What would you pay? (Doubler)

[PlumCrazy]

$500 gets you the 2 piece plate that allows you clock the rear case, the blocks to weld/bolt in the gap left from cutting the case, shorter shift fork rail, heat treated, one piece shaft, and all the bolts and plugs.

Or you can buy just the shaft for $250.

-PlumCrazy

 

[Taragon]

I can beat $500.

 

[PlumCrazy]

I can beat $500.

Problem with the 1354/1350 doubler, is that unlike the NP205 and other fullsize cases, is that the only application is RBVs with stock drivetrain setups. Kind of a narrow market, you will maybe sell 5 your first year and you will be lucky to sell more than 2 a year after that. When you have that few in field actually being tested, its hard to establish a name thats associated with quality and dependability.

D&D makes kits for all sorts of doublers, and has a reputation that people are willing to spend a little coin on for piece of mind.

If you could just make the shaft and sell it for under $250 and put a guarantee on it ....it work sell like hot cakes.

-PlumCrazy

 

[4x4junkie]

I paid $349 IIRC for my D.D. Machine kit back in 2007. I believe materials costs do infact have the kit up to around $500 now.

IMO, I really don't think that's an unreasonable price. There have been kits before D.D. that sold for far more (the "Stubler" comes to mind, and there was one even before that too... Drawing a blank on it's name/who made it). D.D.'s is actually a kit you assemble yourself where the others were sold as complete boxes built from junkyard/core-sourced 1350s (and is how D.D. was able to price his kit at about half that of the others).
All-new boxes like the Klune-V sold for $1400 at that time, probably are $1800 now if given the same materials cost increase.


I'm sure sales on these things are a lot stronger than 2 a year, however regardless of what they are now, they'd probably shoot way up if someone was to actually advertise them. Even on Ebay I only see D.D. (4x4machineshop) keeping an active listing for the Jeep version of the kit. The 1354 kits are almost all sold by word-of-mouth it seems.

 

[Taragon]

Im just looking to make the rear plate, and shaft(s). Like the DD kit, but I don't figure people will actually use the clocking part, unless it's electric shift as this complicates manual shifting it even more.

 

[sbsrlewis]

I have the DD kit and I used the clocking. Almost have it flat. Hoping to do a belly skid soon.


Steve

 

[PlumCrazy]

I made my own plate, but clocked it up a few degrees. the two piece design not only allows you to clock, but also allows assembly to not require clearancing the case to clear bolt heads and allows both case to be able to just bolt up nice and easy vs taking each bolt down a few threads at a time since the bolts are "captured" by the case.

-PlumCrazy

 

[ranger2.9]

I would think the first one would be the most expensive one as someone what have to design it...
Personally I would offer it as a kit and sell the parts individually.

 

[Taragon]

Getting the plate put into the plasma cutter software this week, and cut an old tranny output shaft and the t-case mainshaft so that I can have the adapter shaft machined.

Seems most people are wanting just the adapter plate, so I may just offer than with the adapter shaft as an added option if needed.

Probably sell the plate for around $250 shipped.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I think there would be more interest in a kit to put a non RBV t case behind the 1350/54 series case.

Would love to be able to put a D20 or D300 behind it.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Is RuleBreaker still selling the 4.0 to NP435 setup? Screw doublers when first gear is 6.xx:1.

-PlumCrazy

 

[brinker88]

I think there would be more interest in a kit to put a non RBV t case behind the 1350/54 series case.

Would love to be able to put a D20 or D300 behind it.

^ This. Flipped, twin sticked, low-max 4:1 D300 would be freaking awesome.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

I know PatoV6 is running a 1354 planetary to D20 doubler in his ranger that he built himself that has been holding up just dandy.

 

[Taragon]

I personally have been looking at putting a Toyota low range box between my M5OD and 13-54.