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#241
03-01-2004, 06:21 PM
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"Tom,does that mean I get mine back now? Tom" You want it before or after your carbs. LOL! I will still check it out for you vs a "good" one for flow and fit, etc. Tom V. 
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03-02-2004, 03:55 PM
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#243
03-02-2004, 03:56 PM
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another, quality looks very high, wasn't packed very smartly but arrived safe
RAIV Don't leave home without it. www.musclecarrace.com
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03-02-2004, 04:44 PM
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GONZO, thanks for the pics, looks great. Hope to have mine in the next day or two. Hope they have mine packed well, at $466.00 i don't want to be dicking around and sending it back.
Robert Williams
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#245
03-03-2004, 03:31 AM
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Gonzo,
Can you post the actual weights of your aluminum -vs- stock iron intakes. I waffled on sending in my deposit so I guess I'll have to wait for the next batch.  http://kurtspontiac.homestead.com/TimSimpson66GTO.html |
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03-03-2004, 05:46 AM
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goatseeker, go back to page #5, i posted some of the weights there.
Robert Williams
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03-03-2004, 07:07 AM
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Some one posted about an repro HO manifold on the way? Thats true there is one on the way.
14.5 lbs is what it weighs RAIV Don't leave home without it. www.musclecarrace.com [This message was edited by GONZO on March 03, 2004 at 09:26 AM.]
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03-03-2004, 08:02 AM
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what about the rumor of the 65 tripower intake? Would my 65 stuff work on a 66 intake? If so, is there any advantage to running a 65 vs. 66 intake? I have to think so, seeing how PMD would make such a "drastic" change between model years. With all the new stuff coming out, I am almost too reluctant to buy anything right now for fear of losing out on something even better to come out the next month. Always seems to be my luck-day late dollar short-you know?
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#249
03-03-2004, 04:53 PM
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It took over 15 months to get this 66 intake to
where they could ship some of them. The 66 intake has a larger flowing center carburetor vs your 1965 carburetor. The end carbs would interchange as would the whole 66 set-up on your 65 engine. My opinion is buy it while you can and if the 65 unit comes out you can always sell the 66 unit later. Tom V.
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03-03-2004, 05:01 PM
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Quote by Chris in the first post on this intake:
"He has asked us to be his main source of distribution on this intake." Looks to me like you are the last source for this intake and the last one to get them. This really pi$$es me off with this guy. Every body and his brother already has one of the things and we still don't know if it will fit in EVERY case or if it will flow what a stock 66 intake will flow. Tom S sent me a "flawed" intake several weeks ago but I do not want to trust that intake for any data. Quote: "There will be a very small margin on this item therefore there will be no room to wholesale it to other vendors. I wanted to get a feel for how many members would be interested in purchasing one assuming the quality is excellent and the price is around $425-$450." Excellent means perfect at $466.00 each. The thing better fit perfectly after all of this BULL*****. Tom V.
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03-03-2004, 06:32 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tom Vaught:
Quote by Chris in the first post on this intake: "He has asked us to be his main source of distribution on this intake." Looks to me like you are the last source for this intake and the last one to get them. This really pi$$es me off with this guy. Every body and his brother already has one of the things and we still don't know if it will fit in EVERY case or if it will flow what a stock 66 intake will flow. Tom S sent me a "flawed" intake several weeks ago but I do not want to trust that intake for any data. Quote: "There will be a very small margin on this item therefore there will be no room to wholesale it to other vendors. I wanted to get a feel for how many members would be interested in purchasing one assuming the quality is excellent and the price is around $425-$450." Excellent means perfect at $466.00 each. The thing better fit perfectly after all of this BULL*****. Tom V. http://kurtsplates.homestead.com/files/UR2SLO.jpg <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I think Tom said it very well and i agree 100%. I did not receive my intake today so i hope to get it Thursday. I feel the intake is over priced but if you want one your going to have to bend over deep to get one. Somebody is making some big money on these intakes and it's not Performance Years. Robert Williams
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03-03-2004, 08:40 PM
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guys,I know Steve went through hell trying to get this intake too market.I hope he is making $400 on each one.Why dont anyone that think its a rip,try to build them.Stock iron intakes are going for $300 plus these days.Just one more time when someone trys to do something for our hobby and the complaining starts.DONT friggin buy one if you thinks its a rip off.IMHO,Tom
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03-03-2004, 08:59 PM
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Exactly what Tom S. said. I've been watching this post for months. Who gives a rats a** if someone else gets one a couple of days before you! What difference does it make? They guy took on a big project nobody else would, and at a big risk. He deserves to make a decent profit. The price seems pretty fair to me. Unless there is a problem with the product when you get it, everyone should be happy to have this product brought to market!
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03-03-2004, 09:27 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jerry H.:
Exactly what Tom S. said. I've been watching this post for months. Who gives a rats a** if someone else gets one a couple of days before you! What difference does it make? They guy took on a big project nobody else would, and at a big risk. He deserves to make a decent profit. The price seems pretty fair to me. Unless there is a problem with the product when you get it, everyone should be happy to have this product brought to market!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And how many of these intakes did you buy Jerry?????? Robert Williams
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03-03-2004, 09:31 PM
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If the product fits PERFECTLY then I will post an
apology on this board. You buy a Edelbrock intake and 99% of the time it fits PERFECTLY. By the way it costs less than this intake in either dual quad or high perf Victor configuration. Just because you make something that looks like a stock piece does not mean that you can bend people over. Chris is basically making very little on the intakes vs this guy. What irritates me is everyone talks about this guys legal issues, mismachining, etc. If the guy wasn't knowledgable enough to know how to get the work done properly he should not have taken on the task. Asking me to pay for his legal costs and errors in judgement to get the thing fixed after he made a bad decision in the first place is what grinds my butt. This is twice that this BS has happened. The first time with the block. Same deal there. You buy something that should be right, have to spend a thousand dollors to fix the F-ups and then you still have a piece that is not right. I hope the IA2 guys and Kauffmans do a much better job on the new blocks and the heads. I wrote originally that I had customers who needed the intakes a year ago in March. You think those people hung around for a year because this guy could not make the dates? I know everyone says this guy is a GREAT GUY, fine but I wind up being a year late do I charge MORE for my carb jobs? I have to take money OFF. Just my opinion. Tom V. ps I bought three, How many you buy Jerry?
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#256
03-04-2004, 09:46 PM
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Got my three, flow bench time tomorrow.
Tom V.
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03-05-2004, 08:12 AM
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I am transfering my carbs and linkage over today, and going to test mount it to see if fits well. It looks Identical to stock cast unit. But we'll see.
RAIV Don't leave home without it. www.musclecarrace.com
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03-05-2004, 10:38 AM
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I got mine today.
The packing s*cked. Shoehorned into a box. No wrapping of any kind.  I am happy to have one. I am happy someone made these for us. I am happy Chris helped as much as he could. I Hope he makes alot of money off these. I hope to see these flow numbers from the testing and look forward to hearing about the quality and fit. I am not happy when people complain about a new product on the market. Don't like it, Don't buy it. Buy an old one and refurbish it or make a new one yourself. Happy Tri-powering everybody......
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03-05-2004, 02:01 PM
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Got my intake today, was not packed good but intake is fine. The mold work and the machine work on the intake is excellent.
Robert Williams
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03-05-2004, 04:33 PM
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According to the info I saw a short time ago any
person buying a 66 tri-power from this guy also received an aluminum water neck. I ordered three intakes, got three intakes, and no aluminum water necks. My customers are PI$$ed. Where are the aluminum waternecks? Or is this another deal where even though they were "drop shipped" directly from the guy, "we" don't qualify because we bought them from Chris at PY? A good friend and I flowed the intakes today and the intakes are no better or worse than a stock 66 cast iron intake (3 samples tested). Guess the benefit is the weight and the aluminum "cool" look. Other benefit is that IF you wanted to increase the flow you could cut holes in the bottom and have someone like Brezinski "Hop up" the runner flows and then weld the access holes shut and hide the work. Quote: "I hope to see these flow numbers from the testing and look forward to hearing about the quality and fit." The flow I have posted above, the appearance is very nice, the fit on an engine can be posted by others now that several intakes are in the customers hands. Quote: "The packing s*cked. Shoehorned into a box. No wrapping of any kind." Complaining are you? Quote: "I am not happy when people complain about a new product on the market. Don't like it, Don't buy it. Buy an old one and refurbish it or make a new one yourself." You get to complain about the packaging and I can't complain about getting jerked around for a year? RIGHT! Tom V. Where are my Waternecks, Chris?
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