Advance Performance Engineering, Inc.

   Dean Polopolus. Owner of APE, Inc. has engineered a powerful high performance piece of machinery by developing the Polo 4 cylinder 911

    The Crank case has been casted and machined and is now in various cars all over the world.

Dean has built motors for Panamericana race cars  , Track race cars, and High performance street driven cars.

Our Business

Advance Performance has been in business for over 20 years. We dedicated 15 years into the Polo engine from conception to now. Sense completion of the Polo engine we have sold to the USA, Germany, Africa and the UK.

Dean and the Polo

Engine have been

featured in the   911 & Porsche World "magazine" Jan. 2002 and June 2002 + has various other articles and internet blogs dedicated to them both.

Who We Are

  Dean Polopolus, the owner, has engineered and developed a 4 cylinder 911,  high performance, air cooled motor.  He based it around the classicly known 6 cylinder 911, air cooled motor. The development started with a machine welded factory crank case and now, has been casted and machined to create his new Polo motor that will accept 911 parts.  The motor has been seen in various magazines, shows, and now is in various cars located not only throughout the US, but now the world.

Dean Polopolus has many years of  experience with the 911 motor. He maintained a shop for many  years and has built various examples of Porsche high performance motors.

Motors of mention;   High performance 356 motor, Titanium rods, Titanium valves, Twin plug, Ported,     1720cc  180 hp.

356 Turbo motor,  Biral 83.5 mm bore, Titanium Rods, Dilevar head studs, Venolia pistons, Lighten crank and rods, Variable waste gate,  Full flow oil systems.  40mm Blow thru carberation, Bosch Capasiter discharge ingintion.      1650cc  155 hp  140 ft lbs.