Titanium manifold?
09-27-2005, 05:14 PM
#21
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Re: Titanium manifold?
Originally Posted by Ricky101
I recieved an email from my supplier in china, and they are making new Manifolds from titanium mirror pipes.. he included some pics.. .. what do u guys think of it
09-27-2005, 10:24 PM
#26
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Re: Titanium manifold?
I see two big problems with this manifold (giving the benifit of the doubt that it is real Ti). One being that Ti is a very poor choice of materials for an exhaust manifold, NA but expecially in the case of a turbo manifold. The problem is that it conducts heat very well wich defeats the scavenging effect of an exhaust manifold. If all of the heat soaks into the manifold and then out into the engine bay, there is that much less to spool the turbo. This is why materials like 321 SS are so good for manifolds, because they are able to maintain the heat within the exhaust so well.
The second problem is even if you are just trying to be eccentric and use exotic materials like Ti, why would you mate it to a cast steel flange. Those flanges have a terrrible reputation of never being true.
So if you wanna impress your ricer friends who all think that everything on a car should be CF and that Ti is cool merely because it is exotic than more power to you. But don't expect a Ti mani to outperform your HF mani and an adaptor plate. :P
The second problem is even if you are just trying to be eccentric and use exotic materials like Ti, why would you mate it to a cast steel flange. Those flanges have a terrrible reputation of never being true.
So if you wanna impress your ricer friends who all think that everything on a car should be CF and that Ti is cool merely because it is exotic than more power to you. But don't expect a Ti mani to outperform your HF mani and an adaptor plate. :P
09-27-2005, 11:21 PM
#27
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Re: Titanium manifold?
Its not gold you tards. Its the new BRASS manifold. Instead of cracking and falling off it just warps, melts and STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETCHES!!! That way you have a warning when your turbo starts to scrape the concrete and toss sparks instead of the typical THUD of a fallen off one.
09-27-2005, 11:30 PM
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Titanium manifold?
thats one of the pre chroming steps in chrome plating somthing. its the copper coat. looks about exactly like there manifolds. plus why would the welds be the same exact color as the manifold if it wasent coated with somthing. retarded ----.
