Guest Terry S Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Nice one Tony Surely they use inconel for it's heat properties though in F1?? Not cheap though:eek: How technical is this becoming eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Originally posted by Terry S How technical is this becoming eh Stainless is more shiny Get Stainless Oooh but Ti is rarer that rocks too. /Alex successfully drags the thread back to the level of a magpie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry S Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Originally posted by Alex Holdroyd Alex successfully drags the thread back to the level of a magpie... B@stard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I'd say the weight saving of a Ti exhaust is worth the extra cash if you are really trying to keep the weight of the car to a minimum. My Ti exhaust weighs a fraction of an equivalent SS exhaust. The wall thickness is very thin and can be damaged easily by speed bumps though. I had mine welded by an aero engineer friend when one of the brackets cracked on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 How much does your exhaust system weigh? At best the ti will be half the weight of the stainless one, at worse 70%. Depends upon the grade of ti used. Inconel isn't as expensive as you may believe.... we were using 0.5mm ti for an aplication, and for 1 square meter it cost about 4k. We swapped to inconel just because it was cheeper. (There was no heat being applied, so it's ability to be used at high temps wasn't a factor) The other benefit of inconel is it is fecking hard. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Originally posted by TLicense How much does your exhaust system weigh? At best the ti will be half the weight of the stainless one, at worse 70%. Depends upon the grade of ti used. Inconel isn't as expensive as you may believe.... we were using 0.5mm ti for an aplication, and for 1 square meter it cost about 4k. We swapped to inconel just because it was cheeper. (There was no heat being applied, so it's ability to be used at high temps wasn't a factor) The other benefit of inconel is it is fecking hard. Tony Mine weighs 9lbs. Whats your stainless system weigh? I thought another great thing about it was that it actually dissapates the heat at a much better rate, so there is no need for thick walls. I didnt buy mine for the weight savings, just the fit, look and sound of it. The rest are bonus' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Originally posted by Terry S LOL Paul, I'd have thought an exhaust supplier would have known that mate . Eh...?? So what is the decision Gough....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Hes getting the Veilside Ti Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Very Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gough Posted October 30, 2004 Author Share Posted October 30, 2004 Originally posted by Paul E So what is the decision Gough....? [/b] And my decision is....... The Veilside Ti .........Or perhaps I should get an 'inconel' exhaust!?! Seriously though, a big thank you to everyone who's given advice on this matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hehe, yeah only SS (for some bizzare reason) and F1 spec material are good enough for the Supra now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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