Is This "really" A Titanium Exhaust?

[Ronin 09]

these are typically the colours you get from titanium that has had very high heat through it. This is an ARC titanium exhaust for 32 gtr btw.

give me that exhaust, Rich!

[gun32gtr]

where would get a titanium cat back system from and how much u looking say for r32 gtr

[CEF11E]

already done

don't forget you got a hiflow-cat and front/dump with that too

No that was just the catback... batmbl dump cost me $400 cat cost me $300. + around 200 for fitting

complete exhaust cost me $1700.

Edited December 14, 2006 by CEF11E

[foznice]

really? you must have got the stainless one then?

I remember rrrage got the full mild system for $700

[GeeTR]

I don't think you can purchase Ti donuts and other 45/90 degree pipes, thats why they "section" it where bends are needed, with lots of little sections cut and shut.

Rofl, i wonder if it was done like that with stainless to fool people... how awful

Top Secrete and others use the same technique with Ti on their engine bay piping, and just then, when looking for a picture, I noticed >> http://www.topsecretjpn.com/r34drag5.jpg

I rem that car using piping that was discolored like normal Ti at a Jp AutoSaloon.. Now it's yellow *ponders*

PS: Foznice - Ti is completely non-magnetic, test with a magnet for the truth....

- M

Edited December 14, 2006 by GeeTR

[Beer Baron]

give me that exhaust, Rich!

hehe, no can do. love to help though. i'm getting a veilside tear drop titanium for my thing. that arc one i tried to buy but missed out

[Beer Baron]

where would get a titanium cat back system from and how much u looking say for r32 gtr

for a decent titanium cat back for 32 GTR it's approx $2-2.5K. i haven't seen any really good local ones. there are plenty of nice japanese ones though.

even a decent set of front pipes like these is around $1K

[CEF11E]

really? you must have got the stainless one then?

I remember rrrage got the full mild system for $700

Yep I got a full stainless system turboback. Nothing wrong with mild steel, just stainless was only around $100 extra.

It still looks like a really nice system it's worth what you paid for it.

[Ronin 09]

hehe, no can do. love to help though. i'm getting a veilside tear drop titanium for my thing. that arc one i tried to buy but missed out

i do like the sectioned droopy exhausts... but a twin Ti system would be tops!

[R33S2]

A friend of mine used to build Ti racing pushbikes (until china pushies), to look at unheated it is very similar to stainless but has a greyer/silvery hue, he welded it in a vacuum chamber with tig, he filled it with argon then sucked it all out to form a non O2 enviroment.

[Ronin 09]

for a decent titanium cat back for 32 GTR it's approx $2-2.5K. i haven't seen any really good local ones. there are plenty of nice japanese ones though.

even a decent set of front pipes like these is around $1K

I assume it's all in the fabrication time and cost... Ti itself isn't that expensive as a material in such small quantities, it's the sectioning and 'lobstering' the piping that is time consuming and must be damn expensive to pay a quality welder in Japan!

[grigor]

I assume it's all in the fabrication time and cost... Ti itself isn't that expensive as a material in such small quantities, it's the sectioning and 'lobstering' the piping that is time consuming and must be damn expensive to pay a quality welder in Japan!

I think it depends on the workshop equipment.

Recently saw some Corvette mufflers at the local exhaust shop. They'd been replaced with an Aus built product. (To meet ADR I presume)

I could lift each muffler/pipe unit with 2 fingers and yet each one was the size of 4-4L paint tins. Pipework was very complicated and beautifully bent, not sectioned.

They weren't available for sale unfortunately.

[eVolUTIoN_182]

Hey Rylan, you gotta give this guy negative feedback even if he does give you some money back. Whats the tip size maybe he was refering to that as 4". Do you have the ebay add?

[Ronin 09]

I think it depends on the workshop equipment.

Recently saw some Corvette mufflers at the local exhaust shop. They'd been replaced with an Aus built product. (To meet ADR I presume)

I could lift each muffler/pipe unit with 2 fingers and yet each one was the size of 4-4L paint tins. Pipework was very complicated and beautifully bent, not sectioned.

They weren't available for sale unfortunately.

yep you're right - these would be a bit cheaper to make becuase they've been mandrel bent.

when you're sectioning like baron posted earlier in this thread, it is alot of labour to cut, weld, finish etc nicely.

i would love a Ti exhaust!

[djr81]

Please don't quote me on this, but my understanding is that you cannot bend (mandrel or otherwise) titanium pipe sections the same way you can with stainless steel for the following reasons:

It is not very ductile.

It has a low modulous of elasticity (ie it will spring back after forming)

Has a tendency to gall much more than stainless.

If you add to this the requirement for fastidious cleanliness when working with the stuff, you can see why it is so damn expensive.

[DaGr81]

http://www.nismo.com.au/pricelists/xforce/xftr33zorst.gif

hows this one at $1595? anyone have this exhaust? from uas