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10-21-2003, 12:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
dietzero
 
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coilover suspension for 66 stang, How much would you pay?

I am currently in the process of building a front coilover suspension for a 66 mustang. I was thinking of marketing the plans, or maybe manufacturing the hard to make parts and having a parts list to complete them. I am using the most advanced cad software on the market, and am studying for my mechanical engineering degree. I have studied suspensions so I have a lot of backround. I would love to sell the kit cheaply as I was so disheartened by the price of the TCP kit. would any of you be interested, and how much would you pay forplans, or partial kits?
thanks for your imput.
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10-21-2003, 11:42 PM   #2 (permalink)
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coilover suspension for 66 stang, How much would you pay?

I would pay 1 billion dollars.

But seriously, how to answer a question like that?

A car salesman walks up to you and says: "So!... How much money you got?"

Truth is, it's the old saying it's not what you know, but who you know. Several sources already exist for what you've discussed, and the only way to make space in the market would be more dependent on marketing savvy than design ability or product price. Seeing the TCP stuff in action was the final selling point for me.
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10-22-2003, 03:22 AM   #3 (permalink)
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coilover suspension for 66 stang, How much would you pay?

[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]were you thinking of something along this line??

http://www.fatmanfab.com/pony.htm
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10-22-2003, 03:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
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coilover suspension for 66 stang, How much would you pay?

It all depends on the total cost in parts to get the system together, how labor intensive it is to install, and if the final performance improvement justifies all the work and expense. If you could put together a system that would for the most part bolt in, and made a proven performance improvement, I could see myself spending $1000 or less, and I am on a very tight budget. But for a total investment in parts of a grand for me, it would have to handle incredibly well and be well designed.
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10-22-2003, 12:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
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coilover suspension for 66 stang, How much would you pay?

I've been pondering manufacturing a kit for some time to bolt to the lower a-arm & go up to a frame bracket eliminating the shock tower. You could fab one yourself for less than $50 plus the price of the shocks...
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