George Lendich wrote:

Carol Conner wrote:

Hi....Paul Conner here....I have a Mazda 13B with Tracy Crook ignition

and

Airflow Performance fuel injection....I am not happy with the previous
owner's installation of the PVC elbows and airbox....large and not very
pretty....Looking for a bolt-on intake manifold with fuel injectors that
won't break the bank.....I am a pilot, not a mechanic, so I need

something

that does not require an engineer to assemble.  Thanks in advance for

your

replies. Paul Conner, SQ2000 with 13B engine.

Well we are trying to get it together. Should take awhile to gather
the money and have a pattern made for castings.

Paul Lamar

Paul,
Have you done any analysis of cost of production and some sort of projected
demand, anticipated cost per unit and possible sale price that's attaractive
to builders. Patterns are bloody expensive and you must get it right the
first time because it's expensive to change things.
Let us know your thoughts and any cost set-up you anticipate.
George (down under)

Well I suspect we could sell at least ten right off the bat at about $300 to $500
US. Long term in the next ten years a growing number. Since the currency down
there is so favorable do you have any email addresses of pattern makers in Aus
that I can email drawings to for quotes? I sent out some request for quotes to the UK.

The runners would look something like this only shorter to keep the size of the 
pattern down and make the manifold tunable. The casting themselves cast in the US 
here in So Cal are not much.

Paul Lamar
 
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