David just got his Dyno put in not to long ago, which has been taking up alot of his time. There website is up and running now too.

I would on all counts. Other wise when you get pulled over and the plates say you drive a white car, and your in a blue car, they will check everything and it could be a slight pain in the ass(might treat you as a stolen car/tag type deal). Also some insurance's will charge more for certain...

Guys you have to think of what all he is going threw right now. Not only has he lost his brother, but he is trying to get the business back up and running. He has alot of legal work to take care of. Please be patient and dont think of it as an offence if he does not call you back. The day I was...

Well I was up there today and everybody is doing good. Trying to get the legal stuff out of the way along with trying to run a business looks like they will have there hands full for a bit. David said they are still fully operational, just no huge turn key race cars for a bit. But they are still...

Don did make a few heads for him for a while.

David and the guys at Polk Performance would also like a second chance at the http://www.pipestv.com challenge. They built the RX7 with the LS2 for the show, but they had a different kind of competition in mind (long back story). There is a vote link on the main pipestv.com website.Normally, I...

For now it is a simple site, and it is an effort to help ease expenses on the family. Please check it out. As the family has time to heal, more information and links will be put up, and the donations will be used for other causes. Thank Youwww.donpolk.com

His funeral is this Friday.He was a very good friend to anybody. He will truly be missed.

When I done a search a while back, it was actually cheaper to find a running 5 speed DSM then it was to buy all the parts. Just a short list for ya.5speed tranny -average 400.00 5 speed flywheel-100-400 5 speed clutch- 100-1200 new slave under- 100 5 speed T-case - 50-75 4 bolt 5 speed...

I had a buddy who's AC compressor locked up. At first we thought it was loose belts. When we would tighten it, it would help for a little bit. Then one day it would not start up. After lots of trouble shooting we found the compressor had locked up. It was a terrable sound for about 15-20 seconds...

I have seen/ herd of one that made 560 whp on a AWD dyno. Bone stock with 90,000+ miles and many trips down the track. It has never been into. As stated above its all in the tuning.

Magnaflow makes a good muffler, 3in in and 3in out. Sound great on our cars to IMO. Yes I do have one on my car too.

Dont sandblast it, you will never get the sand all out. Just take it to the machine shop, as they have all the stuff needed to take care of you there. They can have it dipped and they will machine out the cyclender walls anway. Congrats on the new motor.

Well I forgot that the late (after july 92 I think) 92-94 motors were seven bolts too. But they dont have the same crankwalk problem the 2g motors do. One hell of a brain fart there on my part. ROFL

There were 3 engines offered before 95. There was the 1.8 SOHC, the 2.0 4g63 N/t, and everybodys favorite the all mighty 4g63 Turbo. There is debate on both sides as what block to use. http://www.polkperformance.com/ built my 2.3 with great sucess.

Here is what I did for my 3 in mandrel exhaust. I got all my parts off of www.roadraceengineering.com. They have all the stuff you can order to build you one. The parts I used was 2 - 90 Degree mandrel bends, 3in In and 3in out Magnaflow Exhaust, and a stock like tip thats a 3in inlet and dual 2...

As long as it still has the mas on the end, yes you can. If you search around you can find the Home Depot mod. Its a cheap and easy way to get rid of the stocker.

The flywheels are different thickness. I had the same problem with my ACT flywheel. It destroyed it too.Forced Prefromance makes a kit to mount any aluminum flywheel. Its around 45 bucks and I wish I had known about it when I put mine on. 45 bucks would of saved me 500 bucks as it trashed...

Never had a problem with mine. I got it used from another guy that had it on his car for a while. When I upgraded it went to my buddy that had it until he sold his car,a nd guess what no problem what so ever.The only thing is you have to grind down one side a little to make it fit. It...

Price should be in your factior. They make some really light wheels, but at a cost. Rotas are at a great point low cost/great rim that are fairly light.

Should not be, because it is metered at a differnet location. I think that was what sold so many of those ram chargers setups was so people could vent.

Tell what the problem is, then we can help out a little more. Have you ever checked for boost leaks? If not dont ask anything else untill you check that.Also what year is the car, along with mods. If its a 1g with a stock manny and stock turbo, check the underside of the exhaust manny for a...

DSMs are only as reliable as the person that fixes them. If your cheap and cut corners on them, they will break. If your rough and beat the hell out of them they will break (im guilty of this). Plus you have to think of how the previous owners were with them and there general matinance too. AWD...

When I had my tranny built from Shep, he told me they were junk and they like to explode with a good launch. So i'm still running the stock 1st gear in my car.

A metal replacement intake will make the sound louder. Just get rid of that accordian intake and get a decent air filter. We had a blitz metal filter on one of our cars and it could be herd a little better.

I ran a 255 with no FPR for a long time, but I also had a AFC, 2g mas, and 660's. A little tuning with a pocket logger and you should be set. I'm the type of person that likes to mod once and mod right. I'm not saying that the 190 is wrong, I just know the lifestyle of a DSM and there usual...

Thats how I did mine.

Well the black car is a 2.4 and the red car is a 2.3. I think the FP3s will work on all setups, but they are based on new tech instead of the old HKS 272s, but you are right they are aimed at the air flow of the strokers. They will work on well setup 2.0s tho. Sure the HKS's made power (hell I...

Our black car had Fp2s on them, you could tell a difference between them and the old Hks 272s they replaced. A few weeks back we went to FP and had there FP3s installed along with there custom valve train. There was a huge difference there (FP2s vs FP3s at the same boost settings ) I plan on...

I just cut mine at the end of the PS cooler and bolted it back on. Now there is just a small curve, and I have had no problems with mine either.

I love my 2.3. I will let the dyno numbers speak for what it can do.

HKS EVC EZ is by far the best boost controler. Simple to use, works right every time. It has an on/off button and a gain knob. No flashy screen or junk you dont need. Ive had mine for two years and ran from 7 psi (s16g) to 34 psi (T66) with out teaching it anything like the profect b. Just...

I find this statement funny, do you know him, what he does for a living. If not how can you claim he dont know what he does. Im not tring to start an arguemnt, and I guess I was a litte harsh in my last post. It takes somebody willing to stray down a different path to get a new level.He...

Its great to see some other people doing this. Im fixing to start on an 87 conquest with an auto tranny. It will probaly use a longrod 2.4 and deffently an auto tranny. There is an adapter out for the turbo 400, but im also looking into the TQflight tranny. Polk Performance is in the middle of...

Thats some good info there lambert. All I can see is you posting tech info, and everybody else saying it wont work because they dont do it. Its very hard for some people to go away from the norm here for some reason. Try to tell them about your stroker and they will give you all this about bad...

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Ok so I have been driving this car all day now that its up and running. I must say this car feels great. Its really stiff and dont give much. But it still rides better then my dually. They said I would hate life with the drag suspension, I would not have it any other way. I will be takin it to...

Your gonna have to call him, but I will tell you it was way cheaper than any kit that I have seen. Plus he has built tons of these. He built Swordfishs 2.4 long rod stroker to. Its got marcos 6mm longer rods, and a displacement of 2.5 liters. There was alot of machine work to get that motor to...

I have a 2.0 bar boost gauge, so you can imagine what it looks like :eek: . Thats like what somewhere around 28 psi I think. The fall off is from the small hot side I think. :eek:

Your gonna have to call Polk Performance for that (501) 847-7223. Don is a great guy to do business with. He stands behind all his work and is great at what he does.

Marco at www.magnusmotorsports.com/ (website is down right now) has done the destroked 2.4, it does make a 2.1 and revs its ass off. He dumped it and went back to his 2.4 in favor of something that he could actually shift.I dont understand why most people want to rev to 10 to 11k. Not to...

***Thread Jack*** The positive of strokers2.3 stroker, raced last season. 38 dyno pulls reved to 8k on several times, no nitrous. This is a street car, was and will be street driven. Raced hard and driven hard (not stupid there is a difference) The cost for me was 100 more to build a...

This is a street car, it will race when I can, but I built it for street driving. I plan on running on street tires for a while also.Well Lew I plan on taking it out this weekend if all goes well. Dont expect any good times out of it tho. Its been a long time since I have driven it, and we...

Well I finally got off my ass and got my car tuned today. Took it down to Polk Performance (the same place that built my motor and head and SMI) and got it running right. 653.1 hp and 493 tq Standard at 34 psi. SAE 639 hp 482.6 numbersWe were having a few problems with the pick...

Try any hotrod shops. They usualy have it, thats where I get mine. On race gas dont let them fool you into thinking your gettin some crazy octane, alot of them like to go by scientific octane in stead of motor octane. Scientific octane is the highest count there is, like with C16 that is 130+...

Try C16, you will never turn back. Thats my gas of choice for race day. I have run as much as 28 psi with an afc ( I.E. no timing retard) and still no knock. When I get my car tuned it will go up to 34 psi with the same fuel.

I think that its in the turbo, I have there T66 T3/T4 setup and a buschur Race FMIC also. I had a little clearnce issue, but nuffin that could not be fixed. We have done worse with other peices from other companys.

All I want to know is when does a project go like its supposed to. I got my car planing on just doing bolt ons and to max out the 14b. A 1000 miles later I blew up the 14b (it was shot to begin with), so I got a 16g. My crank broke in two, so now I have a 2.3 which I love. And am running a full...

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Polk had done 3 motors for us now, you wont find a better builder anywhere. All 3 strokers, mine was built in a week using shelf stock stuff. It was the best money I ever spent IMO.None that I know of, there are a couple in Oklahoma, but none that I know of for Ar.