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Lightweight exhaust
amalyos - 5/9/10 at 08:35 PM

Looking for a lightweight exhaust silencer for a 7 type car. Will be used for a bike engined car.
Anyone know a good supplier?

Cheers


Steve Hignett - 5/9/10 at 08:37 PM

Mild steel is lighter than stainless...


TimC - 5/9/10 at 08:40 PM

Simpson - aluminium body with stainless end caps.

Like this one:
Simpson Silencer
Simpson Silencer

... only with a slice of cat' welded on the end.


SPYDER - 5/9/10 at 09:41 PM

We have used a standard ZX9 ( or was it ZX12?) can on our Blade engined Phoenix.
Its Titanium as is the complete system.
Geoff.

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matt_gsxr - 5/9/10 at 10:54 PM

Spyder,

You know your Titanium can. I know they say "titanium" on them, but are you sure that its 100% titanium? I remember having one, and I remember the outer being magnetic (not a good sign if its titanium).

Not 100% sure, but might be worth checking.

Matt


SPYDER - 6/9/10 at 12:24 AM

Its definitely titanium on the outside at least!
We had to fit a second mounting bracket (see pic) and that was made of Ti and tigged on with Ti filler wire.

Geoff.


matt_gsxr - 6/9/10 at 07:00 AM

Pretty conclusively titanium then. Either its different to the one that I had, or I remembered wrong.

Matt


MakeEverything - 6/9/10 at 08:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by matt_gsxr
Pretty conclusively titanium then. Either its different to the one that I had, or I remembered wrong.

Matt


The inner perforated tube will be mild steel, so maybe magnetic THROUGH the Ti outer?