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motofly196
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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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Sent a few more emails to Ray with no response. Spoke with Ronnie at Bustoration and he is out of the manifolds too.
I've got a WTB ad up for the Speedwell manifolds now. Hope I can get my hand on a set for an engine I'm putting together with some P-11's. |
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motofly196
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2018 10:02 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| Gave up on buying these, no email contact or contact through his website at all. I bought a set from Steffi G and had them in my hands 6 days after purchasing. Quality is awesome! |
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PeteSC
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| Do you have any photos of the Stefi G manifolds? I was considering them as well until I was finally able to land a pair of the Speedwells. I'm curious if they're shorter than the Speedwell. I have Stefi's reproduction OT pulley...he makes very nice products. |
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gimmesomeshelter
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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I would encourage you to get good pics before purchasing manifolds from Stefi.g. I purchased a set of his Zenith to Okrasa manifolds a number of years ago. They needed quite a bit of welding and porting to work well.
Cheers,
Paul
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motofly196
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| I started a new thread for those interested in the manifolds. While I can agree with you on the porting (not welding), we are talking about an engine that will produce 60hp? Maybe a touch more. These manifolds will work just fine. |
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jays58s
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| Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| Ray, among many others, are impossible to get a response from. It makes it really tough to do certain things in this hobby at times. |
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gimmesomeshelter
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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The good news is that I found a store that has many of Ray's parts in stock.
https://www.cagero.com/de/list/Speedwell%20Produkte?m=106
The not so good news is that you'll pay a steep premium.
Naturally, the one thing I wanted to buy (Gmund sump) is out of stock.
Cheers,
Paul
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jays58s
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| Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| gimmesomeshelter wrote: |
The good news is that I found a store that has many of Ray's parts in stock.
https://www.cagero.com/de/list/Speedwell%20Produkte?m=106
The not so good news is that you'll pay a steep premium.
Naturally, the one thing I wanted to buy (Gmund sump) is out of stock.
Cheers,
Paul |
Dang, you weren’t kidding! Those prices are definitely steep! |
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Pirulero1986
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Erik G
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Pirulero1986
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:36 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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the one from vintage speed are different from the one in the pics .
maybe they got a velocity stack inside them as claimed.
also under are a little different compared to the one that I have |
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gimmesomeshelter
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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When contacted Ray late last year about his oil sump, he wrote that he would have a new batch this spring. I've emailed him a couple of times this year, but I haven't received a response. Does anyone have any Speedwell info they can share?
https://www.cagero.com/de/prod/Aircooled/K%C3%A4fe...1&n=29
Cheers,
Paul
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lowbus
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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I am still interested in ratio rockers. I have not heard back either.
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[email protected]
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| gimmesomeshelter wrote: |
When contacted Ray late last year about his oil sump, he wrote that he would have a new batch this spring. I've emailed him a couple of times this year, but I haven't received a response. Does anyone have any Speedwell info they can share?
https://www.cagero.com/de/prod/Aircooled/K%C3%A4fe...1&n=29
Cheers,
Paul |
He also said the samething about his manifolds that he would have new sets ..ive emailed him also nothing been months ...i Remember some guys saying he only sells to his friends and really don't wanna sell to outsiders ..i don't know if that's true or not but leads me to think maybe they were right..i hope not ...i just don't get if a guys has product to sell sell he needs to hire a worker or workers to take care of your orders/emails or just inform the vw world he's no longer making parts ..folks seem to want his product he needs to fix his system before he's really ain't gonna be liked ...i go by what I see and I see a lot of folks want his product but seems they lost interest in him already a couple of friends of mine dumped his products or don't bother to ask for them ...i have no problem with Ray just wish he got on top of his stuff ...i don't think it's hard to email a person and inform them what he has in stock or not or what he's selling or not ...... but keep emailing him like I have maybe he will see how many times you email him and be like damn and email you back.. just keep those 🤞 crossed ..... |
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fl59bug
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| gimmesomeshelter wrote: |
I would encourage you to get good pics before purchasing manifolds from Stefi.g. I purchased a set of his Zenith to Okrasa manifolds a number of years ago. They needed quite a bit of welding and porting to work well.
Cheers,
Paul |
I now have a set of his Weber manifolds. They look okay and they bolted right up to the WW Okrasa heads - unlike the WW 32 PBIC manifolds which needed the bolt holes ground out - but I don't have the engine together so I can't say much more about them yet.
Although I'm happy to have a "plan b" (dual 2 BBL Webers) in the works in case I'm not happy with the WW repro 32 PBIC single barrel carbs, if the HVWs Okrasa 36hp build up article is any indication, I believe fabbing the one-off Weber linkage, and not the manifolds, will be where I spend the most time. |
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vintage fiberglass
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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| I am hearing rumors that someone else besides Ray is making Denzel engine parts in Germany or Sweden? any truth to that? I have been scouting for a set of Denzel heads? I keep hearing that someone is making repro's but I never found out. Must not be true?? |
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gimmesomeshelter
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Speedwell USA parts |
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This page isn’t working www.speedwellusa.com is currently unable to handle this request.
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