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Karbonius CF reproduction of standard S54 plenum **PROTOTYPE VIDEO**

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Post by ///MBan » Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:45 pm

Sajk wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:39 pm OK thanks. That's 7% of what I paid for a complete M roadster with 40,000 miles on it in mint, and I mean mint, condition. I appreciate the effort involved but spending 7% of an entire bmw on a little carbon is madness. Best of luck.
No worries :)

BMW parts are not cheap, though. Check the price of an OE plenum for comparison (not that you should ever need to buy one).

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Post by gregl342 » Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:15 pm

Hey Michael, firstly well done on your efforts so far with this, great to see new parts being developed!

Can you add me onto the list please? After hearing the videos I'm super keen on pairing this with my Eventuri.

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Post by ///MBan » Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:43 pm

gregl342 wrote: Mon Sep 05, 2022 10:15 pm Hey Michael, firstly well done on your efforts so far with this, great to see new parts being developed!

Can you add me onto the list please? After hearing the videos I'm super keen on pairing this with my Eventuri.

Cheers, Greg
Hi Greg - absolutely. Thanks!

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Post by NLW73 » Wed Sep 07, 2022 7:21 am

you can get a S54 OEM plenum for about 150 on fleabay. manuals fetch a bit more.

any carbon is good carbon in my books. sound alone. you pays your ways n all that ;-)

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Post by Sajk » Wed Sep 07, 2022 5:45 pm

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Post by beanie » Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:12 am

All this money on fancy carbon when you could just drill the standard airbox for free. :D Would probably sound the same as an eventuri :exitright:
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Post by Sajk » Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:22 am

Indeed that is what my picture above shows. Second hand lid, hole saw, carbon skinning kit and a bunch of work. Now if someone could make that as a cheap product they could sell a bunch.

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Post by grannyknot » Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:13 am

Sajk wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:22 am Indeed that is what my picture above shows. Second hand lid, hole saw, carbon skinning kit and a bunch of work. Now if someone could make that as a cheap product they could sell a bunch.
I see it now that you mention it, very subtle. I was thinking of doing something similar on a spare plenum.
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Post by mmm-five » Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:01 pm

///MBan wrote: Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:44 pm
Sajk wrote: Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:14 pm What is the price again?
1,200 Euro plus a little bit more for the extra reinforcing.
So, say £1200 at current rates, plus shipping, plus duty, plus VAT, plus courier admin fees (for processing your duty/VAT)...for a total of £1500?
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Post by ///MBan » Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:41 pm

mmm-five wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:01 pm
///MBan wrote: Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:44 pm
Sajk wrote: Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:14 pm What is the price again?
1,200 Euro plus a little bit more for the extra reinforcing.
So, say £1200 at current rates, plus shipping, plus duty, plus VAT, plus courier admin fees (for processing your duty/VAT)...for a total of £1500?
I can't comment on the duties and fees various countries pay but I can say the price will be a little over 1,200 Euros not including VAT.

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Post by Jellyfishfields » Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:09 pm

Thanks for all your efforts with this so far, good to have another option 👍

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Post by ///MBan » Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:08 am

Jellyfishfields wrote: Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:09 pm Thanks for all your efforts with this so far, good to have another option 👍
Thanks - hopefully these last steps go to plan and Karbonius starts a production run. 👍

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Post by maupineda » Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:52 pm

Are there any timing expectations? When would we need to pay and when will deliveries start?

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Post by ///MBan » Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:38 pm

maupineda wrote: Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:52 pm Are there any timing expectations? When would we need to pay and when will deliveries start?
They originally said they would be ready to start the production run in mid-September. I will check regarding payments and deliveries.

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Post by SGRG » Wed Sep 14, 2022 2:19 pm

@///MBan please remove me from the list. Appreciate your effort in getting it all the way through. After some back and forth, I am going for the full CSL carbon box either from Karbonious or Geoff Steel. Thanks again.
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