SC - K Carbon Airbox, Comments pls!
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Alright "K" guys, we are in the process of prototyping the carbon airbox, its designed to go in a round nose car though its shown on a clubby for pic purposes, the filter can be mounted off the end of the box as shown or on a length of zip tube.

it will be all carbon, no glass and suitable for K1100/K100/K1200 throttle bodies.

As a bit of market research how much would a punter expect to pay for the airbox without the filter?

It'll be at MITP for those interested.

cheers

John

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

looks very good John, I'd expect to pay around £50 - £80

Team Racing

yeah, that sounds about right to me too.

but should it not be a fact of what price you can successfully produce, sell and benifit from them? i know obviously you dont want to overprice them straight away but would it not be best to stick up what price you would be expecting them to sell for and then seeing if there is interest at that price?

im not trying to look like i know more about this than you afterall your the owner and operator of a VERY successfull buisness with this stuff, its just what im thinking. sorry if it comes across wrong.

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I think Jim was joking folks!

£50 wouldn't buy the airfilter never mind the carbon part lol!

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

Whatever it'll cost you to make 10 off, double it, then divide by ten. Bosh. There is a max price that folks will pay. Realistic selling price might be less than that of course!

Tidy little airbox.

Looking at the Demon Tweeks catalog you are looking at £200 - £300 for similar items (arbit for twin webers) but as I'm sure you've already noticed the Mini scene is full of tight arses so you may have to look at selling them for slightly less, as a side note will they fit on a BMW motorbike? just thinking about other potential markets.

Totally side tracking I need to have a quick chat with you at Avon regarding one of my rear hubs and mounting my speedo sensor.

Edited by Rob H on 8th Aug, 2008.

They look really neat John! I would think something in the region of £150?

Is there provisions for an IAT sensor?

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yea maybe my price was a bit low.

I would be interested in a 100% sealed one which I could push some boost through

Team Racing

WOW that is some beautiful weave on that carbon...
Ive been looking around at the prices for airbox's on 4 cylinder engines and they start at about £150 and go up to £350 depending on what badge you have on your bonnet...
If thats a prototype id love to see the final product...Do you have any pics of the airbox off the car?
Look forward to having a peek at mini in the park.

I just paid £120 + VAT for ITG to make me a filter to fit my round nose (twin 40 throttle bodies) and I supplied some of the materials (tubing)

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

Looks stunning that, i want one!

Edited by jamesfawcett on 8th Aug, 2008.

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Why is there a hole in the middle of it for the throttle cable????

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

it looks sealed to me, if you look carefully i thought the same to start with

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Yes its sealed - the cut out is moulded in to clear the throttle actuation on K ITB's - you can't do it without one.

Thanks for the comments on the pricing guys

JK

If Carling made Mini engines
it would probably be like this one!

Hi , like it , what is the volume of the box ? also what will the tube diameter be ? thanks

cool,

a bit more agro taken from doing a blown 16v :)

Looks good john. I like it. As for prices, in pure carbon i would put a price of about £200 on it, theres a lot of layup involved in that and given the price of carbon i think thats realistic. We had a new pair of brake ducts made for one of the f1s this year, and they came out at £500 a pair and they are a lot easier to layup.