Originally Posted by Bladecutter
I know what's going on because I read the thread just like everyone else on here can.
You guys have been sitting on your thumbs for MONTHS, plain and simple, for your company to get enough metal to produce the product you want so bad. There's no baseless rumors in stating that.
The shop doesn't want to purchase the metal from their supplier until they have enough orders to buy it in bulk, to make it more profitable to do so. Their supplier doesn't want to sell the metal to them until their is enough quantity requested to make it worth their while to ship them the metal, and direct it away from other purchasers.
I have more than enough contacts inside aerospace engineering to know that if a certain contractor wants a certain amount of metal, no matter how large or small, they can get it in a matter of days. Waiting months for a lower quality metal that doesn't require the massive amounts of paperwork like TZM, and its required chemical tolerances for certain applications does, is just a bit much.
I can understand why they want to wait to produce the parts.
Its all about economics.
But, some people have grown tired of waiting, as you can plainly see from Waldig's post. He wants to get his car racing, as he should.
As for my not buying one, I have no need for it as I don't own a Crossfire.
Bat doesn't need one either, because she's not running her car under conditions where having the rear end you guys want is needed to put the smile on her face.
You guys need to rear end to keep your car from having massive failures while launching in your 1/4 mile racing moments.
I understand why you guys want to have the product.
I understand why the various companies involved are delaying making it available.
And I know there's nothing you can do about it, unless you are willing to pay more money, to get someone to order the metal sooner, which is right where economics comes in, one last time.
Just because I'm not on your super secret special list, doesn't mean I don't know what's going on, 32crazy!
BC.
your entire statement shows that you truly DO NOT know whats going on. the reason for the metal shortage is quality not quanity. they have more than enough orders from 3 different g/b to order what they need at a profit. with each unit costing over 1000$ theres plenty of profit built in. factor in the furnace they use only fires once a month that adds to the delay.
as for people getting restless it was posted long ago anyone that wanted out was welcome to. not a single taker. as for woody racing he already has the phantom grip which serves him well so he wont miss any racing. as for the rest of the g/b racing isn't the only reason. if you did any research you would see folks who don't race at all lunching their diff. at 3000$ for a oem unit from m/b i hope yours doesn't fail. wait you don't have a xfire, i forgot. i hope your better half has a rainy day fund for her diff if it fails. of course you could get an osgiken unit only 8000$. or maybe a drexler unit 6000$. no wait they don't make a unit for the xfire. guess that leaves a used unit that could fail at any time 400$
so in short unless you have contacts with the metal supplier or an inside contact with dana at autotech you really don't know whats going on and your statements are in fact baseless rumors. i don't recall you asking to ship any parts to dana or offer to help allen or jim in any way to move the g/b forward so as far as i can see its you who is sitting on your thumbs not us. the g/b has done all it can with parts and cash deposits to move this along. patience is what we are using now.
it certainly appears that the only negative folks commenting on this g/b are the ones who chose not to buy anything in the first place.
btw theres no special secret list just good folks staying in touch and relaying info as it becomes available.