[pmd400]

Originally Posted by GoatZillaRacing

Bare Edelbrocks with UNFINISHED Chambers are $1627.90 at Summit. Ours are $1549 with CNC Chambers so it's a little less than you thought, BUT what's it going to cost to get the chambers CNCed?

How much advantage is there between cnc and as cast chambers for the average street guy? Bare Oldsmobile speedmaster heads are $760 a pair at jegs. Less than half the price of the speedmaster pontiac heads. The olds chambers don't look to be cnc machined.

[GoatZillaRacing]

Originally Posted by pmd400

How much advantage is there between cnc and as cast chambers for the average street guy? Bare Oldsmobile speedmaster heads are $760 a pair at jegs. Less than half the price of the speedmaster pontiac heads. The olds chambers don't look to be cnc machined.

You have to wonder if there are really that many more Olds engines in use or if MAYBE the Olds people just buy that much more than the Pontiac people.

Companies have to see a ROI and if after investing $250K to bring a product to market, it's simple math. $250K divided by X amount of sales = a profit in how many years? If it's a low volume deal, the price has to be higher to recover the investment.

Are there that many boats (not BIG cars, actual boats on the water) running Olds engines that it could justify the low price?

[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by GoatZillaRacing

You have to wonder if there are really that many more Olds engines in use or if MAYBE the Olds people just buy that much more than the Pontiac people.

Companies have to see a ROI and if after investing $250K to bring a product to market, it's simple math. $250K divided by X amount of sales = a profit in how many years? If it's a low volume deal, the price has to be higher to recover the investment.

Are there that many boats (not BIG cars, actual boats on the water) running Olds engines that it could justify the low price?

I move around in the Oldsmobile circles as well, from my long friendship with Joe Mondello. (RIP) From my experience, the Oldsmobile hobby/racing enthusiasts are about 15-20% the size of the Pontiac community and I am probably being generous. That said, I honestly have no explanation why the Edelbrock and Speedmaster offerings would be so much less expensive than the Pontiac stuff. Other than when an Oldsmobile enthusiast opens his wallet it squeaks and dust comes out! They are the tightest of the tightest when it comes to spending money on their engines. There are of course a few exceptions, the fast ones! Possibly the vendors realized if they didn't lower the prices, they wouldn't sell any at all.