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This isn't a thread asking what I should buy for my exhaust tubing. I'm interested to see what kind of experiences you (if any of you have had) on titanium exhausts vs traditional stainless ones.
I'm going to be custom fabbing an entire turbo back exhaust from grade 2 titanium. It's going to be 2.75" OD (can't get 3" unless I want to special order and that triples the prices) .090 wall thickness. No cats, no res, no muffler nothing. Full Titanium straight pipe.
I can get all the material I need for $500 shipped. I know stainless is 1/2 the price but I don't care. The resonance of titanium and the weight difference is worth the extra $250 to me. And regardless you can't get a GOOD TBE for under $1k it seems. So either way I win.
Whats great about this too, is a simple flange change at the turbo and I'm ready for my Gt3071r when that time comes :thumbsup: And the grand I save buys me the turbo almost! All the fab work will be done by myself and my dad since welding is about as easy as changing oil to him lol. I'm not quite sure when I'll start this project but soon I hope, by the end of next month I want to have all the materials and the few bends I need made ready to get to welding.
So what do you guys think? Sounds kinda like a pointless thread but it seems like a good conversation piece.
Perhaps this could turn into something I could offer to a few people one of these days since we will be building a jig as we go so reproduction will be cake.
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I'm going to be custom fabbing an entire turbo back exhaust from grade 2 titanium. It's going to be 2.75" OD (can't get 3" unless I want to special order and that triples the prices) .090 wall thickness. No cats, no res, no muffler nothing. Full Titanium straight pipe.
I can get all the material I need for $500 shipped. I know stainless is 1/2 the price but I don't care. The resonance of titanium and the weight difference is worth the extra $250 to me. And regardless you can't get a GOOD TBE for under $1k it seems. So either way I win.
Whats great about this too, is a simple flange change at the turbo and I'm ready for my Gt3071r when that time comes :thumbsup: And the grand I save buys me the turbo almost! All the fab work will be done by myself and my dad since welding is about as easy as changing oil to him lol. I'm not quite sure when I'll start this project but soon I hope, by the end of next month I want to have all the materials and the few bends I need made ready to get to welding.
So what do you guys think? Sounds kinda like a pointless thread but it seems like a good conversation piece.
Perhaps this could turn into something I could offer to a few people one of these days since we will be building a jig as we go so reproduction will be cake.
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