19/Dec/2007 reply I got from Stan:
To offset the cost of a fixture and a pattern, we would need a prepaid 10 units and the price would be $125.00 each, plus shipping by United Parcel.
Stan Fuller
Owner
Stan's Headers
That is about half the price of a Bill Sun unit. You can't beat that for value! Come on & sign up before he looses interest. Your Peco system is just begging you for this. Don't let the opportunity pass you by.
I refer you to this quote from the old site:
http://www.lotuselancentral.com/lec/Pre ... inator.pdf
"It has been my experience that removing the Pre-cat from the Lotus Elan M100 yielded the greatest amount of power increase of any previous exhaust modification."
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General Information:
Paypal fees requiring currency exchange are 4.1% of the transaction PLUS $0.30 USD / .15 GBP
To keep things simple I'll add that to your tally (when I know it). So, the final amount I state will be the total amount you owe me.
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19/Dec/2007 - This is now a BUY list
Please state your interest, NOT commitment, until we have a price
(it's $125.00 each) to buy a pre-cat eliminator. The price will be dependent to a HUGE degree on the size of our order, as the vendor, Stan's Headers, can only economically make this part in a production-run and not piecemeal. He is also not interested in keeping parts on hand for us, like the top & bottom flange. His statement was "
I make parts for Ford, etc., and they continually order in bulk, but it's not worth it for an occasional order." That is why he did not keep the information to make this piece.
He needs to actually see the piece before giving us an estimate. I'll be shipping him my spare PCE this week. There will be an up front charge for "development" work, which will be the same regardless of how many he makes. The more we order the more that set cost can be amortized across each PCE, so the unit price will drop with every person who joins this list.
My name will not be on this list, as I already own two. I am only facilitating this because I am a proven sucker.
Now we get to the details. Yes, this piece replaces your existing cast iron pre-cat. The is known as "the rusty trash can" and the casting is identical whether it is an SE (no paladium inside) or an S2. The flange at the terminus of the PCE will bolt to your stock exhaust or any 2.25" or 2.5" pipe. If your exhaust is larger than 2.5" it won't bolt to the PCE. The PCE mates to pipes in this size range because it continues to use the same bolt pattern as the original Lotus downpipe. The actual sealing surface becomes the flat of the flange instead of the original O-ring gasket. I have purchased gaskets from my local NAPA and will dig one out shortly. It is just a 3-bolt triangle gasket with a 2.5" ID. You'll have no trouble finding one just by taking the PCE to a parts counter.
You'll need three 3/8-16 x 1.25" bolts, three 3/8-16 nuts, and six 3/8" washers for the bottom of the PCE. These are easily found in America and I can buy them for the group if you want. The top continues to use the same bolts/studs as before.
We are only trying to provide the "missing-link" here, not some complicated solution which will only serve to exclude those who just want to buy a PCE. No matter how big the diameter of your exhaust is you still have a 2" restriction in it if you've not replaced/upgraded this part. This part is nigh-on impossible for most exhaust shops to fabricate. Comparing this to the Bill Sun PCE (I've held one in each hand at the same time!), this one has laser-cut flanges with perfectly smooth cuts whereas the BS-PCE has hand-cut flanges with cuts that waver back-and-forth; into & impeding the exhaust-stream. The body (funnel) of Stan's PCE is made from a single piece of pipe, and is made on a pipe spinning machine. Just try & find someone who owns a pipe-spinner!
I'm sure there will be issues I've not addressed, so feel free to ask.
Also, if someone is a member of the IsuzuZone board please make an entry there also, but I am not willing to front money for Isuzu members I've never heard of. Please ask their moderator to police the reliability of their own list, and let them know that once we commit their money will need to be paid by all before I'm gonna pay Stan out of my pocket.
I'm just trying to provide a service here, not be a businessman with an unpleasant Accounts Receivable. -Matthew Welsh-
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