I will get started on the FC vmounts after the FD GB's have ended. Need to build up a little more capital. It will cost me about 3.5 to 4k to prototype the kits, maybe a little more since I have to make all 3 kits at once. Expect them to be ready around income tax refund time.

Ben

I maybe down. My 7 needs a new rad anyway. is there any way you can sub a oil cooler for the p/s cooler? my car doesn't have P/S.

What happened to the stock one on your car? You mean like a modified oil cooler.

It will cost more because the oil will be higher preasure and higher temp so will require a higher rating of material. Also there are adapter fittings needed that will drive the price up. So more then likely I can discount the kit the price of the power steering cooler upgrade.

is there any price on ducting yet?

please hurry up and make this happen. i have always wanted a v mount and corksport is taking forever to even get back to us. if you can have one for sale before they do then you got my $

FC3S nataku,

I am not in a race to make this, sorry about that. Also I can not throw it together to try and beat another vendor to the punch. All I can do is make my kit the best that I can with the ability to support your cars needs on the track or on the mountain roads.

Also from what I can see my kit wil be around 2k. That is twice as much as another memeber said the corksport kit will cost. It does not need all the pieces that the FD kit uses so that will help save costs for the FC vmount.

I have no price quote for FC ducting. Depending on how I set-it up, it may be part of the kit. If the kit performs well with out it, then ducting will be optional for track cars that really need ducting.

Ben

Is there a pre-sale deposit/discount?

This could be good!

great vendor im glad someone still believes in quality parts=]
im tired of seeing knock off parts under hoods of 7s

Thank you everyone for your support.

There will be a dealine optional deposit link to hold your kit if you do not want to pay in full. As for the discount, that is what the GB is all about.

The FC vmount GB deal will be run exactly how I have the FD vmount GB goin on right now.

Once the FC vmount kit is complete, all the details will be given. But I will not have this kit ready until around March next year.

These sound interesting. If they come in around income tax season, I very well may be in for a upgrade.

In the kit, I assume we will need to have a aftermarket compression tube?

Right on time too :), I graduate around that time, and that's when the master plan begins :D

For the FC vmount, I will be working from a stock turbo 2 so you can be sure that everything will be included in the kit. It will be a complete bolt on kit. The price will be justified by the components and functionality of the kit.

I am interested in a quality kit. And would budget up to $2000 for one.

maybe im an ass but i think for $2000 i could make one on my own. maybe im just wrong and an ass who knows....

You’re not an ass. Anybody can make their own vmount for that price. 2k is just an estimate. But I believe it will be less. But some people do not have the time to search for their own parts or have the time to put their car down while you’re doing R&D. Also some people do not have the resources or know where to begin.

And of course there is a small mark-up. This is business.

I agree that a cheaper kit can be made using other products. I can throw together a vmount for 900. But I do not support reverse engineering so I do not buy knock off parts for use in my kit.

I support our economy and I want to help my fellow business owners survive these hard times.

I think in the end you pay for convenience. Like paying for first class on a plane when you can save money and have a shitty ride in coach....lol

Ben

I understand So what kind of ic core would you use then if you dont like the cheap stuff?:-) I hate commercial flying by the way i was air force and had my own plane to walk around play football in do whatever! Where's chuck? i used to follow ReX when he made the GTC front ends for the 2nd gen.

gxlbiscuit,

When I mean cheap, I just mean companies that have reverse engineered other companies hard work and design. Not so much as the mama/papa shops. But more of the bigger companies that do this.

I will be using Garret cores. They are not the cheapest nor the most expensive. But I like them because internally the cores are dense with fins. This may give it a slight more preasure drop then the next I/C core might (.5lb to 1lb at most), but everyone has to remember that heat exchange and cooler more dense air makes more power then hot air. The Garret cores that I use are more stable at the track and limit the amount of temperature fluctuations. This also helps in tunning and data logging at the track. More stable data with less noise.

I just want everyone to know that the purpose behind these kits is not to just get you a "vmount set-up". The purpose it to give you a set-up that will support time attack racing, togue canyon runs and drifters. This set-up has to withstand abuse and has to work under constant load.

Ben

sorry if im offending you. I really do appreciate what you guys do and always have thanks.

Bro, no ofense taken, I'm all smiles over here. That is also one downside of E-Chat. You can't really tell the tone or the personality of someone like you can as if you met them in person.

I hope that soo enough the enternet can support chat and webcams on threads like this.

I think it would be cool to leave video comments in here, that would be sick.

Lets get to the point! So when is this going to happen?

The kit should be done and ready for GB by the end of March 2010. There will be 3 options just like the FD vmounts so that you can chose the perfect one for your application.

Ben

Like I said in the corksport thread, I'll be very interested if it's well engineered, which is sounds like yours will be.

One of my main requirements is being able to keep the bumper support. There really isn't any reason you shouldn't be able to, and it's a safety hazard not to have one.

It would also be nice if you made it an option to be able to connect to a FD UIM and throttle body. I'll be switching over to one when I install a new intercooler.

Also, I don't know how possible but if you would allow people to use their own aftermarket radiators that would be nice too, I have a really nice AWR radiator, and I'd rather not downgrade that...

Thanks for making quality FC products. It seems lately like a lot of quality companies are abandoning the FC.

Eage8,

I agree that it would be nice to make a kit that can accomplish all those things. But in reality I can not make a kit that can meet all those requirements because of that set-up being very customized.

I dont see the bumper support being an issue, but for the radiator, I can go with any core because it will be the end tanks that I will have to modify to make it work. I may start with a koyo, I may start with AWR, I may start with a super cheap costing mishimoto radiator. But what I have to finish with is a modified radiator with a race rady "core" because the endtanks are going to get cut and modified anyways.

As for going to an FD uim and elbow, the greddy elbow is 2.75 and so is my piping. Worst case senerio in that situation is that they cut the pipe and install a silicon hose to get the rest of the pipe to go what ever angle they want.

But if I get enough request, I can make the kit have that option if it is a common swap for the FC guys to use FD uim and greddy elbow.

In the FD kit, no other cores are substituted, all the endtanks are all custom. Everything is measured and made for the parts in the kit.

But I will make a worthy kit.

Afterall, we all know how products can effect a companies reputation. I have respect for what Chuck went through to get Rotary Extreme where its at. I will do my best to follow his business model. So with that, I have to make good shit.

Ben

All that seems more than reasonable. I'm really excited about this kit.

AWR uses Ron Davis cores. Which I've only heard good things about.