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Originally Posted by winmutt
Has anyone simply thought about asking ZF?
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thats a good idea, but how big is the market for this really?
1-You have a car and engine last produced in the mid 80s, getting on 25-30 years ago.
2-You have a percentage of owners of those cars with that engine who drive stick and prefer it.
3-You have an even smaller percentage of those stick drivers who are willing to do a lot of work and labor to add a 5th gear
So basically, if I were ZF, I would see my maximum target market as a small part of a shrinking demand, which is a small part of a shrinking variant of transmission options and people who use them, which is part of a group of car enthusiasts driving around a shrinking collection of antique cars. A small part of a small piece of a small group that keeps getting smaller in short.
The market for them making something would only be able to grow in a very limited space for a very specific group that is constantly contracting as the years go by, not saying it wouldn't be worth it, just that it would be difficult to demonstrate that it would be very profitable.