CovertFI

the idiots at summit always send me the catalogs for v8's even after i requested the import one 3 times. i have to have some thing to read while on the craper so i am looking through the engine build parts. i notice the prices are cheaper for v8's then our 4 bangers. WTF is up with this. decent pistons cost 800 for 8. it will cost me 500 for my sohc. rods you can find 8 for about 300, for us about 375-450+. A single cam that supports 8 cylinders cost 300 + or -. my sohc is 300 and for a dohc about 800. can anyone help me under stand this? i am about to sell my car and get a 5.0 and strap 150hp shot of NOS and proly run 12's

b18bturbo

its pretty simple concept. They think this way. The more demand of a honda product the higher price goes and people are willing to pay for it. It just that simple. It backwards industry. ITs not like the domestic guys that you cna just buy a head off the shelf that is ported cast adn ready to go. there is so much demand in v8 the prices are so low. Its something we cant control.

BoOsTeD_eK

well what can I say...American made. Even the cars are cheap.

E Swift

Probably because those pistons being sold for a V8 are garbage in that magazine.

dbman96

More likely because the parts for those V8s have been developed over the past 40-50 years with virtually no changes. Right now Imports are new and hot - so we pay a premium for the fact that we're trendy, and we pay a further premium to cover the R&D that it's taking all these companies to push into a new market and build up the designs and technology it takes to do this right. Sucks to be us. But it's better than the alternative of not having anyone develop anything for our engines and having to pay for custom parts every time we do something.

dustin

hard to buy domestic parts with a mullet McPaycheck so they drop the prices
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DSF

The Chevy 350 has been out and in production for how many years?

...and the B series honda?

dbman96

LMFAO! Too true!!!

CovertFI

you say that but look at the 5.0 it has not been out that long and **** for it is cheap.

i wanted to buy an apc front mesh grill to protect my ic and hide it a bit. for the import revoultion car show they were being sold for about 100, i think a little more. this price was every where. i went back home to louisiana and i found them for 30 bucks at discount auto parts. i think every one is just hiking up the prices because this is the new fad. my gf sister is 14 and she said she cant wait till she can drive so she can "*****" out a honda. i do have at feeling with the market like it is today the import industry is going to fall out and priced are going to drop. i just wish it will happen soon, i am at 130k on my sohc and i am noticing more blow by.

len

What are the tolerances on these parts? Sure they might be cheap but if they ship 8 rods or 8 pistons and they're off of each other by 20 ounces, it sure does make it pointless to buy aftermarket. I'm pretty sure they're decent parts, but unlike American Motors, our motor strives on perfection, perfection takes additional research and development and testing, which in turn rises the cost. So they have to charge more. And also, there is high demand, when the demand is high, so are the prices. Simple economics.

Rain_man

They charge what the market will bear. People are willing to pay those prices so they charge that much. No way in hell domestic owners will pay that.

b18bturbo

Simple economics 101....

modvp

Supply and demand...

Turbo Laser

The 5.0 has been out for years. It was known as the 302 before the fancy 5.0 moniker came out. It's a windsor style engine, similar to the 351 that's been around since the 60s. I really get pissed when I think that I can get a fully built 350 with forged piston/rods/crank, ported heads, cam, and a grip of other stuff for the same price of a Type R swap. I'm more into DSM's though, but I feel your pain.

falcongsr

the McMustang! Ha!

M.A.R.C.

blame it on the ricers... here in south fla... every damn person has a riced out honda or some car for that matter.

Eyewitness

the worst is a mustang or camaro with a big wing body kit and some 17's/18's

Turbo Laser

The ricers are the ones that are going to lower the prices for us. As more products get purchased, the more $ go down.

dustin

ricers don't purchase anything we want though

Sonny

I think they buy the stuff we want, keep the sticker, and then sell the item.

Sonny

M.A.R.C.

true... hehe. but like they make honda stuff expensive period here.

turboex

I gotta hit this one up again
"hard to buy domestic parts with a mullet McPaycheck so they drop the prices"
thats funny as hell!!!

markaria

maybe if all of us import nuts would all get together and create a "union" of sorts, where we would all ban together and NOT buy any honda performance parts for like 2 months straight- then perhaps some places would get overstocked and prices would come down. just a thought

M.A.R.C.

gotta love honda/acura owners

joeseph

Its not just performance parts, oem replacement parts are insanly cheaper for american cars.