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Here here to Mark and his Aussie company.  If penny pinching tight arses want to waste thier money on an inferior sceond hand manifold then let them I say.  The true performance enthusiast will always pay more for a product that delivers more.  The old saying "A poor man pays twice" rings true in my ear.
 
Who else but Aussiespeed would have taken up my idea of making a new "visually standard" manifold for a x-flow? Answer - No one. Mark not only took on the idea but he funded, developed and produced it - all at his own expense with the knowledge that the return for his investment might not be that great.  Of course I layed down my hard earned on one of the first ones cast and I am happy to report it ran the numbers straight out of the box - as cast - with no port matching.  It still has more in it too and Mark is again happy to assit with ongoing research and development.  Who else would do that?
 
As Arthur would say to Terry "its all a case of supply and demand" and this dictates the cost of Mark's products.  Perhaps suggest to your customers that yes, they can go the cheap way but they will lose all the benefits of their cylinder head mods, cam selection and potential horsepower by doing so.  I have flow bench figures that show the importance of a good inlet manifold and I would be happy to provide them to you to show your customers.  Trust me when you see it on paper, you would never go with the 'cheap' option.
 
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Here here to Mark and his Aussie company.  If penny pinching tight arses want to waste thier money on an inferior sceond hand manifold then let them I say.  The true performance enthusiast will always pay more for a product that delivers more.  The old saying "A poor man pays twice" rings true in my ear.
 
Who else but Aussiespeed would have taken up my idea of making a new "visually standard" manifold for a x-flow? Answer - No one. Mark not only took on the idea but he funded, developed and produced it - all at his own expense with the knowledge that the return for his investment might not be that great.  Of course I layed down my hard earned on one of the first ones cast and I am happy to report it ran the numbers straight out of the box - as cast - with no port matching.  It still has more in it too and Mark is again happy to assit with ongoing research and development.  Who else would do that?
 
As Arthur would say to Terry "its all a case of supply and demand" and this dictates the cost of Mark's products.  Perhaps suggest to your customers that yes, they can go the cheap way but they will lose all the benefits of their cylinder head mods, cam selection and potential horsepower by doing so.  I have flow bench figures that show the importance of a good inlet manifold and I would be happy to provide them to you to show your customers.  Trust me when you see it on paper, you would never go with the 'cheap' option.
 
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