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Exactly, 95% of DSMers are not willing to pay for a quality product. They want the cheapest that that will "work" made by some guy in his mom's garage. Companies are much wiser to invest those R&D dollars into higher level cars.

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And we are :).

Not saying we don't invest time into dsm's. We've invested hundreds of hours of research and development into the dsm's. Minus a few specialized, yet to be announced area's, we are pretty much done with R&D on that platform.
Now Evo's, WRX's, 350z's, C6 vettes, thats a different story.

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Sandcasting and investment casting isn't that expensive and is actually a much cheaper solution compared to forming endtanks for production items.
If we came up with a manifold kit for a platform we'd end up having it cast.

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Yes, but making it out of welded sheet alum is probably the cheapest yet, it shows in the cheap kits that are out there.

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I have seen a endtanks that were formed out of sheet aluminum into a shape similar to the DV/DT endtanks but, even thought I'm far from an expert fabricator, I think it would be damn hard to match the continuity that a cast piece can provide.

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Cheap for 1 or 2, but when you start mass producing something that has curves....
Yeah sandcasting is the way to go.

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its too bad Albert got a real engineering job and stopped doing his side stuff. He actually works at Tial now i believe. :)

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Yep, I've been looking around and I still think I'm gonna go with the Extreme PSI race kit. Is there really that much difference in "cooling ability" between the "race" and "street" core?

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61mm and up, race core.

Below that, a street core should be alright.

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Nope, check out his website.

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Well I'd rather just have to buy ONE intercooler setup that can stay around when I move up to a Garret GT35R

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I have a 5" thick one here with a high quality core that is rated to support over 1300whp. I was going to put it on a twin GT4088 turboed 7.0l Mustang.

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Hehe, that intercooler is HUGE!

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I would go back to the sls core anyday, if it wasn't for such long ass end-tank inlets, and curved couplers.

-A. Swift

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SLS was using the same core as Buschur correct?

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I wonder.......that's allot of cutting........hum........

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^^ the thing is LARGE. 3.5" inlet/outlet. but i think it could be done!

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Um you mean Slowboy core.

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yea, duh. I would not use their pipes, or couplers, but make my own-not too hard, when you have a friend that welds. I'd also cut those end inlets shorter, so my alternator doesn't chew through anything (though, i want to move it to the back). I guess we will see what core I go with next. I need to start looking eventually.

-A. Swift