1. Gman2004
2. turismo
3. Queenz350Z
4. bigbri
5. dscheers
6. t32gzz
7. failsafe306
8. meatbag
9. xsmallpaulx
10. Mikea
11. craigo'sznprgrs

 

Im gonna be out there thur & fri prolly, any questions you guys might want to ask i can relay.... or you can just call.

 

As stated above, contingent on pricing:

1. Gman2004
2. turismo
3. Queenz350Z
4. bigbri
5. dscheers
6. t32gzz
7. failsafe306
8. meatbag
9. xsmallpaulx
10. Mikea
11. craigo'sznprgrs
12. JoeDirtPharmD

 

Paul, everytime I talk to you, you say you're done with your car, but here you are, talking about dropping more money

 

I am in too,but first i must ask if it is going to work on a stock track model rear end?If it is yes the answer then i am IN TOO.

 

If you guys get this project to happen, I want to see some vids of top speed runs.

 

Well you can tell that within 12 hours of making this post there are already 12people intersted.

 

1. Gman2004
2. turismo
3. Queenz350Z
4. bigbri
5. dscheers
6. t32gzz
7. failsafe306
8. meatbag
9. xsmallpaulx
10. Mikea
11. craigo'sznprgrs
12. JoeDirtPharmD
13. Arletos350

As far as price I would assume it would be close to the 3.9 FD which is $850 for FD ring and pinion. The 3.9 FD with the Nismo LSD is $1750. Once we have the 20 people interested I will contact them and get more details.

 

I'd be interested, but I have other things that I'd put the $850 into first (clutch/flywheel). Like others said, it totally depends on pricing.

 

well honestly I don't see why it would be any cheaper than the 3.9 FD, but I will put you down as interested.

 

then again I can't really see why it's that expensive....you know?

 

well the person I spoke with did tell me that would cost $10K for the first production. I don't build or machine things so I don't know what things should cost, but just keep in mind that businesses are in business to make money not to give things away.

 

1. Gman2004
2. turismo
3. Queenz350Z
4. bigbri
5. dscheers
6. t32gzz
7. failsafe306
8. meatbag
9. xsmallpaulx
10. Mikea
11. craigo'sznprgrs
12. JoeDirtPharmD
13. Arletos350
14. taurran

 

yes I know this much, but wasn't there another company from overseas that was offering the 3.9's for like $600 or something?

 

this is a sore subject with me... lol

central 20... used the 350evo fd as a template and made a duplicate of it an because they have 0 invested in R&D their production costs are way way lower so they can sell for a much cheaper price... this is wht you pay to have it first and something pioneered right..
BJ is the gentleman you most likely talked to and he is right.. when you have to have a demo made tested and installed then produced in a minimum quantity like 20 it becomes a hassle more than a money making venture... I dont want to rain on anyone's hopes but the reason they produced the 3.9 was for their race cars in the grand-am cup series and they sold them after that to the public to make some $$... since then, they have sold the Zs to a private owner and now race daytona prototypes.

I can see that they can reduce the r&d because its not unfamiliar territory but it would be very similar if not more expensive than the 3.9fd since such a limited production would be run... 20... think 20,000 - 10000 for r & d - 5000 for for materials - 2500 for labor... est making maybe 2500 at most for an order of 20...

just food for thought.
so it doesnt seem like your getting shafted. The guys out at 350evo/Wright tuning arent out to screw you they just dont want to start another business venture that could potentially lose money for them... would you?

 

i'm curious to see the results of this, but at this point i'm not convinced that a 17% reduction in accelleration is worth 1 less shift in the 1/4 mile. If it's for the sake of traction, why are people running 550-600 whp without race tires?

 

you can drively daily with taller gears with out affecting the characteristics of the car, but the same can't be said about race tires.

 

I am not complaining about the price as I don't even know about it, but if they go through with this I can almost gaurantee that they will sell more than 20 of them. 20 would be the first go around. After the gears are made I am sure a bunch more of the high hp FI owners and future high hp owners would buy them.

 

Since it looks like the interest in there I called 350evo. I spoke with BJ and he was able to give me a little more info. He said that to get the first set done it would cost around $6000 and after the first set was done the others would be around $800. Here's the bad news. He said we would need at least 35 people to get this going (I was told 20 last night). Anyway the only way I see this happening is if we get 35 or more interested and then divide the initial costs for the first set amoung all those interested. So basically if we get 35 people interested $6000/35 would be $172.42. Add $172.42 to the $800 for each set. If we get 50 people interested it would only be $120 + $800. We are looking at $920 to $973 for these gears.

I am down to do this. What about everyone else?

 

Never gonna happen, and most of you do have the ability to hook up with proper tires at your power levels, but instead you choose to keep your 19's and pay the price for a FD....