Help please...flooded engine..what do i do
02-03-2011, 01:28 AM
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kevin@rotaryresurrection
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People would not pay for them enough to justify making them.
First you'd either have to be a high volume rebuilder, or on good terms with one, to get enough junk rotor housings to use. You need at least two housings per unit, maybe 3-4 depending on the volume you want. Junk housings usually carry a value of $25-50 each depending on the builder you buy them from.
IF they're pre-renesis housings, you've got the exhaust ports to deal with, and all housings have OMP injector holes and plug holes that must be taken care of either by filling and tig welding at a cost of around $50 per housing, or by some sort of other filling material such as jb weld etc. at a cost of $20 per housing or so. Most rebuilders are only doing a handful of renesis' per year so finding enough of those would be challenging.
You need them to be SQUEAKY clean, so you'd have to spend 45-90 minutes each in various cleaning processes such as media blasting, pressure washing, blowing out passages etc. with compressed air, rising, etc.
This will leave bare metal, some of which is flaked/gouged/damaged chrome with steel underneath, and would rust. So you have to coat them with something. Paint may not do well underwater or may be a bio-hazard, so you'd probably want to do powdercoat or ceramic. You're looking at $50 per part there.
Then you need sealant, bolts, and plexiglass custom cut to fit. You'd have $50 extra there in materials. So far you haven't accounted for your labor in doing all this, or materials/tools/electricity. So truth be told it's very possible you'd need to charge $200 or more for each 2-housing unit you make. Not a lot of people are going to pay that. They might talk about it on an internet forum, but when push comes to shove, most people won't put their money where their mouth is.
Also you'll need some provision to feed the fish and route an air line and a heater cord. So something will have to be cut or notched out of the housing...adding more labor and prep time.
Bottom line it's more of a one-off project that an exceptionally dedicated individual might do for themselves or a close friend, than something you'd do as a business.
First you'd either have to be a high volume rebuilder, or on good terms with one, to get enough junk rotor housings to use. You need at least two housings per unit, maybe 3-4 depending on the volume you want. Junk housings usually carry a value of $25-50 each depending on the builder you buy them from.
IF they're pre-renesis housings, you've got the exhaust ports to deal with, and all housings have OMP injector holes and plug holes that must be taken care of either by filling and tig welding at a cost of around $50 per housing, or by some sort of other filling material such as jb weld etc. at a cost of $20 per housing or so. Most rebuilders are only doing a handful of renesis' per year so finding enough of those would be challenging.
You need them to be SQUEAKY clean, so you'd have to spend 45-90 minutes each in various cleaning processes such as media blasting, pressure washing, blowing out passages etc. with compressed air, rising, etc.
This will leave bare metal, some of which is flaked/gouged/damaged chrome with steel underneath, and would rust. So you have to coat them with something. Paint may not do well underwater or may be a bio-hazard, so you'd probably want to do powdercoat or ceramic. You're looking at $50 per part there.
Then you need sealant, bolts, and plexiglass custom cut to fit. You'd have $50 extra there in materials. So far you haven't accounted for your labor in doing all this, or materials/tools/electricity. So truth be told it's very possible you'd need to charge $200 or more for each 2-housing unit you make. Not a lot of people are going to pay that. They might talk about it on an internet forum, but when push comes to shove, most people won't put their money where their mouth is.
Also you'll need some provision to feed the fish and route an air line and a heater cord. So something will have to be cut or notched out of the housing...adding more labor and prep time.
Bottom line it's more of a one-off project that an exceptionally dedicated individual might do for themselves or a close friend, than something you'd do as a business.
