MAybe not anyone here, but I was told by the owner of CS that 25 units were made and all sold. Many were bought by Mazdaspeed for testing.********** said:Has anyone bought the CS SMIC yet? No, I didn't think so.
What is that has to do with the results from the mag?********** said:Has anyone bought the CS SMIC yet? No, I didn't think so.
(jacked)03MSP-Brian said:We are also working on a SMIC/FMIC set up. Our SMIC pipes are only $275.00 shipped and we are trying to do a FMIC set up (including pipes) for under $700.00. We are pricing out costs and fabrication for a SMIC as we speak to be sold for under $400.00. Gives us a little time.
- Brian
Nothing about the magazine article, if it were a great product, people would have the item.03MSPRO said:What is that has to do with the results from the mag?
Maybe you should not post here anymore then.********** said:(jacked)
This post was just ignorant.
$275? will those be rusted steel or ghetto 'r' us pipes?
I am on vaction right now and these past few posted have given me a headache. I am gonna go cool off before you guys get me really heated. Later...
(stopwar)03MSPRO said:Maybe you should not post here anymore then.
biochembruin said:Ok, thats true about more people wanting FMIC because of the import scene. I still think that running the piping is pretty straight forward, and many of the core and end tank designs are straight forward, hence the ability for most places to do a custom FMIC for you. I guess my main point is that SMIC/piping costing about the same as FMIC/piping makes sense to me, thats all.
Custom FMIC piping is very similar to making SMIC piping that goes in the stock area. Both fabrications need to be thought out, cut, welded, and fitted properly. Its the same job, just a different location. The entire SMIC is custom. With the FMIC you can use universal core with proper endtanks that come with the core.FBI14 said:I get you I just think that replacing a stock componet is a whole lot easier than a entirely custom kit straight forward or not its all different and new. That and that a $900 FMIC kit costs the same as a SMIC and pipes is pretty nuts.
********** said:Shipping may be, but time, labor, and R&D is not free.
The only differences in a SMIC and a FMIC are:
1) FMIC has more piping and a longer core.
2) Construction time for the SMIC is about triple that of a FMIC. We can have 2.5 FMIC done before one SMIC is finished.
3) The only other thing different is the mounting location.
I don't know why everyone thinks because it is a SMIC, it has to be dirty cheap. SMIC and a FMIC are very similiar and thier cost of production is about the same. One is mounted on the SIDE and one is mounted on the FRONT. One takes longer to make and the other uses more materials.
BOTH KITS ARE CUSTOM FABRICATIONS, DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THIS???FBI14 said:I get you I just think that replacing a stock componet is a whole lot easier than a entirely custom kit straight forward or not its all different and new. That and that a $900 FMIC kit costs the same as a SMIC and pipes is pretty nuts.
The entire SMIC, from endtank to endtank is custom work. Each wall of each endtank has to be cut, measured, welded. Same thing with the brackets. There is no mold to do that, it cant be jig'd.FBI14 said:The SMIC is a stock replacement the FMIC is completely new from piping to core nothing is the same from stock form.
Not trying to be a dick but why would just a core SMIC take 3 times longer to make than a FMIC kit from new pipe routes to a core, just trying to understand.
From a profit perspective I still dont see how desiging time that you say takes 3 times as long for a SMIC would equal just as much money as more materials. After the first SMIC is done you have the mold for the rest and then you can just produce them quickly, so then after the first production SMIC is finished and all the time of developing is out of the way all that is left over is the materials so how is less materials equal then more materials. If this is wrong then explain I am only trying to understand more is all.
Exactly! You need to cool off a bit. You had nothing good to say on you last 10 post? Even put another vendor's product down w/out even knowing anything about it. Other vendors do the same thing and turned a lot of people against them. (strike) (stopwar)********** said:(stopwar)
I hear yah!********** said:If anyone would like detailed information, I am availible on the phone. This text isn't working too well.
