I searched that page for Shanghai a dozen times. I do see reference to China.
And then I found this:
About us - Speedmaster Auto Parts Co., Ltd
www.spdmaster.com
I have no problem buying stuff that I can't find elsewhere from them, nor do I care where the studs that hold my carburetor on came from, especially when other American brands are outsourcing them as well. The big stuff, like cylinder heads, valvetrain components, and bottom end parts? Oh hell no.That makes them a big "Nope" for me.
You'd kill the hobby, especially since all of your major performance brands that still make stuff here not named "Edelbrock" are all owned by one private equity firm.What if we tax theoutta imports from China ,ride out the storm,then make parts in the USA better.
Same China casting as rich porter, cardone new unit, wai global and even duralasts amd msd Street fire now... If you search Fd17 for the fox body one you can buy them complete for as little as $40, they are crappy design vs oem, I've seen more then few seize and the gear has no press fit on everyone I've I changed a roll pin on, just a pot metal roll pin holding it on. You might want to pull if every so often and spin it by hand, when the bearing inside fails its ugly, oem is a bushed design that wicks oil up, they changed it to a cheap roller bearing .Fwiw - I’ve been running a Spectra Distributor in the 94’ for the last few years
How many knock off parts are on them because someone sent a part to China to be copied as cheap as possible, then undercut the market so much that's all that's left being made now, that's what the aftermarket replacement parts industry is turning into for many things for otherwise obsolete parts, even the name brands are boxing the low quality junk with the tommy boy
in a box & mark it it guaranteed attitude. Its not the location, its the profit margins they demand for low volume parts. Thats why you can by stuff like pro comp/ speed master cylinder heads from the suppliers for 1/3 the price as the decent China castings that afr and promaxx source from.
We all ready do 25% tariffs on most, investment firms used it as an excuse to raise the american made stuff a even higher percentage. Go price an intake of even a damn camshaft these days. 1k for a 5.0 intake, $500 cast core camshaft its a joke, and both Holley and edelbrock had to back thier prices down when it killed sales, not to mention EPA is trying to kill it for smog cars any way with the fines they handed out like candy.What if we tax the
edelbrock is worse then Holley and batYou'd kill the hobby, especially since all of your major performance brands that still make stuff here not named "Edelbrock" are all owned by one private equity firm.
crazy with the price increases they where trying to push threw on most parts.
I gotta say at least she was honest.Explains the rash lately, huh?
Edelbrock is still family owned and just trying to survive. They might actually make it since Holley has publicly stated that they're phasing out carburetors for EFI while Edelbrock just released a new line of carburetors.We all ready do 25% tariffs on most, investment firms used it as an excuse to raise the american made stuff a even higher percentage. Go price an intake of even a damn camshaft these days. 1k for a 5.0 intake, $500 cast core camshaft its a joke, and both Holley and edelbrock had to back thier prices down when it killed sales, not to mention EPA is trying to kill it for smog cars any way with the fines they handed out like candy.
edelbrock is worse then Holley and bat
Dart / RWB drastically cut there price increase when sales crumbled even when they had inventory. 90% of the industry is owned by investment firms now with just enough of them to claim its not a monopoly and they all wanted max profit from high turn over products even trying to do direct to custom sales to cut out the people who support the products.
Apparently we're both wrong on Edelbrock, they were swallowed up by a private equity company in 2010.
