 lbs can be a huge difference no matter what kind of power is under your ass.

nothwoodscat · 11-17-2007, 07:11 PM

Any dirt bikers from Hillsboro, NH area here?

JheLrey · 11-19-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PolarisINDY500

then you'd know how mouse feels when he's trying to get his one night stand out of his room.

Now that was funny!

SnowRida · 11-24-2007, 06:53 AM

That's a heavy ATV. Depending on what you really use the machine for, you really don't need anything bigger than a 3-400. My Kaw is a 300 4x4 and it does everything I need it to do. I use mine mainly for deer hunting, and ocassionally go on some trail rides with my boy's. It's been great. Although some bigger cc machines are used on the farms for pulling. It's all in what the user is using the machine for.

kyledm18 · 11-28-2007, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nothwoodscat

Any dirt bikers from Hillsboro, NH area here?

im from thornton its a drive but i ride wheeler not bike

Cdndairyman · 12-05-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SnowRida

That's a heavy ATV. Depending on what you really use the machine for, you really don't need anything bigger than a 3-400. My Kaw is a 300 4x4 and it does everything I need it to do. I use mine mainly for deer hunting, and ocassionally go on some trail rides with my boy's. It's been great. Although some bigger cc machines are used on the farms for pulling. It's all in what the user is using the machine for.

You are right about that! We just got a 500 Can am Outlander and I find that it has more then enough power to do anything we would want around the farm or playing in the bush and mud. They can only get so much power to the ground before tires spin so what good is that extra power anyways? I see no point in owning anything bigger then a 500 other then to give your insurance company a lot more money!

SnowRida · 12-09-2007, 09:32 PM

Amen!

MLSS · 12-12-2007, 05:19 PM

[quote=Cdndairyman]Wow! Thats crazy! A 1000cc quad!QUOTE]

Its only 950 cc...still 150 bigger than anything else made.

kccats · 12-15-2007, 11:28 AM

I bet it would work great for snow plowing!

SnowRida · 12-15-2007, 10:54 PM

My 300 4X4 plows snow with NO problem at all.

XCFman · 12-16-2007, 01:31 AM

Why would you need a four wheeler like this

I had a 92 big bear 350 manual in great condition. And that thing did anything i wanted to do pulled anything I wanted to pull

MLSS · 12-18-2007, 09:02 PM

im pretty sure they marketed it for riders who wanted to have the ultimate upgradeable mud machine

beavernutts · 12-24-2007, 10:00 AM

I like the name thats original

SnowRida · 12-25-2007, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by XCFman

Why would you need a four wheeler like this

I had a 92 big bear 350 manual in great condition. And that thing did anything i wanted to do pulled anything I wanted to pull

Bingo! That's all you really need for a utility ATV.

crashed13 · 03-14-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by brian102

a 6 1/2 gallon gas tank holly crap!! and 750 pounds,that thing is a beast, no thanks way to heavy!! lol get that thing stuck and u would have to call in a crain to get it out

Arctic cat is good for that. Even there small 400 Utility has a 6.6 tank yet Polaris regular gas guzzling Sportsman 800 twin has tiny a 4.1 gallon tank.

I remember in 97 when my Sportsman 500 was considered a big bad boy and was only toped by the 600 Grizzly.