alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

[CKEITH]

when i started considering making valve covers for this community i posted this same kind of thread to find out who would /would not be interested in purchasing them. there was what seemed to be enough interest so i went ahead with the project. dispite a small oversight which has now been corrected they turned out pretty damn good. on the other hand about half of the people who said i want them actually followed thru with the purchase. and i thank those people who did purchase greately for supporting me in the venture.


#1 now i have 1 other project that i have begun. hand fabbed alum oil pans.

notched for strokers, clearenced for the eagle rods...1 or 2 piece seal. price will be 525.00 shipped to the lower 48. i would like to know who will be interested in these pans???

as with all items i offer or will offer in the future , there is a 100% satisfaction gurantee.

#2 next if there is enough interest will be alum radiator supports.i have one being shipped to me that has been seen on here before. we will duplicate that core support. i will not give any specifics but it sold for over 1k.

i am not 100% on this but i feel that i can offer them for just under 500.00. plus shipping.
were talking about 48 lbs off the nose of our trucks. plus it will clean up the entire support area...

who would be interested in these if i make them avail.

guys i am not trying to make a living making products for these trucks. hell my salary at work is 150k a year so it's not a money issue. i just " for better words i guess( i get off ) on these trucks. i love doing these things. and making products that people will enjoy, and will contribute to the trucks performance makes me happy. i know enough people that there are many,many things i want to make for us. i have a solution to the pte downpipe problem we are having. but there is another vendor that is trying to take care of it. i do not plan to step on anybodys toes here. that is why i am trying to offer other products that no else is working on.i realize there are oil pans out there and covers out there but i am tying to make a quality product that all of us can afford.if you feel that the other vendors offer a better product then by all means buy from them.

i just need to know who would be in and who would not.

as always i can be reached at 1-800-382-0321 work til 7pm est everyday
or my cell 1-803-924-7051 cell anytime.
chris keith

 

[4C FED]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

The core support interests me @ that price & probably the pan as well.

On the pan, can you provide any other added features besides notched rails? i.e. added oil capacity, baffling, etc.

 

[CKEITH]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

The core support interests me @ that price & probably the pan as well.

On the pan, can you provide any other added features besides notched rails? i.e. added oil capacity, baffling, etc.

i will have pics of the 1st pan later today for you to look at. it will be 7 qt capacity. there will be no need for baffeling as our pans have a really deep sump... there is really to way for the oil to come out of the sump or slosh around as with other flat, long style pans. it will have a small rail or baffle to catch the oil slung by the crank.this will keep the crank from constantly dragging oil around it. on the other hand you cannot make it to big as the camshaft see's it's oil from what the crank throws at it.

hopefully the pics will give you a good description of what i am talking about. i hope this helps.

 

[JuStBlAzIN]

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id be interested in seeing the pictures

 

[chelo]

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With all this stuff your coming out with. It makes me not want to switch over to the ls1.

 

[myclone]

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Alum core support for ~$500? If I count my time and wasted materials on doing one myself I cant make it for that so Im interested in it.

 

[CKEITH]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

With all this stuff your coming out with. It makes me not want to switch over to the ls1.

i'm doing what i can to help the community. the problem is that i am not known to this community like other vendors are. but you can bet with a lil time and as the products start getting into customers hands i will hang with the best of them. there's one thing i've never been good at ' failure". :tup: :tup:

chris

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

Make an oilpan that is removable w/o removing the front diff or the motor and i'll buy one.

As for the rad support, we can only assume you are copying the PEP support. Do you plan to copy this 100%, or will you make changes to the design? Will the $500 include the headlight buckets? Part of the reason (supposedly) that the price was so high on the PEP support was due to them buying brand new supports just to get new buckets to include w/ their supports.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

As for people not following through with purchases - there is a lot to be said about window shopping. Especially when testing the waters for a product that won't be ready for many months. I'm sure you remember back before you made $150k/yr that spending a couple hundred $s on a whim just didn't always cooperate w/ your wallet.

A lot of owners now are pretty young, in college, in high school even - foreshadowing whether they'll have the funds for sure in a few months isn't possible for everyone. I appreciate people going out on a limb to supply a 'new' part for these trucks - I've tried in a couple ways myself and have had interesting results, both good and bad.

I personally would only make these pieces for myself, with intentions of offering them to the 3-5 people that would follow suit and want to buy one. A part priced this high, that doesn't really replace a commonly broken piece...doesn't make the truck faster (ok, you save *some* weight w/ the rad support)...and isn't very visible for the bling-lovers....just isn't going to sell at a rapid pace. I wouldn't premake a whole bunch unless thats your only option for making them. If you have to do them in batches i personally wouldn't do more than 3-5 at a time - becuase you'll probably sit on a couple and get sick of looking at them.

This is just my :2cents: and personal opinion...but i have been around the block myself a couple times also. :tup:

 

[CKEITH]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

Make an oilpan that is removable w/o removing the front diff or the motor and i'll buy one.

As for the rad support, we can only assume you are copying the PEP support. Do you plan to copy this 100%, or will you make changes to the design? Will the $500 include the headlight buckets? Part of the reason (supposedly) that the price was so high on the PEP support was due to them buying brand new supports just to get new buckets to include w/ their supports.

mike you are about the 4th-5th person to ask me this. good ques.

that price reflects the support with new buckets. i want to offer the support w/o the buckets. and you get your own. which will allow me to save $$$ labor and fab time.so i could offer it for less $$$. the problem is the first time somebody cuts their buckets out wrong or mis measures it will be my fault. so to keep the problems down i feel that offering it with the buckets installed is probably the best way to go. any input would be appreciated.

the support design as it stands is a good design. the problem i want to address is the mounting of the headlight buckets. the way pep did it , the brackets were a lil flimsy. and leave a lot to be desired in my opinion. i hope this will be one of the few small changes made. other than that it will be pretty darn close to pep's....only better.

chris

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

since these are just 4.3 / s-series parts...you could also offer them on the other non-syty s-series sites...if you would like to move a bunch more pieces - but syty people tend to spend more on random parts like this than they do from what i've witnessed.

 

[MikeRenz]

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the problem is the first time somebody cuts their buckets out wrong or mis measures it will be my fault. so to keep the problems down i feel that offering it with the buckets installed is probably the best way to go. any input would be appreciated.

I would just offer both personally. Since its a post production thing to add anyway. The way i see it...if someone is willing to cut out buckets and sorta finish the fab-work...then they might not be willing to spend the $ on the support at all. I would think most people w/ the ability to do aluminum fabwork would just make this entire piece themselves

(aside from the realists like myclone who know trial and error of making this as a 1-off piece would take more time and $)

 

[dgoodhue]

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If your doing the PEP style support, when I have some more time, I can give you some feedback on what pitfalls I ran into and what to watch out for.

 

[CKEITH]

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originally posted by mike renz.
"A lot of owners now are pretty young, in college, in high school even - foreshadowing whether they'll have the funds for sure in a few months isn't possible for everyone."

you are so correct.that is why i will offer a form of financing for members with good feedback ratings. no interest....let's say it's a 300 part and you feel like you can pay 150.00 now ,but it will take 2 mos to come up with the other 150.00... send me the deposit and i will ship when the rest is paid. look at my feed back....it wan't be the first time i have done this. plus i am one hell of a nice guy.

and i only plan to do the core supports on a as needed basis. i will do 5 initially. then as needed.

i will stock 5-7 sets of valve covers.... 3-5 oil pans....and some other things i will be working on in the near future. right now i have my hands full.

 

[CKEITH]

Re: alum rad supports and oil pans ( lil long )

If your doing the PEP style support, when I have some more time, I can give you some feedback on what pitfalls I ran into and what to watch out for.

dave i would love to hear your point of view on the supports. any advice that will make this easier or will contribute to a higher quality piece can only benefit everybody interested.

chris keith
call me at your convinence
1-800-382-0321 work
1-803-924-7051 cell.
email mcktck@yahoo.com

 

[CKEITH]

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i sent a pic of the pan to marty this morning. hopefully he can post it up when he gets a chance.

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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here ya go

 

[warmpancakes]

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Id be interested in a pan, can they add a return line on the drivers side also for us TT guys?

 

[CKEITH]

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Id be interested in a pan, can they add a return line on the drivers side also for us TT guys?

sure can... for only 125.00.... just kidding. i would allow a couple bucks for the fitting and extra weld work. maybe 15.00 -20.00.if that.
chris

i need to know if you want a 1 piece or 2 piece seal. price is the same..just need to know what you need.

 

[warmpancakes]

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Same as stock I cant remember I having a complete brain fart from dealing with 07 Shelby parts all day