Glen,
The parts suppliers have pretty much taken on the job of just keeping
out cars running. This means that they are limiting themselves to
supplying replacement original type parts and the occasional add-on that
has been around for years.
The new stuff for our cars is being produced by innovative private
parties who see a need and make a part that fills the void. Such is the
case with Justin Wagner's gaskets and my camber compensators and shock
mount brackets.
In short, if there is a need and a market large enough, someone will
produce a product to address that market. Apparently the big 3 don't
think there are any new things that need to be introduced.
Regards,
Joe
Glenn Trunnell wrote:
>
> The following is a tirade, quit reading now if you don't want to bother
> with it!
>
> I just got my new Roadster Factory summer flyer, I 've also received
> several LBC magazines and catalogs from other sources. In every case as
> I looked through them I asked myself "where's the new stuff?". I
> realize that a lot of our cars are approaching their 30th birthday, and
> there's not millions of them on the road like the Hondas and Toyotas,
> but couldn't one of the big 3 or a smaller company come up with
> something new! There are literally hundreds of companies making things
> for the import tuner market, couldn't we support even one? I'm talking
> about real innovation here though, sure everybody can sell you a weber
> or a header or a gas flowed head, but why can't you get a smog legal
> performance carb for a British car or aftermarket fuel injection for
> less than a down payment on a house? Pierce manifolds is selling a
> cross flow head for MGs now, but it doesn't have the air injection ports
> so it's illegal on the streets anywhere there are smog laws (and that's
> going to be the entire U.S. very soon), would it have been that hard to
> make it legal? Maybe I'm crazy, but it seems to me that there is a
> market for street legal performance parts out there for our cars, I just
> wish that the manufacturers would realize and put a little money into
> developing them.
>
> End of Rant, Thanks for your patience,
>
> Glenn Trunnell
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