group purchase of viton vac line?

[Rob Andrews]

Ok, count me in, I could use about 10 feet

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> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Brett Dikeman
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 3:03 PM
> To: rob at robsaudiworld.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: group purchase of viton vac line?
>
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> At 8:12 AM -0500 7/7/02, Rob Andrews wrote:
> >I think a key facet you forgot to mention is what the price
> is now and what
> >you hope to get it to :)
>
> Good point!
>
> McMaster's pricing is in the $2.50/foot; that's without the "15%-20%
> discount" they state for full lengths.  Throw in cost of shipping the
> stuff around, and there's your worst case scenario...well under
> $3/foot.  I've heard the stuff can be had for $1.50/foot; that's
> pretty reasonable, at least to me, for stuff you'll probably never
> have to replace again.
>
> A fellow lister is going to help out locating a supplier via
> wholesale channels; I suspect we'll do quite a bit better than
> McMaster, since they strike me as a sort of "Griots" of the "misc
> industrial stuff" world...should also be able to get something with
> the proper wall thickness; too thin, and the stuff will collapse
> under the fairly strong engine vacuum.
>
> Still waiting from people to hear about the other tubing sizes that
> are needed, if any(or if my sizing of 4/8/2mm is correct...)
>
> Brett
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