GReddy turbo kit update
03-15-2003, 09:12 AM
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Originally posted by LA-Z
Well not that I'm a fan of the car, but for the money a SC Cobra will get you 400HP and beyond for around 40K
Well not that I'm a fan of the car, but for the money a SC Cobra will get you 400HP and beyond for around 40K
Personally, I'm hoping the engineers at GReddy or NISMO (with the Garrett GT-series turbo kit hinted at on page 162 of the March 2003 edition of Sport Compact Car) will be able to produce over 400hp w/ a turbo kit priced around $6000 - $8000.
03-15-2003, 01:33 PM
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Re: GReddy turbo pricing
Originally posted by Street Sports
Although I do not know what the price will actually be, I would plan on it being around 10K. The reason I say this is because the upgrade kit for the 300ZX which is based on TD05-16G turbos with SUS manifolds and 2 Type S wastegates is $6454.44. The kit for the 350Z will be based on TD05-18G turbos. If they use Type R wastegates instead of Type S wastegates in the final production kit, they are $200 extra each which is another $400 added to the kit. If they use an eManage with the kit, that is another $379. They are planning on including new injectors with the kit which should be 6x say $136.36 (the price of GReddy fuel injectors) which is $818.16. Now I do know that they will not use their own injectors, as they do not have the proper side entry injectors. This means that they have to purchase them elsewhere (perhaps Nismo??) which may or may not drive up the price. Now, if it ends up cheaper then great, everybody will be happy. But what you should do is plan for the worst, and hope for the best.
As far as losing business? No way. In case you haven't dealt with GReddy much, let me tell you. I started out importing their products in 1993. Two years later, in 1995, they opened up their U.S. office. I was a dealer right off the bat, obviously. In all that time, I have only been able to get kits I ordered about half of the time. The other half of the time, I have had to backorder them. For every person that does not want to pay that much for a turbo kit, means every person that does won't have to wait as long to get theirs. In either case, GReddy will do their best to keep up with demand. So they won't lose any business, trust me.
And in this whole thing, you have forgotten one very important aspect to this. If GReddy does in fact get this kit CARB certified, they will double their sales. Because who in the world is going to continually pay the labor to take the kit on and off to pass emissions all the time? No one. So from a marketing standpoint, GReddy can't lose.
Shawn @ Street Sport
Although I do not know what the price will actually be, I would plan on it being around 10K. The reason I say this is because the upgrade kit for the 300ZX which is based on TD05-16G turbos with SUS manifolds and 2 Type S wastegates is $6454.44. The kit for the 350Z will be based on TD05-18G turbos. If they use Type R wastegates instead of Type S wastegates in the final production kit, they are $200 extra each which is another $400 added to the kit. If they use an eManage with the kit, that is another $379. They are planning on including new injectors with the kit which should be 6x say $136.36 (the price of GReddy fuel injectors) which is $818.16. Now I do know that they will not use their own injectors, as they do not have the proper side entry injectors. This means that they have to purchase them elsewhere (perhaps Nismo??) which may or may not drive up the price. Now, if it ends up cheaper then great, everybody will be happy. But what you should do is plan for the worst, and hope for the best.
As far as losing business? No way. In case you haven't dealt with GReddy much, let me tell you. I started out importing their products in 1993. Two years later, in 1995, they opened up their U.S. office. I was a dealer right off the bat, obviously. In all that time, I have only been able to get kits I ordered about half of the time. The other half of the time, I have had to backorder them. For every person that does not want to pay that much for a turbo kit, means every person that does won't have to wait as long to get theirs. In either case, GReddy will do their best to keep up with demand. So they won't lose any business, trust me.
And in this whole thing, you have forgotten one very important aspect to this. If GReddy does in fact get this kit CARB certified, they will double their sales. Because who in the world is going to continually pay the labor to take the kit on and off to pass emissions all the time? No one. So from a marketing standpoint, GReddy can't lose.
Shawn @ Street Sport
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