BenZed Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 So what will you be doing with you current engine Ben? Good question, but I'll decide once I get the new bits from OS. I do have a 240K GT sitting in the corner of the shed waiting to be turned into a Ken Mary replica (GC110 GT-R) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fufu Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Good question, but I'll decide once I get the new bits from OS. I do have a 240K GT sitting in the corner of the shed waiting to be turned into a Ken Mary replica (GC110 GT-R) JESUS LORD!!! Legen wait for it DARY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fufu Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Calm down fufu :o LOL, It's like those Korean drama series where theres always a shocking revelation every minute. e.g. for those that want to know more about wacky korean drama story lines. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FBB111F2BCA4125B Just keeps getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorifticon Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Fu - it's not something that's going to be in big demand - not a lot of people are going to buy something like that... Demand is inversely related to price. With a cast alloy manufactured object, fixed (sunk) costs are very high, marginal cost very low, average price reducing greatly as quantity increases. Producing 6 items would not even come close to the point of efficient production. Purely, they are restricting output to be able to charge a ridiculous price. The demand would be there if they were (say) priced at $5k, which would be well above marginal production cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
620Z Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 The Rev will be onto you if you use the Lord's name in vain Fufu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acf321 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I can feel a bulk order coming on .. I need some serious HP to justify my rebuild.. Who's with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenZed Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Demand is inversely related to price. With a cast alloy manufactured object, fixed (sunk) costs are very high, marginal cost very low, average price reducing greatly as quantity increases. Producing 6 items would not even come close to the point of efficient production. Purely, they are restricting output to be able to charge a ridiculous price. The demand would be there if they were (say) priced at $5k, which would be well above marginal production cost. These head castings have been sitting around at OS Giken for years. The first time I went to the factory 8 or 9 years ago they were stacked up in a corner. Don't know why they suddenly decided to use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.A.R. Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 These head castings have been sitting around at OS Giken for years. The first time I went to the factory 8 or 9 years ago they were stacked up in a corner. Don't know why they suddenly decided to use them. That's just bizarre... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fufu Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 These head castings have been sitting around at OS Giken for years. The first time I went to the factory 8 or 9 years ago they were stacked up in a corner. Don't know why they suddenly decided to use them. I'm sure we have all read the article about the worker, at OS giken, scavenging through rejected castings to find a close to prime(yet still a reject) example to work on. Which he managed to get running and now races it. I'd be more worried if they, the new batch released, were previously in the rejected pile. But at 30k a pop you'd hope not, they probably remade the molds and are set for a comeback. *fingers crossed for cheap TC24-b1* Assuming they are taking this business plan approach then ideally they would want to sell more. However they hold the cards as they have more demand to their supply currently. But then again they could have sold the rejected ones after all they were turning what they believed to be a $0 product into a $30k product. During these economic times and with the Japanese financing sector in crisis(in the best of economic times Japan has the lowest interest rates in the world due to the fact that no one really buys houses, in Japan, as earth quakes makes their houses depreciate. Imagine them in the worst economic times, like currently), yea I think these are the course of action OS Giken needs to resort to in order to turn a profit and ultimately to survive. Prime example of why no Japanese workshops bought a casting too. But a better example for how harsh it is in Japan is how Greddy/Trust went bust. *EDIT* This is the link about the worker finding it. http://www.datrats.com.au/OS%20GIKEN%20ENGINES.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I recall reading on a Japanese site that only 11 TC24-B1 were made (however it might have been lost on the translation) and their might have been 11 of these head casting left after the production ceased. I found this good pic of break down on the OS Giken TC24-B1 head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual_sushi Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 dohc z porn! nice pic nzeder gav240z 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzed Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 to much time on ones hands i think lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo_gj Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 dohc z porn! nice pic nzeder busy day at work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZED660 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Here is another link to whet your appetite!! http://www.tomitaku.com/works/tc24/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Mike Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 faaaar out these are parts i will only ever be able to see in my Z in my dreams Ben next time your Z is at the track, ill be there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenZed Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Here's a pic of all the components I'm waiting for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 weapon is all I can say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 What bottom end will this use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenZed Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 L28 block with the OS Giken stroker kit (read first post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators gav240z Posted July 14, 2009 Administrators Share Posted July 14, 2009 Here's a pic of all the components I'm waiting for... I'm so envious of you! . Can't wait to see it installed. Can I buy your old engine head off you? Or is that going on the C110? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I'm so envious of you! . Can't wait to see it installed. Can I buy your old engine head off you? Or is that going on the C110? But what if he installs this engine in the C110 leaving the zed as it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S30Mike Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 so this engine.. is it a 3.2Ltr twin cam L series essentially? what kind of power are we estimating here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB30X Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Please tell me its going in the Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Please tell me its going in the Zed It does depend on what Ben's plans are with the zed - if your local classic racing permits the OS Giken head go for it (assume that is what he plans to use the zed for a track car) but if the rules don't allow it then he might have to stick with the normal head. I guess Ben will let us know when he is ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 I was doing a bit of reading over on classicz and saw about 20 years ago EKW had an s20 engine for sale which was promtly snapped up by someone from England but I think Alan on this forum now owns it, pity I was only about 15 I would have liked to have bought it myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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