Joshie and Jopapa thanks for your replies. I have been e-mailing Pentastar on and off since Jan. inquiring about their new products. They have been very prompt in responding. After Shaker223 called and was told 4bbl intakes were available the last week of May, I thought I better go ahead and order especially with a small first production run.
Since then I have e-mailed several times and have been told next week and expecting delivery in 7 days (June 3rd).
My credit card has been charged (about a month ago) for both the intake and the shipping. The last e-mail talked of not recieving the first consignment of intakes (delay from foundry).
Well..... got a bit hot and fired off a not so nice ( one explicative) e-mail about the delays and the credit card being charged (shipping ? what's up with this?).
Ray Webb (Jnr) responded right away and was very professional. I finally got some detailed information. He has called the foundry twice and he tells me that he will have an accurate assessment of lead time on Tues. He promised to fast track my order (not waiting for the whole batch to be cast) by having the foundry ship what they have so he can to the machine work and dispatch my order.
Ray did apologise for the delays and told me it is common -place in Oz to charge for the order to obtain committment. (shipping?) He did say he could refund my money untill they can ship. He also said he will be contacting me tomorrow with more answers.
In his defense, I did place a pre-production order - it's not like these castings are all in a row on a shelf. I guess I'm also not used to ordering specialty items (last aftermarket intake I bought was for a sbc
). I am taking a bit of a risk here - new intake design, ordering overseas, blah, blah, blah, - but I am still hopefull everything will work out and look forward to hearing to Ray tomorrow. Will keep everyone posted.
