trail mod 6 price performance 1000 ultra
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The beauty of owning a "sleeper" performance sled, like the Price Performance unit we tested, is knowing that owners of the newest and flashiest sleds wouldn't give this mid-90s stretched out ultra a second glance- until it blew their skis off.
The Price Performance Ultra 1000 project sled brought to our annual Trail Mod Invitational is an excellent example of the "killer" sleeper.
Disguised as a mere 1996 Polaris Ultra 680 triple, the Price Performance sleeper was anything but mild. The stock 105-horsepower Ultra 680 triple was converted to a full Price setup that boasted 1004cc displacement and 240 horsepower. Getting the motor to nearly 260 horsepower could be accomplished. Price Performance spokesman Mark Pawlak noted, "While we built up the power from an Ultra, our goal was still to have the sled in trail form."
The engine was bought in kit form and built (ported, machined, etc.) by Carl Galloway, a retired GM foreman who operates PowerTech Dyno Service (989/224-6173).
His Ultra engine was outfitted with a Price Performance 1000cc "big bore" kit that gave the engine an 81mm over bore while retaining the Ultra's stock 65mm stroke. For this specific application the Ultra used 44mm Mikuni carbs that were bored to 46mm to help feed the air-fuel mix to the Price cylinders. The exhaust setup was a Jaw's system, while the drive system was stock Polaris primary and secondary. To get power to the track, the sled was fitted with 220 Woody's .1060 chisel studs.
The Price Performance setup used on this Ultra "sleeper" retails for $4,329.00, and can be ordered from Price Performance, Dept. AS, 2735 Bedell Road, Grand Island, NY 14072 • 716/773-7841.