S, S2, 968 ignition/ cam gear cover problems? RENNBAY to the rescue!
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Way to go Travis.
Hopefully the guys on the fence will take the jump. This is a good investment for those with parts that are deteriorating.
Speaking of investments - I'm sure the tooling costs had to be pretty steep. Unless sales volumes are large, it's got to be difficult to offset this with the cost of the kit. As it is, there can't be that many 16 valve cars out there anymore. So it's even more amazing that you have taken the risk and initiative to have these produced at all.
Hopefully the guys on the fence will take the jump. This is a good investment for those with parts that are deteriorating.
Speaking of investments - I'm sure the tooling costs had to be pretty steep. Unless sales volumes are large, it's got to be difficult to offset this with the cost of the kit. As it is, there can't be that many 16 valve cars out there anymore. So it's even more amazing that you have taken the risk and initiative to have these produced at all.
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Does anyone know the cheapest place to get this?
$299 someone got seems like a great deal!
$460 is the lowest I have found from a Rennbay reseller.
Want to order this, going to order my variocam solenoid too, so any cheap places for that would be great.
Thanks!
$299 someone got seems like a great deal!
$460 is the lowest I have found from a Rennbay reseller.
Want to order this, going to order my variocam solenoid too, so any cheap places for that would be great.
Thanks!
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Hall sensor needs to have either the cam cover out of the way (slightly difficult) or the cam pulley covers out of the way (easier). You will not be able to access the bolt heads otherwise.
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Thanks to this thread, great help in making the decision. While my cover showed slight seperation near the bottom, I decided to replace it.
Great piece.
While mine was not broken yet, it was starting to swell and crack, pushing the top cover up. The top cover is perfect. It looks like this could be repaired if the mounts could be replaced, perhaps with a aluminum barrel that acts as a shim?
Not sure of the reaction, if any between materials.
Great piece.
While mine was not broken yet, it was starting to swell and crack, pushing the top cover up. The top cover is perfect. It looks like this could be repaired if the mounts could be replaced, perhaps with a aluminum barrel that acts as a shim?
Not sure of the reaction, if any between materials.
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You'd still have the same problem of the magnesium deteriorating.
Looks like you've got some heli-coil inserts in that piece already. No telling how much longer those would hold up.
Looks like you've got some heli-coil inserts in that piece already. No telling how much longer those would hold up.
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I can't tell if these are cast from a mold or stamped, but either way, in low volume production, with the additional machining on these, I can see $500 worth of work to produce them.
As with most things, a large production volume would likely reduce costs.
As with most things, a large production volume would likely reduce costs.