exhaust note

[mattywhitt]

[mattywhitt]

[Jin Kazama]

It\'s been mandrel bent - titanium exhaust bends are cut and welded.

[Timmy]

does look titanium

[mattywhitt]

Thats what i thought, is there any other way to tell?

[Timmy]

The owner may not like it. But wait till it is dark get your dremel out and grind a bit off the flange. Titanium will give lots of white spraks and s/s will give very little yellow sparks.

[mattywhitt]

Ha ha, dont think that will be happening. Why do you think it looks titanium?

[Timmy]

The blue colour to it, s/s is normaly goldy colour. The problem is this effect can be also caused by chemicals. The only other way is weigh it and make a guess it should be approx 2/3s of the weight of the s/s version. But you\'ll need the weight of the s/s version as i said above the s/s version is a fairly light exhaust as it is.

[mattywhitt]

I am not convinced it will be a better exhaust than what i have got, and i dont like outward rolled tips!

[Jin Kazama]

You could try a magnet on it. If does not stick then it\'s titanium.

[prince_of_tokyo]

thats gonna be one LOUD mutha looking at the size of the backbox...

i think the tip is titanium for show, the rest of the system is not titanium me thinks due to the comments of it being mandrel bent which are true...titanium is cut and welded

id recommend a silenced mid-pipe if your looking to do some track work, or even for general driving as youll go deaf lol

[Timmy]

It can be mandrel bent, apparently expensive to do. Maybe they get away with it cause the fd exhaust is so straight.

[Jin Kazama]

It can be mandrel bent, apparently expensive to do. Maybe they get away with it cause the fd exhaust is so straight.

Well, if that is the case then I stand corrected. All titanium exhausts I have seen have be cut and welded at the angles.

[Timmy]

i did a quick google. found an old thread on a forum about it. Apparently jic titanium is mandrel, depends on the grade and so on. But did say most of them are cut and welded.

[mattywhitt]

Thread revival! I tried a magnet on the whole length of the exhaust and it doesnt stick.