dtfd
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Car(s)
- MK7.5 GTI
Without a doubt.She is unionized and held it.
Without a doubt.She is unionized and held it.
The "neck" of the shifter is too long and the colors don't match the best. But this is just an opinion from some random guy on the internet.Ignore the very dirty car but installed my BFI knob and Euroverse boot.
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Does a new keychain count?
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Maybe all this overtime I’ve been working will end up lining your pockets.
My guess is $2,400 for the DP, $3,600 for the exhaust.
Honestly I should just work overtime instead of building this stuff, but I enjoy it. My wife was PISSED when I told her the R was scheduled to be dropped off for development.Maybe all this overtime I’ve been working will end up lining your pockets.
Do you do titanium? I'm interested in something for the Mk7.5 R to a) drop weight and b) keep the valves, but most options on the market end up being heavier with the 3.5" ss304 piping (that I don't need for <500hp).I won’t be offering just a downpipe, the two options will be DP & MP or full TBE & it’ll be modular so you could start with the DP/MP combo and simply unbolt a V band reducer then installed the rest of the system.
My goal is to keep it down to $2,500 per (5k total for a Valved TBE) but that’s probably overly optimistic given how expensive everything is material wise.
Honestly I should just work overtime instead of building this stuff, but I enjoy it. My wife was PISSED when I told her the R was scheduled to be dropped off for development.
My real job (aviation) I make just a hair under $60 an hour. If I were to take OT it’s 1.75 that rate and moves to double time on scheduled days off.
Baun Performance shop rate is $70 an hour, so after paying electric, weld gas, and other consumables I’m way behind what I make to for the most part hang out at my real job…figure in what I spend on tools and the shop it works out to $20 an hour pretty quick (and that’s not counting the hours I can’t bill doing all the maintenance on all the shop stuff, checking in parts, shipping stuff (which I pay for btw so take that out of my hourly rate too). It’s literally a awful business to be in aside from I enjoy doing it.
I literally bought over $2,300 (left over discontinued GESI Gen1 UHO 4.5” body cat saved $250 there) worth of material for this system today and already had stuff on the shelf for it. So to the guys who laugh at my prices or think I’m like the monopoly guy or something you’re way off.
Do you do titanium? I'm interested in something for the Mk7.5 R to a) drop weight and b) keep the valves, but most options on the market end up being heavier with the 3.5" ss304 piping (that I don't need for <500hp).
I should relocate my Leyo CC to a similar location and cut down the piping length .
Tough choice, but I think there are a few offerings now for the valves. I seen a few vacuum operated, and recently AliExpress had a few Ti valves with electric motors... I'm sure once Jake gets a hold of this R a lot of options are going to open up. Working with Ti is the same as Stainless, just got to be more concern about gas coverage. For weight savings Ti is the way to go, I think the Ti mufflers sound thin, especially in 4 cyl engines.Do you do titanium? I'm interested in something for the Mk7.5 R to a) drop weight and b) keep the valves, but most options on the market end up being heavier with the 3.5" ss304 piping (that I don't need for <500hp).
I'm not very concerned about sounding good, just want to take weight out and preserve the ability to run it quieter without swapping mufflers.Tough choice, but I think there are a few offerings now for the valves. I seen a few vacuum operated, and recently AliExpress had a few Ti valves with electric motors... I'm sure once Jake gets a hold of this R a lot of options are going to open up. Working with Ti is the same as Stainless, just got to be more concern about gas coverage. For weight savings Ti is the way to go, I think the Ti mufflers sound thin, especially in 4 cyl engines.