Titanium exhaust system

[fendent]

As my pipes are scruffy I need to replace them. My mechanic told me to check out www.akrapovic.com. They use titanium as material. So if in this forum there would be an interest I am sure they would develop a system for our cars. Of course it costs a bit more than a stainless steel system. But just thinking of getting some extra torque, power and less weight combined with a nice sound makes it worth a thought IMO.
I saw their system the first time when I was at the Nurburgring weekend with some forum friends. The Manthey factory is just off the track and they are probably the first car company that used their exhaust systems.
Any comments?

[volcano rs]

As my pipes are scruffy I need to replace them. My mechanic told me to check out www.akrapovic.com. They use titanium as material. So if in this forum there would be an interest I am sure they would develop a system for our cars. Of course it costs a bit more than a stainless steel system. But just thinking of getting some extra torque, power and less weight combined with a nice sound makes it worth a thought IMO.
I saw their system the first time when I was at the Nurburgring weekend with some forum friends. The Manthey factory is just off the track and they are probably the first car company that used their exhaust systems.
Any comments?

i had a price for a titinium back box only which was 250 pounds a few years ago .

[Rusty]

It's certainly lighter than SS, not sure why it would produce any more torque than an identical SS system tho? Perhaps down the pub Will be quite expensive compared to your average SS system but even then the price and quality for essentially the same thing can vary a lot. Be an interesting exercise if nothing else and the weight savings would be most interesting.

[Ducky]

Ti is not easy to work with and can only be welded to itself...so you would need a complete system from the blower back, or some form of slip on system which mates to a stock downpipe...probably not worth the outlay, as I imagine it will be expensive....bike systems certainly are for what they are.

[fish]

All i know is that akrapovic are expensive as hell for dirtbikes, and we all know the size of their ex-pipes compaired to a cars...

[lind4hl]

Ti is not easy to work with and can only be welded to itself...so you would need a complete system from the blower back, or some form of slip on system which mates to a stock downpipe...probably not worth the outlay, as I imagine it will be expensive....bike systems certainly are for what they are.

just get an titanium flange that fits with the oem downpipe??

titanium is overkill to me IMO though..

[BRY]

I use Ti every day at work.
We make exhausts and other stuff for Boeing and Airbus.

[s2driveruk]

boeing/airbus exhausts.....somehow I'm guessing they are running slightly larger than 3in

[Rusty]

3.5"

[HPmuirt]

3.5"

Any bigger than that and you're getting into Scooby drainpipe territory

Cheers n

Si

[Rusty]

boeing/airbus exhausts.....somehow I'm guessing they are running slightly larger than 3in

4"

[BRY]

Just a bit bigger than a scooby:

[Rusty]

5'

[Dirtylouie]

ain't worth it really. Ti has one one advantage - weight. at the same time it will be superexpensive, too soft to hold the turbocharger (as it is one of the aluminium mixtures at the end of the day). Cast or SS at the same time is not that heavy. talking abot cars, not boeings certainly