Specialist Components do bulk discounts.....

Am looking at the following parts and wanted to know if anyone else was considering purchasing these so we can get a bulk discount and take advantage of the high $AU

Billet conrods for cooper s ... there are discounts for bulk orders over 4......

http://www.specialist-components.co.uk/ ... egoryID=17

As well as bulk discount on the stainless steel LCB

http://www.specialist-components.co.uk/ ... egoryID=17

The problem is that if you do a bulk purchase then you are likely to hit the $1000 limit and will then be liable for GST + duty.

That would work out at about 20% of the cost so I'd imagine would badly offset any bulk discount that you receive.

My understanding is that all we need to do is ring the order through individually and let SC know that the orders are related (for the discount).

Everyone then pays separately as per usual and pays their own freight , and has items delivered to their personal address.

I've never heard that you had to pay GST and duty on orders over $1000.
Who polices this? Is it charged by the compay you buy from or do you pay it when you pick the items up from port/depot? In that case do you still pay it if you get couriered servce do your door?

Australian Customs

Have a read here: http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55572&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=import&start=15

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Or direct from Customs

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page5549.asp

I bought some M21 gearbox stuff from the US it ended up being over the $1000 mark, I asked the company I bought it off very nicely to fudge the invoice so it was less then $1000. They had no dramas doing that for me.

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Thanks,
Thats handy to Know.

when i was in the UK i bought some stuff and sent it to myself, i tried to reach a ballance and get under 1k, without being affected if it went missing and not being able to claim.

The Exchange rate changed, and it ended up at $1007 or somthing silly, clearance fees and NZ GST added $187 and a week to the process. GRRRRRR. (having paid VAT in the uk)

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

These rods look much the same as the ones Graham Russell and Lindsay Seibler are selling here already, for ~$680/set. This INCLUDES ARP bolts, which are worth $100+. The rods are great but the original bolts were not worth a cracker.....

The SC rods are bushed however, which means you will need to mod the pistons for circlips (not a great idea) or make PTFE buttons (must be sized correctly for each piston pin and may not last a zillion miles).

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

pretty clever how they calculate the gst on the duty as well, on goods over 1 gorilla.

tax on a tax - bloody thieves!

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I've been doing mine in aluminum for a long time and they last very very well. Who would bother doing them in PTFE?????

People that race smallbores and rev em hard.
PTFE in this application dates back to the 70s.

But why bother doing it on a 1275, when you can get these (same) rods with a pin interference fit, as BMC intended. And they are available locally.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

So what do you do with the rods once the pin is no longer an interference fit?

I've had Rods knackered this way after as few as 2 piston changes. Each to their own, but I prefer floating pins and I know there are those who prefer interferenace fit. BMC did it this way for cost.

Cost was not spared on the S engines (expensive in comparison to previous A series), they went to a bigger pin and interference fit for reliability in competition.
All 1275s since (including A+) maintain this method.

How do you restore the fit?
You run a bead of MIG weld round it, then grind it back... and resize the rod end.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.