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@10secondC

Thanks…I think…lol. Anyway…I agree with you that it can be made for much less than he sells them. I also didn’t pay a dime for this one. And as well as it flows I most likely wouldn’t have ponied up the coin for it if I had to pay for it. That being said. It isn’t as easy as it appears from the pics…well let me rephrase that. You would most likely spend a couple of days test fitting crap on the first one till it all fit right, then tig it together,smooth the welds,smooth the inside,powder coat…blah,blah,blah…right? Then when it’s all said and done you have to make the jig so you can replicate efficiently. Also the plates that isolate the filters from the engine heat have to be cut. Not sure if you have a water jet or plasma table…anyway…you will have some time in it why not make some money on the back end if people are willing to pay? We are dealing with guys that have already dumped $40k in the rest of the car, and if they wanna dump the cash what the hell? There are cheaper options…no one is twisting their arms. Whats really f’d up is we wouldn’t have even been having this conversation if someone hadn’t mentioned the price of this thing…someone remind me to smack that person in the head when I see them.

I agree with everything you said. Without seeing the car, the labor guess was pissing in the dark! I usually over commit anyways, so I am sure it would take me way longer for the first one! lol no doubt! I saw you said it was a freebie test piece, thats why I never attacked you for “spending the money”… I noticed

No plasma or water jet. But I have connections… for both. I have 3 plasma to play with cut everything from razorblade cuts in sheet metal to 1-1/2" thick. But its all by hand. which blows. Next purchase for the shop will be a mill and some basic tooling so I can learn/teach myself how to crash expensive bits in metal chunks, I mean make some cool shit! haha CNC is just outta my non existent budget atm!

@10secondC

Actually I worded mine wrong…I wasn’t trying to call a bluff of you not making an intake…I should have worded it to say on a Hemi…but whatever…I think we are on the same page.

No biggie, I dont get my diapers dirty over stuff here. No offense taken, and I hope none given.

@sbardy

You could easily make alot of money fabbing parts for mopars, that’s a no brainer(people know you know your shit). The thing is you actually have to do it and not talk about it. It should be illegal to charge 400 for a simple intake, but like you said it’s supply and demand.

My buddy who makes springs, intakes, etc. For jeeps makes money because he is in business to. He doesn’t feel bad about charging alot of money when people will pay. Hence the reason why he lives in million+ dollar house and has about 6 cars.

Hopefully I will soon be putting my money where my mouth is on just what you said. I just need a guinea pig car/customer to start with. exactly like you said for the jeep thing. A few years ago I bought a new Jeep liberty, soccer mom suv. Modded a lift kit and made some one off parts for it. Wheeled it at around here and Paragon (until they closed), posted it on the fourms and people liked it, sold a few things that way. Everyone laughed when i said I was making a lift kit for a Jeep Liberty… until it actually was done and twisting up trails, right along side TJ’s with BDS kits and what not. Def hear you on that too man.