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Thornton EMPI Guru
Joined: August 27, 2001 Posts: 2107 Location: Portland to AZ back to Portland
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: |
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i have a email out to him too and no reply _________________ Thornton |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:16 am Post subject: |
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First of all can I say that I'm not an official mouthpiece for Alejandro but I am in regular contact with him.
Yes Alejandro can often be difficult to contact. He runs his blower resto operation as a "hobby" (maybe the wrong word) and holds down a full time job too.
Being a "blower guru" he gets a lot of emails asking rudimentary questions about supercharging that people could find answers for by searching on Google. Also emails from people think a complete Judson kit should cost $1200 and no more...they don't. Because of these time wasters he filters emails...he just doesn't have time to answer them all and work in his workshop too.
At the moment he is busily involved in making and having parts made for Speedwell Kits...making moulds for castings for MAG supercharger kits and having casts made for Shorrocks kits. On top of that he restores and supplies Judson Kits and has a waiting list for these.
As you can see he's a very busy man...if he answered all his emails he'd have little time to work on projects that I can assure you nobody else in the world is working on. As he says himself "who else makes these parts?" Relaxation time?? Everybody need that too.
The secret, if there is one is to spell out what you want in the title of the email. In this case a good one would be "Mag Supercharger Parts". That will catch his eye...once you get an answer he will follow through and you'll get your parts but you have to be patient and very probably persistant.
He's by no means unusual in this hobby...there are plenty of others who operate in much the same way.
So anyone reading this you need to know that Alejandro rations his time on the computer...don't waste his time on simple questions you could ask of The Samba or other Forums. If you seriously need parts you know nobody else produces spell it out in the title of the email....and keep trying. _________________ John.
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DaveM Mad Samba Scientist
Joined: June 11, 2002 Posts: 3010 Location: Dry side of Oregon
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 11:23 am Post subject: |
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I'll second what John stated. I deal with Alejandro quite a bit and at times I wait a week or more for a reply. _________________ Sounding like a broken record as to why You should be measuring protein during harvest in order to better your agronomic practices. |
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the advice! |
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4hammers Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2006 Posts: 154 Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Hi.
I found one of those awesome VW approved Superchargers on eBay the other day! Only $600AUD & it will get rid of the smog too
DOH! Forgot, no active links to ebay.
Look up "VW Supercharger" on Ebay Australia & you will find it. I have emailed, but no reply.
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13943 Location: Southampton U.K.
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Can anyone tell me whether this would work on the Mag Supercharger,it's supposed to be for a Fiat but it is a Solex 32PBIC..
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DMNCLNR Sir Camp'alot
Joined: November 12, 2003 Posts: 2897 Location: Newport Beach Ca
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Dave,finally received my linkage from Alejandro. The photo below is all that I received. Looks different to yours,did you add/fabricate the other bits?
Thanks,
AL
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Here is the throttle pivot made by Alejandro Martin.
[/img]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/283914.jpg
I have a number of other pictures of the mag setup on my web page:
http://www.amayesing.com/blowers.htm
but this is probably the best picture I have of a complete set (not mine).
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: Mag |
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Lids Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2004 Posts: 263 Location: London, UK
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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looks the same to me, just missing a few nuts, rose joints for linkage arm and possibly the connctor for the accelerator cable. Would of thought these bits would be easy enough to get hold of. |
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49barndoor Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2004 Posts: 525 Location: Scotland.
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Cabriothusiast Samba Member
Joined: December 01, 2003 Posts: 167 Location: Bigfork, Montana
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: Pics of my MAG Supercharger |
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Going to install my MAG Supercharger complete kit in my barndoor singlecab.
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Richard Roth Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2004 Posts: 952
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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No, that's a style used on drag bikes, etc.
Not the same as the DDS kit for a VW.
Magnacharger is still in business making Blowers for modern cars, trucks, etc.
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49barndoor Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2004 Posts: 525 Location: Scotland.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Richard for info, this thing was used on an old drag bike but i reckon i can put it to good use
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No, that's a style used on drag bikes, etc.
Not the same as the DDS kit for a VW.
Magnacharger is still in business making Blowers for modern cars, trucks, etc.
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:48 am Post subject: |
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My new OG Swiss Mag Supercharger, this is the second set I've owned/stumbled onto it by accident. Freshly reconditioned from Germany..still not sure whether to put it in the 56 lowlight.
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TomSimon Samba Member
Joined: January 13, 2004 Posts: 749
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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I once had the three castings shown in that picture, the 'twin elbow' and the 2 90 degree castings. I knew they were for some early VW performance kit, but had no idea. This explains why the guy who bought them couldn't pull his wallet out fast enough! I sold them for $5 each piece at the Sacramento Bug-O-Rama several years ago, at least they went to a friend |
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Nearly there..anyone have any advice how I can get the original colour of my carb back, it's gone really dark in colour whilst in storage
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IN2VWS Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2006 Posts: 2521 Location: Australia
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks mate! _________________ Are you under the impression you'll live forever? All that shit you're hoarding is meaningless. You never know what's around the corner. Enjoy life now! |
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