Just to let you folk in the US of A in on some info regarding how good you guys got it (for some things).
I have been perusing the Holley Sniper threads and drooling at the prospect of TBI for my old cruiser. Looking at the $$ needed for the setup, and for you guys it runs somewhere around the $900 mark. This is within "scratch and save" territory for me - would take some time, but I could make that happen eventually.
Anyway, I decided to see about the cost over here in the land of Oz. Now, there is exchange rate (about 1USD to 1.5 AUD) to consider, and then freight and import taxes, but I figure that if I get it from Holley direct I should be able to do it for about $2000. nope, that's just too much for me.
But if I go to an autoshop over here, it is a special order (I have to wait for them to import it) and the list price is $3220........
Let that sink in for a moment.
It will cost me 3+ times the dollars to get a sniper kit.
Now this is not on Holley in any way - as I said if I import it myself I still have to pay freight costs and import taxes, so not on Holley in any way.
But the autoshop is going to mark up $1000 on the unit, and their freight costs would be lower because they would bring it in with a bunch of other stuff.
As a result, this little brown cruiser is going remain all carby all the way for some time at least.
And really, it is running fine, so I guess I don't need it anyway.
Rant over - you can all go back to enjoying your computer time now.
Thanks for listening!
I have been perusing the Holley Sniper threads and drooling at the prospect of TBI for my old cruiser. Looking at the $$ needed for the setup, and for you guys it runs somewhere around the $900 mark. This is within "scratch and save" territory for me - would take some time, but I could make that happen eventually.
Anyway, I decided to see about the cost over here in the land of Oz. Now, there is exchange rate (about 1USD to 1.5 AUD) to consider, and then freight and import taxes, but I figure that if I get it from Holley direct I should be able to do it for about $2000. nope, that's just too much for me.
But if I go to an autoshop over here, it is a special order (I have to wait for them to import it) and the list price is $3220........
Let that sink in for a moment.
It will cost me 3+ times the dollars to get a sniper kit.
Now this is not on Holley in any way - as I said if I import it myself I still have to pay freight costs and import taxes, so not on Holley in any way.
But the autoshop is going to mark up $1000 on the unit, and their freight costs would be lower because they would bring it in with a bunch of other stuff.
As a result, this little brown cruiser is going remain all carby all the way for some time at least.
And really, it is running fine, so I guess I don't need it anyway.
Rant over - you can all go back to enjoying your computer time now.
Thanks for listening!