Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:27:07 -0400
Reply-To: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
Subject: Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
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Scoops? For what?
Maybe I've missed out by being off list.
I pray these are not some sort of DIY 'improvement' the laminar flow
induction duct at the rear of our vans. Boston Bob and I have gone a
round or two on p-mail in the past over his "ears" 'improvements' the
well-designed VW ducts.
Long and short, if these 'scoops have to do with airflow into the rear
ducts, think again. Then look at *all* modern sports cars and realize
that "scoops" have gone the way of the Holley 4-barrel. Scoops create a
pressure wave right in front of the induction hole, making their intake
negligible. Measure your before and after head temp to confirm.
Laminar flow ducts, (like on the Vanagon, Porsche Boxster, MR2, Saleen
SR & S7, Honda S2000, and a host of other cars) are multifold more
efficient, and are only ruined by 'scoops' and 'ears'.
So what are these "scoops" all about?
Developing business and guiding change since 1996,
G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Marketing & Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
AIM = IExplain4u
Phone: +1.919.658.1278
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Mark Thoma
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:06 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
The scoop on the scoops,
After patching up my screw ups on one of the scoop molds, I took them
both (right and left) to a boat repair guy here in the Cleveland area
who does a lot of fiberglass gelcoat kinda stuff and he said "well they
look pretty darn nice, but... (like peewee herman said, "Everybody's got
a big but") you need to polish and buff the molds now, then spray in
release agent, then a layer of gelcoat then 4 layers of fiberglass cloth
and the fiberglass cloth needs to go on top of the gelcoat while the
gelcoat is still tacky."
Me, feeling an assault on my wallet coming on, said "How much?"
He said "$100 bucks for the pair of finished scoops." To which I said,
"Go for it."
Then he said, "But you can sell these things to all of your Vanagon
buddies and make all your time and effort pay off." And I said "Well
why wouldn't I just make all the subsequent scoops myself, after all I
have the molds?"
To which he replied, "You could but the molds have to be polished and
buffed between each use, and that takes a lot of work, and then you have
to shoot the gelcoat, lay the 4 layers of fiberglass cloth, etc."
So I said "Well how much for each set of scoops?"
And he said "$100 per pair no matter how many pairs we make."
And I said, "But how much could I sell them for?"
And he said, "Something this nice, $175 for the pair."
And I said, "Those cheap bast----I mean those economically minded
fellows on the Vanagon list will never pay that much."
And he said, "Okay tell them $150 for the pair and you'll pay the
shipping. And if you don't sell one pair what do you care, you still
have the scoops you wanted in the first place?"
And I said, "MAKES SENSE TO ME!"
So that's the long and short of it. I should have the first pair back
in a week. I'll take some pictures of them mounted on the van and
you'll know how to reach me should you want a set.
Mark
Mark Thoma
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