I'm honored and appreciative of the nomination, and would be qualified to lead the charge, but I agree 100% with Dave's sage advice below:

I've spoken with Corky on numerous occasions, through email and several phone calls. He used to play around with Nissan Motorsports in the 80's, so he and I had a common ground there with the shop talk.

Bob (LantanaTX) and I spent hours speaking with Corky regarding possible design iterations, but in the recent months BEGi has taken a different direction with the kit entirely. So there's not much in the way of 'residual' data that could be shared. And while my profession (Material Supply Analyst) is geared towards communication and OTD issues, this is a bit of a different nut to crack. There is a soft ETA involved, so any "are we there yet" nagging simply comes off as abrasive to the company. I think a vast majority of us agree that there is IMMENSE room for improvement in the communication department, but as long as the kit is eventually built, I guess that's all that matters, right?

On a side note, I extend an apology to those who had to endure the BS towards the end of the other turbo thread. Surrender is not part of my vocabulary, and pride on both accounts took the thread to the edge of the cliff. I should have had the maturity to ignore the troll, but that door swings both ways. It is what it is, and is water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned. As Doc mentioned, I've met dozens of you guys in person, and you know the 'real' me. So that issue dies there.

The upcoming season should be an interesting one, I think we're going to see record numbers for the Limited Crossfires. And there will no doubt be some challenges, as the 6MT cars have yet to prove their endurance with an extra ~90 RWHP. 1-2 shift should be interesting under full throttle...

As for "when" the release of the turbo takes place, I couldn't be bothered. I just wish you guys (all of you) a seamless install and thousands of issue-free miles.

bjames -- my guesstimate of 285 (+/- 1) RWHP stands from the last thread, based on my conversations with Corky.

Good luck to all.

--John

 

Absolutely right and it was rude of me to forget that. Hope he is still talking to us and we haven't scared him off.

 

And yes bjames.. I am further disappointed in the continued lack of updates. Unfortunately "we" as a small group have no leverage on this project that I can see.

 

Whoa..Don't you dare move over to the light side..stay on the dark so I have someone to dispute. Don't worry, in about 8 to 10 weeks we may not need any further update or pictures
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Paid in in full.. per the old thread. Don't see where it affects things unless its for a "for sale" sign.

 

UPDATE


D.J.
Sorry about the pics. I’m doing my best to avoid you.
Not quite so, just haven’t stopped to take pictures.

Although I seem to have accomplished much in the last several weeks, I have felt lousy for a variety of reasons. Carpel tunnel has hit me a bit hard on both hands and I hope to finish all the piece making before the doc gets to me.
Has the CrossFire group ever mentioned problems with ground clearance? We are adding one inch to the bottom over about 70% of the wheel base. The low spot is about 1.4 down but is between the front wheels. This latter piece at least goes up when the front wheels do. That makes it less of a problem, except for debris on the road.
Just before we yank all things back apart, I’ll take a bunch of picture. We’ll take more with the pieces back from powder coat. I am generally reluctant to take too many pictures of uncoated tubes as they are a bit unsightly, but keep that in mind when first looking at them.

Regards to all,

Corky

 

Thank you DJ ! Stephanie might not have come through, but at least this keeps my candle from being snuffed out! Guess this means I can put off the quest for a dual cold air intake!

 

I may be completely off here, i don't have enough time at the moment to start reading the old thread. But if there is a problem with the 4.5k rev limit in neutral then couldn't we make a device that imitates the sped sensors? I'm not sure how it works on a auto, but on my 6 speed it seems that the 4.5k limit goes away after passing 5mph. So this device just has to send a constant 5mph to the ecu until you actually pass 5mph in the car, then it just lets the sensors do the work.

 

This is really too bad. It is too bad that they did not choose to utilize the resources this forum has to offer, the dyno issue could have been immediately solved...

We also have been saying that ground clearance, especially on the lowered cars, which is most that are interested in the turbo, is a big issue. I am looking forward to seeing some pics, but with the delays and clearance issues, a V8 is looking better and better.

 

Yes, as I discussed with him that many of the Crossfires that will be utilizing this kit have a lowered suspension... And even at OE height, the kit needs to be as "tucked" as possible. This concern was also mentioned in the first thread on numerous occasions.





Is the lowest piece attached to the suspension? Otherwise, when the shocks compress, the piece should actually be even lower to the ground...

This should get interesting.

 

I'm thinking "lowest point" is inline with front axle plane.. IE speed bump resistant from there..

 

Photos are uploaded @ BEGi site tnx to Steph link provided
http://www.bellengineering.net/article_info.php?articles_id=370

 

Guess when it looks hopeless.. just hang on one more day.. LOL

 

Just as a reminder people!!!!
Kits will be shipped in the order of deposits. However, all 10 kits will be built simultaneously.
Each kit must have an additional $2,000 prepayment. The prepayment is due when we begin construction of the ten kits.
The first ten kits shipped will be at a price of $3,600 plus freight. Various options will exist that can either add to or delete from this base price. This will be negotiated at the time of construction
V6 Kits:

1. Tighed1 (First Prototype)
2. mrmiata (Second Protype)
3. Bri3D
4. Bill00
5. bjames
6. JONCTOVAR I took this spot
7. 2005 Ragtop
8. sk8erjosh09
9. Frankeyser
10. Airscape
11. steven 4190
12. Guelph
13. Crossfire6412
14. XFactorXXL
15. crosseduphwy101
16. XF newbie
    
17. Erzer (tenative)
18. Xalidin (maybe)
19. dtinker (possible)
20. BoilerUpXfire (if needed)

V8 Kits

1. LantanaTX - Corky will fit me in sometime after kit production begins

If changes need to be done to this just repost

 

Keep it easy, Clicky link or see below

 

Yea pictures!
Told ya they were working on it!

 

Happy Days.... are here again....lol

 

Can you get a V8 conversion done for close to $3600?

 

I don't think you could get it done for that but if you can do the wrench work it's just time, cost for the v8+ electronics (NA can be found at pretty good prices) and then cash for the programming/tuning. Prob in the same ballpark if you have the skills and tools already.

 

Nope can you get a Turbo for $3,600