Sweet

what material is the regular kit made out of?

I need to start making more money.     hahah.


Right on Guys!

there is no comparison between China and Japan.

Japanese steel IMHO is the best steel out there.    Just look at their sword manufacturing techniques for the last 1000 or so years.

Look at the culture and systems of checks and balances that are prevalent in Japan.  Now compare that with china (A newly industrializing country)

Would you rather have a Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Acura, etc. or would you prefer Geeley, Jac, Byd, Lifan, etc. (look them up, their Chinese cars)?

I do not claim to have all the answers to this, but I will answer your questions to my ability.

No offense but I've always come across products and insults about reliability from anything made outside the USA.Example CHINA springs VS USA springs....

I can understand that certain Chinese manufacturing techniques fall short to USA manufacturing techniques, but there is more to this than just that. I think it is fair to say that China is not a world leader in terms of manufacturing.

What is sad in my opinion is that American companies are sending over American manufacturing techniques to 3rd world countries where they are being replicated at lower costs --- techniques that countless American men have spent blood, sweat, and many hours of work over decades and decades of testing to achieve. Now all this hard and often proprietary manufacturing techniques are being sent over seas attached to Emails and are being taught to under developed nations in a matter of months.

Of course there are other factors of the lower costs besides cheaper labor, such as different taxes, different emission laws, different environment laws, different material handling and disposing laws, etcetera.

Granted I am 1) a young individual and 2) I have not studied international manufacturing relations, but I can speculate that the same must have happened to America in the past when Japan was developing it's techniques. Personally, in my eyes, it seems that in the 80s and 90s America just sat back and did nothing when Japanese automobile manufactures were building cars far superior to American cars. What the heck was America doing back then? Was this planned, was it planned for Japan to surpass American automobiles? I don't know.. Does the same apply to China? Is this being planned out? Is America allowing China to catch up to them? What about Germany? Did America "acquire" manufacturing techniques from Germany? I am sure there is a lot more to this than we will ever know..

Now this product is made in JAPAN..Yes its not China but is there much difference?

See, now you are comparing Japan, a nation with a fully developed manufacturing industry, to China, a nation with a developing manufacturing industry. I firmly believe that in general, Japanese products are made to a much higher standard than Chinese products. But as more and more developed nations are sending their manufacturing techniques to underdeveloped nations, I do believe that one day China's manufacturing ability will match the manufacturing ability of Japan/USA/Germany of 2009. The question is how long until this happens? And will China ever be at the forefront of manufacturing, such as USA, Japan, and Germany have experienced? This is to be seen.

I any difference from US chromoly VS Japan chromoly?

If the material has the same composition, then they are identical of course. However the performance of the material will vary depending on how it was annealed. I am not too keen on this, but I imagine different manufactures have their own process of altering the microstructure in order to develop the best material toughness and durability. Some might hold temperatures higher and longer, or may quench to a different temperature for a different amount of time. Each change in manufacturing process will yield a change in the materials performance.

For all practical purposes, I would expect Japanese 4320 to perform like USA 4320. They both would have to follow the ASME guidelines and make sure the composition is correct (otherwise it would be false advertising and misleading).

Regardless of the political mind games, if the material says what it is, tests like it should, and works as designed, then we ought to be able to say that 4320 Gears are stronger than 8620 Gears, stronger than stock 1045 Gears, and certainly stronger than other imported alloys which aren't even recognized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) or the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) institute.

If those institutions don't recognize the material being imported, then why would you want to run it in your truck and get stuck somewhere in the middle of no where? That is why our parts cost more than other parts on the market. We do not simply charge more money, that is unethical and immoral.

I am really really trying to be careful what I write here. All I can say is you get what you pay for.

BigMike


EDIT: I should also add that it also goes beyond the material performance.
What about tolerances? If I send the same print to a Japanese manufacture and a Chinese manufacture, which one will produce a final product closest to my specifications? Of course you'd expect both manufactures to follow my specifications included on my print, but do they equally do so?

EDIT: I fixed the "3rd world counties" typo. Thanks CJ

Ha, I completely forgot to advertise that these Competition Gears have been throughly tested for over a year in our sponsored V8 XXRA racer. I'll try to get that up later today-

What metal are the crawlbox couplers made out of?

just curious where the weak link is now..........

Do you know how long their superior sword making process is and its man hours? I don't think you have an idea PERIOD..Those process are not DEFINETLY applied in the making of this new product otherwise you will be paying top$$$$ for the gearset..
Most importantly, everyone cuts corners..You just dooon't know......................

And yes, all the true Japan made cars are still running flawlessly....

Yes I do have a clue.  thank you.

those are amazing pics.     

thanks.

can you give us some specs on that buggy. what engine - what transmission - what axle radio....

I found those pics funny till the last 2 cause it doesnīt look like they are using the 4.70 till then