| Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:12 AM Mr. Wilk: I just want you to know how satisfied I am with your POWER PROM for my 1985.1 Porsche 944. I have thoroughly enjoyed my twenty three year old daily driver and thought it might be time to see what performance it could still offer. In early July I registered for my first ever PCA Driver Education event at Summit Point and thought some extra performance would be helpful. A result of my own lack of planning unfortunately your POWER PROM arrived just days before I was to drive. I also discovered that my original chip was soldered into place requiring a socket installation. Not wanting to miss my first DE event I decided the POWER PROM installation would jus have to wait. I now realize this turn of events was actually a blessing in disguise. During my first DE event in mid July I was disappointed with my 944's lack of torque as it exited some of the tighter turns. I even went as far as downshifting to second gear in a normally 3rd gear turn to search for more exiting torque. What I got was a less than smooth exit with very high RPM this was not going to be the answer. Just a couple of weeks later I was eager to register for my second DE event for mid August which fortunately would again be held at the same track. What a difference a couple of weeks make. I returned for my second DE event with your POWER PROM installed. As advertised, your POWER PROM delivered.. * Better Acceleration with noticeably more torque exiting the turns * No more sluggish partial throttle response * No more shudder when decelerating especially noticeable when downshifting My instructor commented several times about the smoothness of my downshifts. I was very happy with the noticeably more torque and power! I really need to confess, I believe the improvements in my second DE were more due to your POWER PROM than any of my novice driving technique. Thanks for all of your help and advice, Jay 1985.1 - Porsche 944 N/A |
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Naturally, I don't have a dyno, but the car is mean -
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From: "myatuck" Steve Petty I have now had F.R.
Wilk's Performance Prom in the '82 for about two
weeks. Previously I ran his Euro chip, and before that his No-Shudder
chip. |
| Date: | Sun, 16 Dec 2001 16:32:53 -0800 |
| Author: | "Scott A. Harrison" |
| Subject: | [Driving Impression] FR Wilk's DME modification on 84 944 [Long] |
| Body: | One word to
describe it... "unbelievable"! By far and away, this is the best bang for your
buck that you will find for an early 944. I have always been a believer that the factory had pretty much wrung all the performance out the 2.5 liter 944 NA motor, and that short of trying to supercharge the engine (which is an expensive proposition and requires a pretty fresh engine), there really wasn't that much that could be done to the engine and still have it streetable. The chips that were available for the car didn't really offer anything worth doing (especially for my 84 DME with no socket), headers and cams were a trade off that might make a difference for a track only car but would rob low end power. Lots of folks, myself included, have told others not to bother trying to do anything with the engine, focus on the suspension and driving technique, or else buy a 951... I sent my DME to FR for him to modify. I wound up getting a dual socketed DME, with a performance chip in one socket and a shudder fixed "stock" chip in the other, and a switch on the side so that I could easily change settings. He did the work and returned it to me promptly. The most I was honestly hoping for was that the shudder problem would be fixed and that I might feel a little bit of a performance difference due to the ignition advance. Boy, was I wrong! This seriously feels like a whole new car. It pulls coming out of turns MUCH harder than before, and I finally feel like a soccer mom in a mini van won't embarrass me off the line.. It has a linear powerband that kicks in earlier and pulls much longer than the stock chip, and I would honestly compare it to how my 968 cab feels. No, its not going to blow away my 951, but this is MUCH more fun to drive. If any KC area listers have a G-tech that they can loan me, I will do some testing and post the info. I will also do a side-by-side comparison between the stock chip and the performance chip, since I now have a switch that will allow me to do so. I will also be looking at getting this car to a dyno sometime this next spring, and will again post the results. I won't guess what the hp increase is, but I will say that the SOTP Dyno feels a significant increase, and some baseline runs around my local testing grounds shows an "unofficial" 1.4 sec decrease in lap times (3 mile loop). Biggest difference is that the stock 944 NA needs to rely on momentum coming out of the corners, whereas this car will now actually "pull" when I accelerate out of turns, and it actually puts you back in your seat a bit when you accelerate at 3500rpm, whereas before, it would slowly build up speed. Again, not like a 951, but definitely a noticeable amount. If you have an early model 944, you seriously need to consider doing this. I have no financial interest in this, etc, etc... so consider this an unbiased report. Regards, ...Scott |
| Date: | Tue, 25 Jun 2002 08:53:25 -0700 |
| Author: | "Scott A. Harrison" |
| Subject: | Driving Impression: FR Wilks chips for early 944, part II |
| Body: | I posted an
original email about his performance chips a while back... but wanted to give a longer
term impression of them after I had driven with them for a while. I am STILL blown away by the difference the chips make. SO much, in fact, that I am trying to sell my other two P-cars (86 951 and 92 968), as I much prefer driving my 84 944. The car was running quite rich to start with (before I put the chips in), but I solved that problem by replacing the throttle body. Once I did that, the chips made the car really come alive. It pulls much stronger in mid rpm range, gas mileage has improved a bit over what it was, and the extra power makes the car feel a lot more nimble than a stock 944na. Since I had FR install the dual chip option (running a stock chip in one socket and his performance chip in a second socket and a switch to pick between the two), I can get a decent "before and after" comparison. I like "after" MUCH better. Runs better than the stock chips, no surge or shudder at idle, and pulls harder than stock pretty much all the way up to redline. No empirical data to share here, just SOTP dyno and some informal timings, but I want to see about getting the car on a real dyno or at least a G-tech to see what that shows. In the meantime, tho, if you have an early 944na, get FR's chips. Best bang for the buck you will find, period. I have no financial interest in recommending FR's products... and he has no knowledge that I am posting this, until he reads it with the rest of y'all. Regards, ...Scott |
| From:
"m ch" To: FR Wilk Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:37 PM Subject: Re: Performance PROM |
| You are
indeed a --'Magician'-- This is NOT the 944 that i was driving 3 days ago!! Christmas has been very busy for me so i was not able to get the chip in till the evening of the 24th,and got to go for a quick blast. Here is my technical description--Pulls 'Very Hard' off the line,no hesitation with what feels like a very Linear progression of power all the way to the red line,from about 5000 rpm, to the red line the engine fairly shrieks with almost a desire to keep going---very un-porsche like in that respect,engine running a little hotter than usual,so if that continues will maybe upgrade the radiator,or fit higher performance fans, but i feel this is a small price to pay for being able to now blow off those annoying little hondas. All in all a very worth while improvement,my next step is to improve the exhaust side of things as i think i may be losing some horses there.. Once again many thanks.what is next..:-))) M Ch |
| todwic
Huge member  Registered: Feb 2002
11-23-2002 05:37 AM |
Chips n dip I got my chipped DME back in the mail from Mr. Wilk a couple of days ago. I gave it a whirl, drove the hell out of it, and have this to report. I love it! I got the dual chip type thing and I flicked the lever back and forth (yer not supposed to, btw) and could tell the difference between the stock and the power prom settings. I flicked it on power prom, and I have to say, it kicks ass! While I haven't tried the top end speed, I know it gets 0 - 100mph faster and it seems...more assertive getting there. I haven't even tried driving it with it on the stock setting, cuz it's just too dam much fun with it on the powerprom set. While it's not a turbo, and I do realize nothing will ever bring my car to turbo specs, It gave my '84 a swift kick in the arse. Conclude report __________________ |
| From:
Mandy Alvarez To: Grassroots Motorsport Magazine Cc: FR Wilk Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: 924S/Grassroots Motorsport magazine |
| I wrote
your magazine about my anemic 924S. You recommended FR Wilk and his chips. What a difference it made. This car now pulls from the bottom to the the new red line of 7000 RPM's. No cough, phlegm, surge nor shudder. Thank you guys for your fine publication and keep recommending Wilk. Mandy Alvarez Coral Gables Florida |
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