F7 VS XC 700!! Which One Is Faster? 

That Yamaha sounds like an irrigation pump

Conditions and lane choice play a factor in any sled race. Those chain case F7s were really fast in there glory years. I'm betting that XC 700 has a set up that works. Let's get that F7 some maintenance etc and have another round. Great video with the boys, cheers from Ontario

Need to take that cat out to the lake and let her run that's where she will really shine!!

I've been looking forward to this shoot out. Goes to show you that you don't have to spend gobs of cash to have a rocking sled. As always, thanks for great content.

The best years of sleds, bring me back

I know alot of F7 fans we're saying that it would eat up the XC 700.. but I knew that wasn't going to be the case. I never owned a XC 700 but my buddy did and it was a VES which are even a little bit quicker and we use to do drags up on our river and not much could touch them, the closest sleds to them was the F7 or triples on long runs.. alot of F7 fans are unfamiliar that the XC's are Big Block motors and they work very good.. coming from a Yamaha rider

Very Cool! Really like watching older sleds be just as much fun. Still have my 2002 SX Viper (Love that sled!)

Better check compression on that F7 😂 they aren’t too far behind my 113mph Edge Triple when setup right!

I think I would keep the 700's and the 18,000 bucks

Entertaining video as always Pete, keep up the great work! 🍻

Awesome video as usual. F7s were my favorite sleds growing up, crazy to see they still hold their own. Thanks guys!!!

Love this. Great friends poking at each other on whos sled is better. Ya don't have to grow up, ya just gotta grow old.👍👍👍

Thanks Pete for the videos! Great fun and entertainment! I was cringing a bit when u were studding the cat up the middle thou cuz thats where the tunnel protector sits on the heat exchanger. Hope it works out ok. Taker easy!

I bought an 04 F7 new, and buddy had an 02 XC 700 at the time. Both were bone stock with studs. He was a handful and beat me multiple times. The 02 700 was rumored to have some hotter timing in it vs later yrs. The F7 was a quick sled and showed its tail lights to many larger CC sleds, but that XC 7 gave me all I could handle. Both great sleds in there era.

That black face on your Speedo means it’s an early build f7. First year 2003. What a gem. I own two late build 2003 myself

It doesn't matter which was quicker in the end, I'll never get sick of that F7 sound

with that f7 you have to make sure the fuel pressure is correct 38-45 psi, some of these have way too much pressure due to clogged regulator, with everything else being good it would smoke that xc700,

Sidewinder sounds like a messed up vacuum ! I ll take the older sleds over the hoover

That F7 is one beautiful 👍 machine. Great video once again Pete. Thank you for your videos they got me into snowmobiles again after 15 years of leaving my machines sitting idol 🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺🍻

I loved this 700 shootout series. Keep up the great work!

awesome channel! thought that firecat would take that non ves Polaris! Polaris guy here but those old fire kitties would kick ass back in the day! thanks for the content! 👍

Thanks for the videos I love watching and I learn a lot about how to work on them. I love the older sleds but those newer ones are starting to rub off on me a little but I just love the look of the older sleds!! I have a 96 mxz 583 and I just love it!! Thanks guys for the videos keep um coming!!

Great video Pete. Love the 20 yr old sleds💪🏼

Sweet video ! I’ve been waiting for this one . Had mixed thoughts on who would win . I think you would have been just fine without them extra studs .

Great tuning in, I love watching these video. I think both sleds are still darn good finds!

Love your videos man and that sense of humor 😁👌 cheers from Sweden! We got some snow coming in tonigth 🤟😎🤘

That was cool to see your channel and the friends racing there sleds. Keep it right side up Boys.

I really love this channel, I wish I lived by u guys bc u seem like a great bunch to hang out with!

Sweeeeeet stuff Pete. Good showdown of some awesome old sleds !

I can't believe you guys are shocked at how fast them liberty Polaris are in the day those 700 and 800 could bring the mail and had above average for the time suspensions 🤓👍

Another great episode. Look forward to new episodes.Arctic cat guy love those F 7s and that’s a beauty you bought there. but I also love my Yamaha SRX sleds

Love your stuff

This looked a boat load of fun very evenly matched sleds it was nice to see something hang with scooter and win & the sidewinder is more Morden way more expensive so it winning is to be expected but I loved watching have a great week take care have a nice one 👊💨

Great Video... I was not surprised on the outcome. Those sleds can get it!. Thanks for another Great Video! How about a Shoot out with them 2 Sidewinders next lol! Cheers all, and Keep er Goin!!!

It was great to see the showdown. Both sleds did well.

Like you channel buds! What I hate is when I access it thru RU-vid on my Samsung tv or thru RU-vid on firestick, I can't leave comments 😵‍💫. That is where I watch 99.99% of my you tube vids.....anyhoo, love the channel, been watching and putting likes to it the last three months dangler😂😂✌️

I own 4 xc700 sp sleds and let me tell you they really do rip for 1999 models. Bought one and was floored first time i opened it up on some hardpack. I love what you guys do and i wished i had the resources to come hang out with you for a few days. As allways guys keep them videos coming because here in illinois my 7 sleds have seen no snow to ride on so im living Vicariously through your adventures! As far as this video is concerned.....NICE ONE!!!!! LOL

Nice one Pete. I sure would love some RNDH merch...... Keep up the awesome videos.

SUPER clean 03 Firecat 7 , Looking forward to how this ends , was my dream sled when it came out!

The 2002 xc700 was so strong they detuned it the next year. The 98 was also quick. I don't remember anything stock (700cc) beating that sled when it came out, it dynoed @ 124hp with the early 220 torque ported jugs. The 2002 was outperforming their own 800's. I think the 03 firecat was the fastest 06 was also very quick.

Need to get the XC and the F7 on a lake or long field where they can stretch their legs, I think that's where the F7 will take it. Great video, that XC is quick.

At least someone's got snow ! I'm in CNY, have a vmax-700 & all I can do is watch ....lucky youz guys !

Your my favorite RU-vidr.that was an awesome video bro. That was a fair race also. They both performed well.

I love the older sleds, reminds me of good times when I was younger. I always wanted a F7 like that. Maybe I'll have to look around. Cheers from Wisconsin! 😎🍻

Mother of God JP's Yamaha is Quick!! So are your both older sleds! Apples to Apples !! Nice vid!!

I had one of those xc 700s with a dyno port exhaust clutch an vforce reeds that thing was an animal

Those are 2 good looking sleds. You gotta give them new 4-strokers their respect. Them 4-strokes came along why from what they use to be back in the day...😉😉😉

Good show man, Scooter's XC is dialed in to stay with that f7 NOW GET A TRIPLE 😎

That was great to see the ending of this one going through the trees that fast reminded me of the good old days

I love watching these shoot outs especially with the older sleds. Like to see some type of obstacle coarse race.

That was VERY interesting. My last sled was a Arctic Cat Powder Extreme 600 Triple. I had V Force Reeds installed, PSI pipes, the 1.6" lug track replaced with a 2.0" , plus K&N air filters ever before leaving the shop. Then I ended up having the heads milled .090. It was fast, but not probably as fast as those 3 sleds. Being a triple, I didn't hit my power band till higher RPM. Did pretty good in grass drags with it.

I’ve been looking forward to this shootout also Pete. Nothing better than watching a new dangle video while waiting for my daughter to finish dance practice!😂

The brake lever is the hi/lo beam, push it forward you’ll see👍 on the f-7

Just saying , my Apex GT with mono suspension when it was stock back in the day , transfer Rod to max no studs good tight snow took out a lot of sleds from start to finish and on >>> . Add my 100lb girlfriend and it jumped harder !! Awesome video !

Awesome video boys! NICE ONE!

Great coverage on two great sleds!!

I love to hang with you guys I love wrenching on things and you have a fridge full of my favorite beverage to bad your so far away ! You have inspired me to get my vintage Chaparral going again

Let's go!!! On the way to 20k subs...great content

I had a 2004 Yamaha Warrior with some Clutch, Intake, and Jetting upgrades that ran about even with my buddies XC 700, and another F7!

4:50 "Take it easy boys". That was funny!

Gotta love old school sleds 👍🏻

I used to have one identical to that f7 but had a 144 track and tunnel extension put on it, that thing always screamed

Owned a 2000 XC sp700 since new cages in reeds clutches cut and tuned its a dominant machine 107mph

Been waiting for this video! How about a long lake race with the XC, the SRX and the F7!!! Stretch them out!!

Colder than an evil woman .😂😂 I think I’m going to use that one 🍻

Nice one!

Nice! Have u had the secondary apart in the xc? What helix and spring? What about the primary, what weights n springs. I wanna see how a 2000 xcsp 600 ves does against scooter!

Glad to see I'm not the only one to zip tie the snow flap.

Dang close!! Cheers!!🍻🍻🍻

I’ll buy that F7 if u decide to get rid of her 👍. Love the videos. Just the boys having a laugh. Nice one 🤙

I had a 2004 f6 sno pro efi that smoked everything except rx-1's back in the day. It was a warning from arctic cat to not stud the direct center, and some other stuff. My sled had 2 per window and it did ok

Hell yeah great racing 😈

Better a full beer fridge then an empty one

Some F7's (dependent on year and chain-case drive) are super fast due to a number of things: 1. Fuel injected. 2. Front air pick up (colder and more flow). 3. 13.5 x 128" track vs. the Polaris 15 x 121" (an extra lug and studs on the ground at any given time and lighter rotating mass). 4. Higher stock head compression (more stock H.P.). 5. Weight (stock vs stock the Cat is lighter by about 60 lbs.!). I believe the the 2003 F7 stock HP is around 140. The 2001 Polaris XC 700 is around 120-125 (Not the SP). The reason that "Scooter's" sled is neck to neck with that F7 is simple, his sled (a 2001 XC 700 SP) has a VES type cylinder head from a 2001+ 700 (higher compression probably equaling a stock F7). Don't know what gas Scooter is running but with that head 91+ octane. If the XC could "cheat" some weight and have a similar track it would likely beat the F7 most runs (based on similar track conditions). Cheers from Caledon ON CANADA... love the content

Good match up gotta love the four stroke Yamahas to tho

JP looks like safety cone in that hilarious outfit . MAN that's one loud Getty up

Nice video's

Another variable here is the track, alot of f7s back in the day were sno pros with the 1 3/8 track, which worked very very well.

great video.more racing 🏁

Were do i get stickers to support your channel , i love what you guys do . Just like my friends and i , almost exactly like us . Different sleds and , thats about it , different part of ontario

Throw in some older mountain sled stuff. I have a 2000 summit that's a beast of a machine. Be fun for all of us

i rode a 1999 xc 700 some years back and it suprised me how fast it was. i hadnt rode much sleds at that point and it was a bit to much for me at the time to really use all the power it was almost scary. my brother had an 04 xc 800 and he said that thing was beating all the sleds he went against then as well. that would be a cool race to do

Oh by the way the headlight switch is built into your brake lever just push the brake lever forward that will swap it from high beam to low beam Nice video by the way. Nice one! Love this s***

Thing here is, you got a light weight (F7) @ 140 hp. vs. a new 205 hp. sled = quickest/fastest available today. (is that a stock exhaust note I hear??) I would be willing to bet that a NEW sled in the 'same engine class' as a 20 year old Cat such as in the presentation here, the owner of the new model may be greatly surprised out there on the lake. Outside of the suspension changes and added comforts, the new sleds have not come all that far when the track meets the snow. (O: I just watched a video about the Catalyst, and the presenter made mention about Cat's 'lay down' engine. Guess what, that 2003 F7 is when Cat INTRODUCED the lay down engine......yes, it is 20 years old now and appearing on a 2024 model ! At any rate, it is all in good fun anyway....thank you!

Buddies wife turned into an Angry Beaver in 1999 , when he decided to go to Thunder Bay with me to ride the Luge , 18 miles of one way trails , on Valentines Day ! She divorced him , than he bought a faster snowmobile ! Silver lining !

had a buddy that had a f7 same year as that one only i didnt like is that rear skid with only 2 wheels on the back they do make an update to make them 4 wheels. they are great riding sled though i must say

what a blast, I would have lost money betting against that XC, I would have thought for sure, the F7 would have won every race...nice!!! Makes me want to get back into sledding

Those 700 liberty motors are no joke!!!

That Yamaha sounds angry… what a fast machine ✌🏻

That f7 Arctic Cat is a nice one

My dad used to use it was like an electric screwdriver but it was like a pointy nail instead of a Phillips or flathead and he would burn a hole through the track for studs

Awesome

2000 to 2003 was a great year

i’d love to see that winder and a new polaris boost race that’d be a show

Liking that sticker, “she dangles”, where can I get the of those?

HA!....nice one Pete! I'm still sledless here in Mn....but relentlessly searching. We always rode Skidoos but I'm leaning more towards Cats. They want too damned much money

I had a 1995 XCR600XLT SP. When I popped the hood, it lQQked like a S.L.P catalog had been thrown at it, which it had!..lol and I'd blow off the 700cc twins that came out a few year's later, the F7 with clutching was the only stock 700 with a can, class sled to beat me, a few sled lengths not much!..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸🤠

Hey man do you have any advice on how to fix an airlock on a yami 97 xtc 600? Been struggling hard. Unsure where bleeders are and don't know the process, also can't seem to find any videos online, thanks!

Nice one

Fyi, the firecat high beam is in the brake lever. Push it forward with the back of your hand