CSX vs. Kirkham

[Excaliber]

As I understand it that is the additional cost for the classic 427 model. I don't know how it might apply to a leaf spring model.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

As I understand it that is the additional cost for the classic 427 model. I don't know how it might apply to a leaf spring model.

From Kirkham's website for the FIA car, it looks like you need to pay for 2 upgrades:

3" Leaf spring frame = 995
Original style suspension = 15,995

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

From Kirkham's website for the FIA car, it looks like you need to pay for 2 upgrades:

3" Leaf spring frame = 995
Original style suspension = 15,995

The FIA is a hybrid car. It comes with the 427 suspension. If you want original leaf spring suspension, that's extra.

I spoke to David at the 05 Summit about original suspension, as I wanted some for my prior Kirkham. He said it would be an additional 10-15k (don't recall the exact number, it was one of those two).

[767Jockey]

The $15,995.00 is right off their website today. Look at the "pricing" section. When you look at the cost of the roller from Kirkham, which obviously is just a thing of beauty, that's just an ENOURMOUS price increase over the cost of the car itself. Just running the numbers through my head, and I'm admittedly no math whiz, I come up with an increase of over 25% of the value of the car itself. Incredible. And again, that's over and above what you're already paying for that Billet setup, which I'm sure isn't cheap to begin with. Wow.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

The FIA is a hybrid car. It comes with the 427 suspension. If you want original leaf spring suspension, that's extra.

I spoke to David at the 05 Summit about original suspension, as I wanted some for my prior Kirkham. He said it would be an additional 10-15k (don't recall the exact number, it was one of those two).

Sal,

I'm confused. I stated the 2 exact upgrade prices from the Kirkham webpage that are necessary to get the '3" leaf spring frame' and the 'original style suspension' on the FIA car (which yes is a hybrid, if you don't upgrade to the leaf spring frame).

[Power Surge]

Originally Posted by 1ntCobra

Sal,

I'm confused. I stated the 2 exact upgrade prices from the Kirkham webpage that are necessary to get the '3" leaf spring frame' and the 'original style suspension' on the FIA car (which yes is a hybrid, if you don't upgrade to the leaf spring frame).

You're talking about something different. We are talking about the cost to upgrade the 427 car from billet suspension/modern brakes, to original suspension/Girling brakes. What you took off the site, was the upgrade for the FIA car, to go from 427 suspension, to original small block leaf spring suspension.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by Power Surge

You're talking about something different. We are talking about the cost to upgrade the 427 car from billet suspension/modern brakes, to original suspension/Girling brakes. What you took off the site, was the upgrade for the FIA car, to go from 427 suspension, to original small block leaf spring suspension.

Ack! I was answering someone else's question about how original suspension would be priced on the leaf spring car...

It seems that you can pick the original suspension option on both the 427 and the FIA car. In either case it costs 15,995. The 3 inch leaf spring frame costs 995, but is only an option on the FIA car.

However, the question for David might be, is it valid to pick both original suspension and 3 inch leaf spring frame for an FIA car? Or does the original suspension option only fit the 4 inch coil spring frame? I might be making too much of an assumption that those options are compatible with one another, because an original suspension for the leaf spring frame is probably pretty different that the original suspension for the coil spring frame.