Posts by Kyle D

  • Synchros!

    There was this one time where I allegedly forgot to put a pilot bearing in the new crank once when I was building a new engine for my sling. Couldn’t shift above 4K RPM. Sadly I didn’t find this out until I was at the 1/2mi so I just crammed away through the gears and had to back half the entire event. Needless to say I wasted the synchros in the trans and the clutch disc after a full day of racing. Pretty sure we used a winch to get it back in the trailer. We didn’t work on transmissions at ZZP so I just swapped mine out. I got one out of a Hummer H3 since the gear ratios were better. I sent the broken trans out to a place to be rebuilt and have a spare. I can’t remember what we paid for that though.


    There’s a lot of parts in there. Unless you’re familiar with taking them apart or are mechanically inclined and very detailed I’m not sure I would attempt it. The transmission can generally be found pretty inexpensively from places like http://www.car-part.com



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  • 2.5 in. High Flow Cat Exhaust System?

    Quote from Funinthesun

    HUH? Did I miss something? I didn't know you left ZZP. Sure hope you're not done with your expertise and knowledge of the Slingshot and staying with the forum. I (and I'm sure MANY others) wish you all the best in whatever your next chapter of your career takes you

    I left at the end of March. I transitioned out over about 4 weeks and continued to work with customer service and customers for a couple weeks after that. I left on very good terms which was important to me. After 11 years there I had a lot of projects going on there that I wanted people to be up to speed on and the owner has been my friend for over 20 years. I still talk to everyone there regularly.


    I'll still be poking around here just not as much. I'm always more than happy to help with tech support. If I do not get on here when someone needs a more urgent response, anyone can feel free to email me at kyledewey@gmail.com . I know not all of you do FB but I also started a Polaris Slingshot Tech Center group over there as well that I run with a couple guys from ZZP and a couple like minded industry people near the beginning of the year which is doing well. It's similar info to what you would find here but without the awesomeness of the DIY section, the familiarity, and common friends. Really just another avenue for any of you to reach out if you wanted. Definitely never meant to take away from here.


    I moved into another area I am passionate about that I've wanted to work in for a long time as the VP of Firearm Sales & Logistics for a firearm sales and distribution company. We do new direct sales with pricing generally lower than most big box stores, I started a program for locals to make it less of a headache for them to purchase suppressors (we have a lot of people who hunt with them here), and we also do a lot of estate sales. We hold one auction a month where we auction off firearms we get from locals looking to thin their collection, estates where a person passes and the family does not want or know what to do with the firearms, and I also work with several police departments nation wide and purchase or sell their seizures for them to help fund their departments which gets some guns out of the hands of criminals and into the hands of legal gun owners. I've actually already worked with a few people from the slingshot community which has been cool. A few sent guns to me to sell and I've tracked down a few elusive models for people.


    That's my verbal novel. The short..........I'll still be around and anyone can still get ahold of me. Hope you all are well and I'll make sure to poke in here and there.

  • 2.5 in. High Flow Cat Exhaust System?

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    Quote from Dave@DDMWorks

    Yes :)


    We have something that we started working on here that is exactly that, no current ETA, spring next year is what we are aiming for though.

    We're past spring. Any update? Dave@DDMWorks

    [/quote]

    I made one before I left ZZP. Not sure if they are making it but they have the pattern for it. It’s our NA kit with a new intake tube so everything clears. There are 4-5 of them out in the wild.



    ZZPerformance, Go Fast Not Broke
    EST 2000

  • Other 3 wheeled vehicles

    Thought this was neat. Designer is using an engine out of a Honda RC51. I had one of those for a while and what an amazing V-twin sport bike. This looks neat. I realize it'll never be commercial but it's a cool concept that would sound amazing.


    hodge-hawk-trike-con-2.jpg

  • Oil Change

    Quote from Leah

    Do most use the Polaris oil filter or is there an an alternative?

    OEM Polaris Oil Filter Number 2521728


    Mobil 1 Extended Life Oil Filter Number M1-102A


    K&N Extended Life Oil Filter Number HP-1002


    Napa Gold Standard Oil Filter Number Cross Reference 1348

  • Last night almost lost everything.

    Glad you guys all made it out. I have a friend that her and her family just lost their entire house. Smoke detectors never went off. Hand it not been for the neighbor kid who saw the flames but nobody outside who called 911 and then went banging on the doors they may not have made it out. Glad you did.

  • What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies....?

    Quote from Kenerg

    It's not a matter of availability it's more about finding a tuner once one is installed.

    I've seen one person who put a turbo on the prostar engine. The tuning was not done on the stock PCM. He installed a Haltech since nobody has released any public options for tuning the stock PCM. The guy was trying to sell it but had no videos of it running or making power and it looked like a total hack job. The turbo and intercooler were all eBay specials and the wiring he had going all around was super hack and looked awful.

  • What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies....?

    Ah, yeah. I don't think I saw that one. That was regarding an email to DDM. I work for ZZP.

  • What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies....?

    Quote from billythekidd

    Thanks... the person said they sent an email to your company... I just posted here because there is usually never a follow up by the person on FB regarding what they were told.

    Odd, I wonder when they sent the email? I spend a lot of time doing live tech support and answering emails and will have anything slingshot related forwarded to me generally. I was out of the office last Thur to Sun but have been here answering emails all week. Can you tell me what group that was in? I'd like to go search it out.

  • What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies....?

    Quote from billythekidd

    There was a question today on FB that made me think about this...


    If one uses the adjustable shocks and lowers or raises the Slingshot does the belt need to be adjusted because it would be too loose or too tight?


    Thanks

    I do not think any of the coil overs on the market have enough adjustment in them to make belt tension an issue. Where I have seen this be an issue is with air ride and guys wanting to make a good amount of power. We've had them here at ZZP and if the air ride was not at the proper height, the belt would skip trying to do a power pull both on the dyno and the street. Initially we thought the belt was not adjusted properly so we set the height to stock and adjusted the belt. When left in that position there was no issue but once the sling was raised up or down from that position we would have issues under heavy loads. I've never had this issue with an non boosted sling however. I just don't think there is enough power being generated to skip the belt. But large changes in the geometry of the swing arm does have an effect on belt tension. What we ended up doing is having the owner set the ride height to their most common height and set it as a preset on the controller and adjust the belt to that height specifically. This helped circumnavigate the issue with the belt skipping under heavy loads.

  • Everything on the 2nd Amendment

    Quote from FunCycle

    To start with, if was what less than 16 inches you could not put any kind of stock on it that would let you mount to your shoulder. When was that changed?



    https://www.ammoland.com/2023/…CAMPAIGN%29#axzz7qO0mLmuf


    This all started back in 2020 when pistol braces came out. They were fine but the ATF said you can't shoulder it or it becomes an SBR. Then about a year later, they changed their mind and said the brace is slightly shorter than a stock, puts the shooter into a cramped position which is not optimal, and it's not adjustable so it's ok to shoulder a pistol brace. Now they are saying, "Hey just joking, I know we said braces are ok but we are changing our minds and we are going to now call them a stock which turns your pistol into an SBR". So the millions of people out there with pistols are now supposed to register their pistols as SBRs. Or your options are to change it to a longer 16" barrel, destroy the firearm, or turn it into the ATF with no reimbursement. The ATF cannot make law but can make rules but the rules are punishable by law. Let's say it does go through and never over turned and you do nothing with registering your now considered SBR. IF you get caught with it and it's not registered, it will be a felony charge.