Very true but in all honesty the thing is they could pretty much do what they want as far as raising the price without having to worry too much about sales dropping. There was absolutely no competition for the GenIII Paxton. People will pay the upped price for the kit since there is no other options. Now that there will be they may have to re look at the pricing depending on what prices Sean puts out there and especially the numbers his kit produces. Its simply businessAs noted by others, it should be mentioned that Paxton has changed both pricing and vendorship policies over the last year or so to prevent some online companies from making a quick buck on the kit sold and offering no ability to install nor support the products in any way. Pricing has changed as well, including all dealer pricing, as well as minimum saleable price. Most prices posted here are old news, and NOT possible anymore.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel Paxton just gave there dealers the license to gouge there customers.
Very true but in all honesty the thing is they could pretty much do what they want as far as raising the price without having to worry too much about sales dropping. There was absolutely no competition for the GenIII Paxton. People will pay the upped price for the kit since there is no other options. Now that there will be they may have to re look at the pricing depending on what prices Sean puts out there and especially the numbers his kit produces. Its simply business
So the $1700 I saved at superchargers 4 less and the fact that I installed it myself is a wrong headed idea? I think this is basically the plan Paxton had from the beginning. If there is a support problem it comes from Paxton not the dealers. If it wasn't for the internet I don't think any Viper Mods would be sold. It's the sellers job to make money it's my job to save money, at $100 over cost I did my job. Paxton is trying to take my job away.
Very true but in all honesty the thing is they could pretty much do what they want as far as raising the price without having to worry too much about sales dropping. There was absolutely no competition for the GenIII Paxton. People will pay the upped price for the kit since there is no other options. Now that there will be they may have to re look at the pricing depending on what prices Sean puts out there and especially the numbers his kit produces. Its simply business
So the $1700 I saved at superchargers 4 less and the fact that I installed it myself is a wrong headed idea? I think this is basically the plan Paxton had from the beginning. If there is a support problem it comes from Paxton not the dealers. If it wasn't for the internet I don't think any Viper Mods would be sold. It's the sellers job to make money it's my job to save money, at $100 over cost I did my job. Paxton is trying to take my job away.
Good info guys.
Thanks.
Yes, we'll have a choice of polished black anodized blowers.
The satin finish Paxton is $7,828.95 from Summit and $8,572.95 on Paxton's site.
Thanks Bob.
I'll do a little more digging and see who underwrites the warranty. Do you recall the cost if it were purchased?
Also, does anyone have a dyno graph of an out of the box Paxton kit on a stock '03-06 car? I've called around and all the ones I could get my hands on were modified beyond the out of the box kit (using a VEC3 instead of the supplied Split Second box, different injectors, headers, etc). The Paxton kit I bought and used to R&D against was for a Ram, back when I was developing the truck kit, so it's not a direct comparison because of the rear axle and tires on the Ram (though it's pretty close).
Thanks Mark. If you get permission, do you have a Dynojet DRF file? If so, I could lay it over my car's graph. It would be a good way to show the differences in between the kits. I'm not trying to say mine makes a higher peak number or anything like that, just showing how the graphs are different. I did the same thing with the Ram kits.
Hey Bob, was your car stock when done at Woodhouse? If so, could Mark forward me the dyno graph please?
If anyone can send a Paxton graph from a stock car (cat-back is ok as they don't add much HP) with an out of the box tune and setup, I'd appreciate it. Seems that most people are modifying them (bigger intercooler, different engine management, injectors, etc).
A Dynojet brand dyno would be best, but even the Mustang will show the nature of the curve.
Hi Bob,
As far as difference between a Mustang and Dynojet brand dyno goes, I’ve never taken a car off a Dynojet and run it on a Mustang or visa versa to say that "yep, you have to multiply or divide the brand X to equal the number from brand Y". I've only done it with an engine dyno to chassis Dynojet dyno with same PCM and exhaust.
If I can get a car graph from anyone, please let me know if it's the first cold pull graph (the one that makes the big number), or a warm and up to temperature pull. There's a large difference.
Below is a stock Ram SRT-10 with a stock Paxton kit. Three pulls were done one minute apart with a large fan blowing in the engine compartment and a commercial carpet drying fan in front of the radiator / charge cooler core. I did the full screen shot so you could see the time the pulls were done and not just the peak numbers. The Paxton charge cooler heats up fast and drops efficiency accordingly, which is probably why guys are going with the DLM coolers / etc. (Not a knock against Paxton, just an observation)
This is the info I’d “like” to get on a car also.
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At any rate, Im sure everyone expects yours to be better. Otherwise there wouldnt be much reason to build it. You know whats out there, you've got plenty of research to beat a Paxton blower thats been out for years. So it should be interesting to see what you bring to the table. Cant wait to start seeing the hp #'s, 1/4 mile times and vids.