Can't wait :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
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Can't wait :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Alright rob.
If every goes as planned we can have more supercharged VX's by the end of the year ?
One of my best friends is from Australia and he goes home once a year, I wonder if he can bring this back as a carry on or checked baggage, lol ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Look at that garage! A Rotary and an Isuzu 4WD! Does it get any better?:smilewinkQuote:
Originally Posted by LittleBeast
Yeah baby :bwgy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gussie2000
Rob G'day mate good to have another aussie on this site. i just sent you a email, could you look out for it please.
Oh if i dont sell my pride and joy i am very keen to see about getting it SC. now is it cheaper to ship the car to you or to ship the SC here and have my machanic fit it......:cool:
Cheers matey
Well,seems that this S/C project is taking shape though.
Rob,please keep the pace & have us informed with any updated news.
Ok folks, sorry for the delay!
I have manifold pricing - Price is Aussie dollars.
Qty 5 - AUD1278.
Qty 10 - AUD1205
I am sorry this is a bit over what I estimated, apparently the cost of the raw aluminium is responsible.
We are not quite finalised on some small details, but I am now satisfied enough to start taking payments from interested parties.
Please PM me for details on how to make secure payment.
Please post any other questions here.
Blown Soozoos here we come!
We should go over what is required to have a complete kit--
The M90 - $275 USD from EBAY
Bypass actuator with shaft and butterfly disk. From Magnuson
Inlet housing for mounting the throttle body, bypass actuator
(Or not, if side positions are used. Consider conflict with EGR Valve)
Inlet housing gasket
Belt
Oil
An idler pulley with supporting adjustable bracket
A crank pulley
A manifold between the S/C and the heads with injector ports
Manifold to head gaskets 2
S/C to manifold gasket
A nose housing with a bearing supported shaft and pulley
A nose gasket
Fuel rails with housing for fuel pressure valve -2
Brackets for throttle cable mounting
Fuel rail connection hose and vacuum hoses
Various bolts of suitable lengths
I have probably missed things. Others can chime in.
The manifold and inlet cover are the largest cast aluminum items.
The Old Alpine kit cost about $3600. USD with S/C.
Your plan was –
"I envisage the cost WITHOUT the SC to be around AUD $2000-2500, (About 1000 USD) add that USD 275 S/C and you have a bargain basement price installation!"
"We plan to supply every specialized part (snout support, idler pulley, crank pulley etc) you need in a kit from here, and a comprehensive list of the SIMPLE hardware (fasteners & hose clamps etc) required, as well as the EXACT spec of the SC which you can then get from Magnusson at their '48 states' pricing
So you order a kit from us, and the SC from Cali, and the fasteners from a local supplier - 3 phone calls instead of one, and you save hundreds if not thousands of $:bgwp:
I understand this would not appeal to everyone, and a full turn-key kit may follow later, but I know after the Aus and US govts have finished with us the kit will be expensive - even leaving it a no margin sideline - in the order of $6K or more."
If the manifold now will cost $1000 USD rather than $500 USD.
How much will the back inlet housing cost?
How much will the nose and pulley cost from Magnuson?
The Kit US import costs?
Can you bring this into better focus?
Thanks, Roy
Roy
Thanks for your interest
Alpinesport have mentioned that the inlet pipe and throttle body mounts *may* be included in the manifold price. Sorry to be vague, they are very enthusiastic about doing this, but at the same time have been hard to pin down.
MSC quoted me USD325 for nose & pulley assy. Snout dimension on this app will be a standard generic MSC dimension, whether this is achieved by purchase or rework of the Ebay snout
MSC quoted USD63 all up for all bypass parts
Bypass mounts on the left of the SC looking at the car from the front. It clears the EGR
Snout support, idlers and drive pulleys looking to be around AUD600
US import costs I have no idea. For me to bring items into Australia as personal imports if the $ value is below AUD1000 there is no duty or tax levied, the US may have something similar. It is not something I have been able to get a clear answer on. Like bureaucrats the world over, if they don't know the answer saying 'you pay' is safest for them!
The old Alpine kit was underpriced - Alpinesport said as much to us, but they used more "interesting" language! The USD/Rand exchange rate ended up killing it.
The exchange rate varies from day to day....the trend has been for the AUD to increase in value against the USD - it has been as low as 50c - currently 80c, so it isn't as cheap for you as it was a few months back
Anything unique to this project we will make available, anything generic we will provide enough detail to enable sourcing.
Hope this helps:happyface
Rob
Send it to us :yeso:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hetzer
I'm sure your mechanic could do a great job but I've never seen a VX in the metal:smilewink
Rob you're the man !
I got two things to ask for
1: Can you post few pics of the manifold ? If any is avalaible
2: post a list with all the parts to go with this S/C which seems to vary from the original alpine kit
My horse is going to have the valves lash readjusted at the end of august so after this is done am gonna focus my attention on this matter.
Expecting manifold drawings back from Alpine for checking this week!
*Happy dance*:bgwo:
Hi, Rob!
It's been almost a month since your last post.. Any updates for us hopeful S/C owners? :)
Yeah sorry folks! I haven't been well for nearly 3 weeks.....:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Petos
Manifold layout is 'signed off' - next step involves melting some Aluminum :p For those who know someone with a Alpine kit, the rear of the SC will be in the same place as those
I am currently working with Alpine on the inlet pipe casting - it has to be changed slightly to suit the new SC - looks like we may be able to supply this in the quoted manifold price :yeso:
Rob
Don't know if I posted details of my jalopy before? With old age comes memory loss.......what was I saying? :o
Anyway rather than load up this server too, heres the link http://forum.australia4wd.com/index.php?showtopic=16467
Go look, let me know what you think
Hey rob !Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
We haven't heard about you since your last post.
What's the current status of the S/C project ?
Any progress as of today ?
Log in & give us some insight of what's going on buddy.
Hope you are ok :yeso:
Yeah I'm fine thanks mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gussie2000
Sorry folks, haven't forgotten this, but not a lot to report! Slower than a diesel Hilux with a broken turbo.......:upsetgray
Trust me we are as excited about this as ever :bgwo:
Pilot manifold is finalised and should be cast by now. Expecting to hear from SA that a sample manifold & intake pipe to be ready any day now!:bgwo:
That will be DHL'd here, it will get bolted on for final position checks & we will really get on the gas:bgwo:
I'll have some more pix for you guys too
Rob
With a wee bit of past experience with Alpine to draw on...:rolleyesgQuote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
I'll say that molasses in January might be considered speedy by comparison...:upsetgray
LOL!
We will get there I'm sure
LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
Being you sharing the tip about it i guess it's time to lay back & have a cup of cappuccino.
By the way rob thanks for speedy replay;Now you got my anxiety supercharged LOL
Hahahaha.... amen to that. Been 5 years now.... still waiting for my cruise control cable. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Ldub
What you guys need? Details!Quote:
Originally Posted by WormGod
I speak to them weekly at the moment, may be able to help.
Sokay! I had felt a bit guilty about not posting.....but it would have been like a New York cop if I had: 'Nothing to see here, move along" :bwgy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gussie2000
New york city cops have much so to do: issue tickets & lock down 42nd street down town manhattan to drive every one damn crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Updates on supercharger???
Ok folks!
Been a while but we have prototype manifold in our hands now :bgwb: Phone pix so a bit blurry
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...nifold_006.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...nifold_004.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...nifold_002.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...nifold_001.jpg
:yeso:Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Wow great news !
Robb now you got my attention :yesb:
How can i sleep tonight with this supercharged toy playing around my mind :p
So when this will be all ready robb ?
This is a 'fit & form' casting that only has engine & SC mounts. The actual manifold run will be done when we're happy with this. Have pulleys and fuel rails in progress too
Take a sleeping pill! :bwgy:
Whoa looks choice dude, im sure when some people see those pics they might drool LoL:yesgray:
You're right :drool2::drool2::drool2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sprey
Robby what have you been doing lately ?......:confused:
Any updates on the master piece ?
Rob:
Have to confess... ran out of patience and supercharged my Ironman yesterday with a regular Alpine...
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...s/Photo306.jpg
It DID boost my ride!
on the other hand, it makes a lot of noise... probably need to replace a couple of bearings, maybe it will make it quiter?? :confused:
anyway, there are still at least a couple of hopeful VXers here, so you can count on orders from Russia... heck, I might go for an upgrade to M90 myself!
These tidbits may interest you Gussie...:smilewinkQuote:
Originally Posted by Gussie2000
http://forum.australia4wd.com/index.php?showtopic=16772
http://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic.php?t=30280
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Originally Posted by Ldub
Interesting ....... :yeso:
Wonder if robb can get all the parts needed for installations besides the manifold
Sorry for the huge delay folks :upsetgray and thank you for your patience! Especially you Gus! Petos, I'm not talking to you :p
Where we at? Manifolds go to CNC this week!
We will have manifolds crank pulleys idlers fuel rails and inlet pipes in our hands by Christmas time.
I will load some pics soon, I don't have them on ths PC, but I see someone has posted a link to the Aust 4WD website with them on.
Pricing of the various components will follow shortly - Alpine have been very helpful but clearly have a lot of projects on the go :yeso: so this has been a sloooow project.
I'm going to try and PM everyone that mailed me, hopefully you are all waiting to hear from me :lol:
Rob
LoL robb you are the most wanted man after bin laden ! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Thanks for the speedy respond buddy.......
Robb, are you guys fabbing an EGR block from scratch or is it a duplication of the one from the Alpine-Eaton unit? Just curious as I could always use a new one. ;)
Rob:Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbomaz
Pls PM me as well.. I'm not a traitor! :) still interested, and can help spreading the word..
Pm me too!!!