09-20-2003, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Fallbrook, CA USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Porsche 928 S4
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Quote:
Originally posted by REAL 1
The CSX is more expensive to make. Its more expensive to buy. Period.
Two different worlds.
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Real1,
I think that if you did a time study on the build of a CSX round tube chassis and the SPF rectangle/square tube chassis you might be quite surprised.
The CSX round tube chassis's are extremely simple to build just like the SPF R/S tube chassis's are.
Now, the alloy bodied cars with the body substructure tubes would quite a pain and very time consuming to build.
But, if you are talking glass car to glass car, I doubt there is very much difference in build time for a equal quality of construction.
Therefore, the only major difference in cost would be the uprights, halfshafts, brakes, and rear center section. (not counting interior bits etc.)
The rest of the components are pretty standard bits, and I am sure that Shelby gets as good a deal from their suppliers as SPF does. (Are not the production numbers similar between the two makes?) |
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