[mav1178]

Originally Posted by collegekid

Not trying to derail this thread. I'm sure you guys are already hearing me complain about how you used to be able to get 4-5 complete KA's for $1000, back in the good OL' days. Yes my knees & back hurt.

I looked through Mav1178's group buy spreadsheet and I think you should too.

Group buy thread:
https://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=673437

Spreadsheet of parts:
https://bit.ly/2WPSqNd

Lines 172 & 173 lists the S13 and S14 longblocks for $12,000. Doesn't list it as a stop production either.


Obviously your landed costs will be more, but it's there.

Thanks, unfortunately most of this was only valid when I started the list/project in late 2019 into the first half of 2020.

I only flag it as stop production when I know from Nissan. Unfortunately Nissan won't cancel an item on order until their vendor says yes or no, so the entire process is dragged out for no good reason.

At the end of the day it's all very simple: vendors are only willing to sell product as long as people are willing to buy. Numbers don't like, so if you want Greddy to keep developing parts for a dead platform then you buy products when it is available, not after the product is discontinued.

As for Nissan engines... it was always available on a made to order basis, the biggest seller of this was Tomei Japan with their crate motors.

but then people complain how expensive it is, how it is much cheaper to build your own motor... so here we are. we made the bed, we can sleep in it.