Very true. Everyone encounters this whenever they propose some new or unconventional modification. I got flack when I proposed the VQ30DET as a viable new motor to swap. But when opposition popped up, I just shrugged it off and kept going.a_ahmed wrote:I apologize for coming off harsh, but it's just my experience in the last 4 years of owning a 240. The reason we don't get enough hardcore shiznit made is because of the attitude of the owners, it's bad business. .
It's comparing apples to oranges because you are comparing a remanned replacement part priced for the naive general public to an item aimed at an audience with some idea of what's going on. The former are the same people who pay ludicrous amounts of money on simple repairs only because they don't know better.a_ahmed wrote:A hicas oem remanned rack will cost you 500 bux, so good luck. It's comparing apples and oranges. Actually nissan used to ask for 1200$~ for a brand new hicas rack. I know most people wouldn't buy a brand new one but instead a remanned one, but just saying.
So whip one up for us, real quick there guy.Karateboy88 wrote:Come on, most of the housing is just an aluminum pipe Then the flanges can be Tig welded on.
At the same time a 20 year old CNC machine can mill the rack to any relevant tolerance.
Give me the cash for a CNC machine, 5K should do it, and $200 fot a spoolmate for my Miller Mig so I can weld aluminum. Then I'll sell these bad boys for $500 each.Bumnah wrote:So whip one up for us, real quick there guy.
Now you've answered your question as to why it costs $1000.Karateboy88 wrote:
Give me the cash for a CNC machine, 5K should do it, and $200 fot a spoolmate for my Miller Mig so I can weld aluminum. Then I'll sell these bad boys for $500 each.
you think you can buy a CNC machine for 5k? what model/brand? i used to work in a steel fab shop and i ran a Peddinghaus FPB 1800, we were the 2nd company in the US to have one when the company got it and it cost over a half a million.Karateboy88 wrote:
Give me the cash for a CNC machine, 5K should do it, and $200 fot a spoolmate for my Miller Mig so I can weld aluminum. Then I'll sell these bad boys for $500 each.
After which, you'll promptly go bankrupt from losing a chit ton of money by underpricing your product. $500 wouldn't cover your overhead or make a profit for you. This is a business we're talking about here... Not a company building hacked up chit in their backyard shed.Karateboy88 wrote:
Give me the cash for a CNC machine, 5K should do it, and $200 fot a spoolmate for my Miller Mig so I can weld aluminum. Then I'll sell these bad boys for $500 each.
We can tell...a_ahmed wrote:(YAAAY long overdue as I've been stressed from too much working)....
Things used to be crazy expensive but they are not anymore. Now anyone can set up a small manufacturing company in their garage for the price of a new car.gnvarnadore wrote:
you think you can buy a CNC machine for 5k? what model/brand? i used to work in a steel fab shop and i ran a Peddinghaus FPB 1800, we were the 2nd company in the US to have one when the company got it and it cost over a half a million.
Yea I didn't splurge on a Tig in my hypothetical scenarioBumnah wrote:
Now you've answered your question as to why it costs $1000.
You wouldn't splurge on a TIG welder since you've got a CNC machine?
You guys need to stop glorying the production process. It's just not that expensive.simmode1 wrote:
After which, you'll promptly go bankrupt from losing a chit ton of money by underpricing your product. $500 wouldn't cover your overhead or make a profit for you. This is a business we're talking about here... Not a company building hacked up chit in their backyard shed.h
Haha im alright with waiting just letting ya know it might convince or sway some people from getting ita_ahmed wrote:i will have that information as soon as i get a price quote which should be when all things are said and done through jon at atomic rex. I will wait for him to receive my rack...
Patience
its for the steering response more than to free up running the pumpbarefoot mat wrote:how much hp would you think you would get by not having to turn p/s pump?
defintly interested. for my someday KA-T build.