Silicon hose advice please

BMW

I would offer some suggestions but the link has died :(

Link works ok fr me. Anyone else haveing trouble?

BMW? What models would you suggest? M series?

removed by the isp for spamming newsgroups maybe?

Works OK now. Too many connection apparently.

I'd say you need a set for the 205 GTi as they're widely used in loads of different types of motorsport, not to mention your average enthusiast with a road car. And they're at that age where coolant pipes are starting to corrode and split, so its the time where people are choosing to use silicone hoses since they're changing them anyway.

Also think about people who like to 'bling' their engine bay up and then show it off. Like the Jap performance cars (MR2, Supra, 200SX etc). On the same lines you could try to appeal to the young'uns with kits for Novas/Corsas/Fiestas etc, as its a cheap ish mod and isnt likely to upset insurance premiums.

You might also like to think about offering a discount to Owner's Club members to try and get them interested. For example if you made a kit for the MR2 turbo you could advertise on the IMOC forum (1000s of members) and offer 5% off for members, or something like that.

Hope that's of some use!

Carl

Cheers Carl. Similair thoughts to what i was having but good to hear someone else saying it. MR2 and 205GTi will deffinatly be being made. Good idea about the forums but i'm wanting to sell in bulk really not to indivuduals. P

He seems quite genuine tbh

Well you are obviously going to be targeting enthusiasts, so target big communitys such as 205 + Golf (mk1/2) GTi owners. How about offering pipeing with extra capacity?

High capacity coolant hoses?

How many extra horsepower does that give you?

Douglas

I don't know but it may aid cooling smarty pants.

Lots of hot water is just as hot as a bit of hot water!

My smarty pants have a perfectly adequate cooling system as it is, thanks.

Peter

the extra weight helps performance though

I thought that maybe if there was more water in the system then maybe it would aid cooling?

Tell you what, you fit high capacity hoses on your car, and I'll fit a bigger radiator on mine, and we'll see who's cooling system performance increases?

(c;

Douglas

coolant transfers the heat from the hot part to the cold part.

And by not actually trying to sell anything, he's allowed you to prove yourself to be a "holier than thou" tosspot with a inferiority complex. Steve, go through your posts and work out how many involve "car modifications", AFAIK the OP has a 100% on topic posting record, you don't. I know who's posts I'd rather read....

DILLIGAF what you think?

It's blatent spam, and I'd have thought an experienced reader of Usenet would have learned to identify this by now.

It was an "on topic" request for information. He wasn't actually trying to sell anything.

What's your definition of spam then ?