"Mike" <mbucchino@charter.net> writes: > Way too rich for my blood.............I'm sure that I'll find a way to > do it for less than half of that. Likely. Nearly half the cost is due to my thought to replace the plastic fuel "rails" with billet aluminum manifolds. I also included fittings to add a permanent fuel pressure pressure gauge, which is not really necessary. > BTW, McMaster-Carr is one of the most expensive ways to order > practically anything, but they do have everything. Sourcing things from multiple places adds a lot of shipping overhead. I've not noticed that they're way out of line on their prices. Not cheap, but they don't really seem to be gouging either. > In these days of the internet and Google, there's bound to be a way > to save money over that supplier......... Maybe I have bad luck, most of the time when I search for this kind of stuff on Google I end up with the same two or three sites, and then a bunch of patent listings. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL |
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