Carl Bennett posted on Facebook that Ray Korman has decided to close his shop. He's 91 and the inventory will be sold and the shop is closing.
Korman Autoworks is closing
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Thanks for sharing Drew. Ray has had an amazing career. I hope he enjoys his well earned retirement. I am a little surprised that he doesn’t have a team member interested in running the operation.
I just got an m30 list from Carl. I'm making sure it's okay to post it here, but it's a pdf with all the parts and prices..
truly the end of an era. i would think that with the talented people up there, they would have to come back as another group
Here's the pdf of the parts from Carl. Should have some good stuff!
Good for him, bummer for everyone else. I wanted to send them my head to have it ported
E9 specific from Carl. He’s gotten over 400 emails so he said to pass it along..
Hey guys i see a stahl header for 969 bucks
A little hard to interpret. Are items with a cost of $0.00 just not available? That was my assumption. Toolkit for $469 could be worthwhile if it includes the tools…
Ah, I had just gotten a response with the same
PDF from my email yesterday. Here’s the relevant info:
Please see the attached PDF file/files. Depending upon your request, this may require multiple emails.
Part numbers with a “U” at the end are used parts. Most have $0.00 as a sell price., please make an offer on these. Used parts with a price are as priced. Payment can be made via Bank Wire transfer, Check or Credit Card (Add 3% for credit card). All prices are F.O.B. Greensboro, NC. All sales are final.
PDF from my email yesterday. Here’s the relevant info:
Please see the attached PDF file/files. Depending upon your request, this may require multiple emails.
Part numbers with a “U” at the end are used parts. Most have $0.00 as a sell price., please make an offer on these. Used parts with a price are as priced. Payment can be made via Bank Wire transfer, Check or Credit Card (Add 3% for credit card). All prices are F.O.B. Greensboro, NC. All sales are final.
How do I buy these
The headers say big six. Does that mean they are 1.75 in or smaller? Should I call or email? Will they ship? what is INTAKE M30 W/3 DCOES?
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You can look up the item by the part number listed to the left of the description. That should pull up the actual BMW part so yuou're sure of what you're potentially getting
if they are stahl, they will not be 1.75", they will probably be 1.375" as that is the size that Korman + Stahl dyno tested with his stage 2+ engines as the best performance match. Ray said you needed to be a true stage 3 to go to 1.5" (around 275+ hp) ... 1.75 was race only. when we did the group buy before stahl closed, Jere Stahl said - unless you are going to build a real fire-breather ... don't waste your time with really big headers. those were very wise words from 2 people who knew a thing or 2 about the subject.
big 6 means m30 engine. i would take the meaning of intake m30 w/ 3 webers to mean 3 weber dcoe carbs with intake manifold. question is 40 or 45 dcoe? probably 40 which goes along the same category engine as the 1.375" stahl (stage 2 - 230 to 250 hp)
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I didn't know what a Korman manifold was, but fortunately there are photos here on e9coupe..
Weber 40DCOE149
Korman Manifold
Definitely need to be cleaned up. Internally they look ok. At least the one I looked at.
Bought this set up 6months ago, here. I have since decided to go EFI M30B35.
32 chokes
idle jet 55 F8
main Jet 125
imullsion tube- F9
air corrector is a 175
Paid $1400 shipping included. Willing to sell for same price; shipping included.
USA only. Will have to
discuss shipping costs if outside the USA.
Korman Manifold
Definitely need to be cleaned up. Internally they look ok. At least the one I looked at.
Bought this set up 6months ago, here. I have since decided to go EFI M30B35.
32 chokes
idle jet 55 F8
main Jet 125
imullsion tube- F9
air corrector is a 175
Paid $1400 shipping included. Willing to sell for same price; shipping included.
USA only. Will have to
for that price it must just be the intake. still a great price if its the korman intake
Did you call them or email?
I didn't know what a Korman manifold was, but fortunately there are photos here on e9coupe..
Weber 40DCOE149
Korman Manifold
Definitely need to be cleaned up. Internally they look ok. At least the one I looked at.
Bought this set up 6months ago, here. I have since decided to go EFI M30B35.
32 chokes
idle jet 55 F8
main Jet 125
imullsion tube- F9
air corrector is a 175
Paid $1400 shipping included. Willing to sell for same price; shipping included.
USA only. Will have todiscuss shipping costs if outside the USA.
My engine bay: