Surplus Sucker

by **clee** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:22 pm

Due to more DG shinys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4550854645&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

by **peterg** » Sat May 21, 2005 3:28 pm

bigger....I binned mine! :oops:

Some people will buy anything from Ebay!

by **simontaylor** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:18 pm

Does anyone know how much just the pipe that goes into the turbo is from Renault?

by **David Gentleman** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:09 pm

£115 including VAT

by **clee** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:18 pm

B###LLCKS

I should have put a reserve on it :lol:

What about the other parts then.
77 00267571
77 01030196
60 01007931
77 04000715

Just out of interest for mine and PG's sake :lol:

by **peterg** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:41 pm

Its just a rubber f!*king pipe.....its not well made and I only have one of the outlets plugged in, how can it possibly be £115??!!! An electric wing mirror is only £85!

by **clee** » Sat May 21, 2005 7:51 pm

I know,I know,who'd believe it would cost that much to replace :roll:

Its the French ,you always pay more for your rubbers .Bits on the side are
common place .

by **David Gentleman** » Sat May 21, 2005 8:47 pm

Airbox is £63 + VAT retail

by **rupert** » Sat May 21, 2005 9:01 pm

clee wrote:B###LLCKS

I should have put a reserve on it
What about the other parts then.
77 00267571
77 01030196
60 01007931
77 04000715

Just out of interest for mine and PG's sake

just stop the auction early and relist it then....

by **stephendell** » Sat May 21, 2005 9:11 pm

It can't be a cheap hose to make. The Samco version is a frightening £190+VAT and their hoses are often cheaper than the OEM versions.

by **David Gentleman** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:43 pm

The oem one must be quite heat resistant to the manifolds. When you think Simons aged silicone pipe has collapsed, yet the original ones don't.....

by **clee** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:36 am

stephendell wrote:It can't be a cheap hose to make. The Samco version is a frightening £190+VAT and their hoses are often cheaper than the OEM versions.

Looking at it, either the tooling is complex and was therefore expensive or the moulding process is labour intensive .Take your pick ,but the moulded component itself ,even in a high temp material will be 3-5£s in material costs :roll:

so £115 does seem a tad spenny :lol:

by **stephendell** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:49 am

the moulded component itself ,even in a high temp material will be 3-5£s in material costs

Perhaps I'd better have a word with Samco!

by **Alpiniste** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:55 am

I've discussed with SAMCO re the A610 already at the motorposrt trade day.

To make a pipe with unusual curve or intlet/outlet, they ahve to machine a steel former for the internals. Each pipe connection is another machined section which is assembled in a jig to meet up internally.

So for "specials" they ahve to design and then machine the internal fillers AND a jig. £1500 setup was pretty average they said !!! So if they sell 10 then that's £150 PER PIPE just for the setup costs never mind the manufacturing and profit

Sell a hundred and it's only 15 quid, so it's always goign to hurt for A610 pipes. Maybe with the GTAs you can drum up enough firm orders around Europe to go ahead with plans.

by **clee** » Sun May 22, 2005 10:59 am

Samco will be having a man with a roll of tape wrapping a tube, round and round and round and etc, so I can understand why they cost a lot but not how they can justify £190 :shock: