I was wondering if any one would be interested in getting a complete Titanium IC piping kit fabed. I have not got a complete price yet but it will be over a $1000.00 for sure. The Kit will have less bends and also move the battery to the trunk. So if by chance any one is interested please let me know.

 

So its a full titainum ic piping? Does it have a brand? Well if you have an estimate pricing then i may be interested. If ever theres specs id like to hear bout it... thanks

 

I'm actually curious as to why you would think its so expensive? Titanium pipe is actually pretty cheap now that theres a surplus, and I assume the welding is the difficult part.

I have a mini battery setup, but I might be interested if there's a realistic weight savings over the stainless steel setup I have.

 

I started getting the quote at a fab shop here in Bakersfield. He said he has to order all the product from back east. He said that the distributor in LA stop supplying it due to distribution of product. If any one can get a better deal on the Titanium PLEASE let me know.... But its a no name brand just fabed. These guys can build any thing its only a matter of Money. But it can be any size. Im getting 3 inch for my GT35R Turbo. There really not a major weight savings that i was told over alluminum. To what i think about it its kinda pointless to spend the extra money over a few grams. Then it all comes back to " ITS TITANIUM " The reason i got interested in to comming up with this is that i am schedualed to attend SEMA this comming year with a new product comming out next year.

 

IC piping for 1k? jeez... honestly, I hope some of you are rolling around in the money because Ti would offer such a mediocre weight savings of Alum. that I dont see the benefit. Ti advantages come where aluminum cant handle the heat or doesnt have the strength, neither of which is an issue for IC piping.

 

yeah pretty pointless and a big waste of money for Ti intercooler piping.

 

Good point, i see why exhaust systems are made of ti, but ic piping??? saving 10-15 pounds with a ti exhaust, but a 1-3 pounds with ic piping????

 

Titanium instead of aluminum seems like a dumb idea for IC piping as Ti is heavier than Al. I can see aluminum instead of stainless to sage a tiny bit of weight. You don't need the other qualities of Ti for IC piping.

 

Low thermal conductivity...

 

welding ti is easy, notice how all the jdm intake pipes that are made of ti are wedge welded to make bends.

bending ti is what's expensive. ti is very ductile and will resist bending so to mandrel bent ti piping requires a special ti mandrel bender.

in any case ti stock will not be cheap, even if there is a surplus it definitely costs more than aluminum and also getting someone to work it will be hard too. you're gonna be faced wtih one of two high costs... either you buy striaght pipe and it might be "cheap(er)" and you get someone to spend lots of hours cutting and welding it into the shape you want or you have to buy prebent stock and that will be more expensive.

the gains of ti over aluminum aren't that big, so go to your fabricater and get yourself come custom al piping.

 

coating?!

 

Yeah - Easy as long as you have an Argon environment to weld in.

-M

 

ti is extremely difficult to weld, more so then al that is also difficult to weld

 

ok... in comparison it is more difficult to mandrel bend ti due to machinery specificities than to weld. ti is definitely harder to weld than steel or aluminum, but it's not impossible, where mandrel bending ti piping without very special equiptment is quite impossible. sorry for the lack of qualification.

and what is hard to weld about aluminum... i think that my friend was doing it out of his crazy garage... but does it really require such specific equiptment or experience?

 

When you tig titanium and heat up the surface before adding the aluminum rod it is extremely hard to tell when the temperature is close to burning through the aluminum.