Titanium exhaust
06-02-2005, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Sameer
Tim,
What kind of pricing we looking at for an inconel exhaust and headers? An avg cost?
What kind of pricing we looking at for an inconel exhaust and headers? An avg cost?
A nice set of equalk length inconel headers with Burns merge collectors will cost you about $4-5k.An exhaust will be about $1500.However, inconel for an exhaust is a bit overkill since stainless will work very well.
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06-02-2005, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquisitor
In a documentary about F1 cars it stated that the exhaust systems are all hand made and translucent at operating temperature. Translucent exhaust on my Porsche, now thats tempting.
The problem I have been told about with Titanium custom made exhausts is that mandrel bends are not made in Ti, thus the welder has to cut "triangles" of pipe to create a "crayfish" like shell turn. The minimal loss in airflow though is out-weighed by the weight saving. This can and does dramatically increase the price.
The problem I have been told about with Titanium custom made exhausts is that mandrel bends are not made in Ti, thus the welder has to cut "triangles" of pipe to create a "crayfish" like shell turn. The minimal loss in airflow though is out-weighed by the weight saving. This can and does dramatically increase the price.
You can get mandrel bent titanium now.No more Japan style bends.
