Originally Posted by
CristianTabush
I had a chance to calculate the price points for the Universals and the Spool. Tell me what you think of the prices and if you think they are worth your money. Are they a fair price? Would you buy them?
The Spool has removable/replaceable 7075 hardened aluminum spool cups. They are for use with blades and are bolted on from the sides. This spool can also be made to be used on the Yokomo BD5 and the Top Photon, if we just change the spool cups, so that can be an added value for it. Or the Photon guys can make the conversion and run our DCJ's in their cars with this spool.
$25.99 Retail
The Universals are Double Cardan Units, nothing special, just a solid, good double cardan joints to use. Made out of hardened steel like the standard AE Units,
$31.99/pr Retail
The price for the DCJ's is very attractive! I am with Kevin: Please use high quality materials. The price is still attractive if you add some more dollars. I am in for 2 pairs, too!
What maybe can be a problem in my eyes is that you have to use the blades with the spool. My experience with the TC5 is, that the blades will break easily. Therefore I changed to the TitaniumRacing Spool. It needed no blades. Unfortunately the plastic cups broke, too, but after harder hits. Maybe someone else can post his experiences here.