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Article: Freakishly fast F7.(Arctic Cat F7 Firecat Sno Pro from Arctic Cat Inc.)
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- Snow Goer
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- February 1, 2007
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Dave Loken is a self-proclaimed acceleration freak. "I don't need to go 180 MPH," he said, "but I want to get to 100 quickly." The resident of Little Sauk, Minnesota, has sunk $19,000 into his 2005 Arctic Cat F7 Firecat Sno Pro.
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It has an 800cc big-bore kit from Speedwerx in Forest Lake, Minnesota. The trail ported engine has billet, shaved heads to increase compression and horsepower, but it runs on pump gas.
Loken feeds the engine 91 octane fuel with octane booster, a little Heet fuel dryer in case there's water in the gas and "half [of] a can of Sea Foam to keep everything clean," he said. He took that advice from ...