RE: Custom EM for 10V turbo

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> If it works on the Ur-Qs I'm in for two.
> 
> >Scott said,
> >>Owning a foundry I had planed to reproduce these units, pattern cost 
> >will be>around 3,000 dollars a finished product could be had for ~500.00 
> >cast from>just about any material out there, stainless steel, or hi temp 
> >Nickel Cast
> >
> 
> >
> >>Iron, the probelm is I don't have 3,000 bucks lying 
> >
> >Let's see, 10 very interested parties put up $200 deposit @ and you only 
> >need 1/2 as much good faith on your end. It sounds very doable 
> >especially with #'s over 10.  With some slightly more concrete 
> >expectations with regard to performance enhancements over stock, and a 
> >finished goods price qoute within, say, 10%, I may also find myself in 
> >the I want one camp.
> 
... that is indeed the $500 question!  I can tell you that the 2-piece EM as
supplied by Audi does NOT bolt up to a WX engine without some work.  I would
recommend that if this project does go forward that the new parts be able to
bolt onto a WX engine.  

The other thing to keep in mind is that those 2 hunks of cast iron don't
comprise the sum total of the $800.  Even with the rip-off EM castings
you're going to need to buy the tubes and other ancillary bits from Audi ...
I don't know how much these additional parts cost ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)