Mirrage supply issues.
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I dont know if you gents are away of this but....
I rang Richard this morning to order my manifold as im scratching for stuff to do till I can pick up my box from Turbo Hogster, and he told me he is out of stock, and the chap at the firm who he uses to make the kits has left and no one knows of the location of the jigs etc. He advised leaving it for approx 4 weeks as he was trying to remidee this problem.
So if any of you chaps was hoping (eagerly like me this morning) to get one soon, to warn you it may not be as quick as you may of hoped.
Shane.

oh ass,


hmmmm, mine is for sale if your desperate? £900, hahaha

LMAO, Im desperate but not that much, £850???? lol

SOLD!

LOl, are you actually sellin yours chap or you pullin my chain??
Shane.

I got the same story last week, except he said leave it a couple of weeks - not good.

I've had problems with parts a lot recently, first the diff, now this.

Will the 998 turbo ever fly?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

You and me both mate, had the same scare with the minispares diff, but I got lucky, and they was in stock!

no, im not selling it-that is unless someone makes a huge offer on it, haha

LOL, just when you think your day cant any worse there is some sod tryin to be clever, CHEERS Nic!! (only kiddin chap, its all good fun)
I was desperate to get earlier this eve I eveen thought about making my own then promptly whimped out, lol!!
Shane.

I've also thought about making my own, but it's a lot of work and experimentation to get it right. Plus I don't have access to machine tools (yet).

I'm sure you could do it a bit cheaper, but it's not worth the grief.

Let's hope Richard can get it sorted.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

So do I. The other reason I was toying with making my own was, my shell is fibre glass so was thinking side mount turbo, but with a mirage manifold I have a solution to my heat source that ner the fibreglass worries.

axel if you want to take measurements of my manifold to make one, by all means we could meet up, the angle of the bends in the crucial part is'nt it

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

hmmmmmm!!!

whats going off here ?
i hope the company has not folded or has issues ??

as nothing lasts for ever

Aww great I hope they don't pull the plug all together. I have been wanting to buy the mirage kit for the past while even thought I know the new engine won't be up and running for a year or so just incase this happens.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

thats cool with me, thats why i've put the offer there just incase all go's a bit scew with mirage, i defo hope they dont as its a decent price for a nice piece of kit but.....

if it does then i can have the use of facilities now to producea simular kit in small quantitys, (a friend is in the custom manifold buisiness but is packed to the rafters with work at present, & i'd have to ok with him to use his kit!

i wont put anything together at the moment, not good buisness relations/or fair but the offer is there if ppl get stuck later on

SKYLINES ARE LIKE CLITS, EVERY FLANGE SEEMS TO HAVE ONE: see this sticker on my silvia

the Search-section on this forum is blummin superb & simple to use, unlike some other forums, without the search-section & the help of this bunch of chaps on here i'll never be able to !!!Start the day with a 998cc turbo!!! :) i'm getting closer though!

Tom Fenton says: I have it all, make me an offer

The way I read the posts is it's more of a supplier problem to Mirage. This happens, suppliers can get greedy, supliers can go bump, suppliers can become a royal pain in the butt and suppliers can always be replaced!!!!

I'm sure there will some resolution to this if I read it correctly....

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Mirage is not in difficulty! its just the chap who makes the manifolds for Richard has left the firm that he uses to make the kits, and the jigs for them have gone AWOL, He still has a set of manifolds, and the originals, but these are not for sale as he says if nothing was resolved with the firm he uses, he could then take a set to another firm, and look into a new fabricator/ supplier.
Im going to give him a few weeks before I speak with him again, I also hope its resolved soon as I think the kit is a fantastic idea.
Shane.

Have spoken to Richard again this week, and got the same storey, "wait 4 weeks and ring back" (i was told this two weeks ago) Any one else spoke with him recently?
Shane.

High guys,

Really sorry for this supply issue. Don't worry the company who has supplied all the mirage manifolds to date is still happily trading. Problem is the guy who has ran the manifold fabrication shop left the company last november, i called to place an order for a batch in Dec! Last time i was over there they had had quite a few new staff. So now this guy has gone there is no one there who is familiar to making these and the manifolds are quite fussy. They are not sure where the jigs are or if they still have them.

I'll be going over to there place next week to look through there pile of jigs and see if we can sort it all out. Hopefully new supplies will follow in a couple of weeks.

I've been planning on getting in to see them for a few weeks, but i've been flat out at work i've just not been able to get away for the day.

If the jigs have gone i have sets to copy so new ones can be made. May also have a sniff at new suppliers but will go the quickest option for my next batch so i can get some out to you.

I know this is a pain in the arse, i'm really sorry. Had a bit of a run on them in Nov which pretty much cleaned me out.

Rich.

Rich,

Thanks for keeping us up to date.

I can wait a couple of months because I'm still sorting out the induction side of things - but I think others may be more desparate.

Best of luck. It's a great product, be sory not to have it available.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Thanks for the update Rich, would be a shame not to have it available.
Shane.

Has anyone an update with regards to this, really want to get on with the turbo side of things before i paint the shell. Toying with the idea of making one again. (why do have to be so impatent?)
Shane.

Till working on it, company looking again for my jigs, have talked about costs for them having to make a new set !!

Really sorry if this has buggered any of you up.