Need recommendation for Titanium?
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On The Tree
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From: Grand Rapids, MI
Need recommendation for Titanium? Who has the best prices on titanium? I'm looking for solid round stock and tubing (1/4" to 2" dia.) lengths of 6ft+. What I'm mainly looking for is titanium pipe 4",5" and 6" dia. lengths of 10' to 20'. I know this material is not cheap but at the prices I have been paying from current source I just feel I can find it cheaper.
Prefer to purchase in Michigan if possible so I can pickup. Any of ya that have built headers or plumb your turbo car your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Jim
Prefer to purchase in Michigan if possible so I can pickup. Any of ya that have built headers or plumb your turbo car your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Jim
Originally Posted by Gofast
Who has the best prices on titanium? I'm looking for solid round stock and tubing (1/4" to 2" dia.) lengths of 6ft+. What I'm mainly looking for is titanium pipe 4",5" and 6" dia. lengths of 10' to 20'. I know this material is not cheap but at the prices I have been paying from current source I just feel I can find it cheaper.
Prefer to purchase in Michigan if possible so I can pickup. Any of ya that have built headers or plumb your turbo car your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Jim
Prefer to purchase in Michigan if possible so I can pickup. Any of ya that have built headers or plumb your turbo car your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Jim
Thread Starter
On The Tree
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From: Grand Rapids, MI
Thanks guy's for the info.
LOL Trick Titanium is whom I have been doing business with. Trick Tit. is high grossing me. I do appreciate the recommendation though.
Thanks much,
Jim
LOL Trick Titanium is whom I have been doing business with. Trick Tit. is high grossing me. I do appreciate the recommendation though.
Thanks much,
Jim
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or trident in houston....magnesium, titanium...anything you need.
for exhaust system stuff you probably want the 6al4v, otherwise, CP works just fine.
or trident in houston....magnesium, titanium...anything you need.
for exhaust system stuff you probably want the 6al4v, otherwise, CP works just fine.
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Quick question. How expensive is Titanium. It has been protrayed as this Space Age metal. I just don't know how it's price compairs to other metal. I know you can't just pickit up at Home Depot.
The Bull
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A 6' section of 1/4" titanium rod costs 50 bucks for the low grade and 100 bucks for a higher grade. At that Titanium Joe place, if you wanted to build a 5" down pipe for a turbo drag car it would be $5.17 per inch for the tubing alone! Not to mention that getting a 5" titanium bend is going to be astronomical. 
The Bull
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It's not about the performance, it's the weight. You can easily drop 100 to 200 pounds just by going after simple things with titanium on the big Outlaw 10.5 and Pro Mod cars. It's at a huge price, but if it's the difference between a 3000 pound car or a 2800 pound car, you'll do everything you can to get the weight out.
Originally Posted by Richiec77
Quick question. How expensive is Titanium. It has been protrayed as this Space Age metal. I just don't know how it's price compairs to other metal. I know you can't just pickit up at Home Depot.
it really isnt all that expensive. at least not as much as all the hype would lead you to believe. now, finding someone who can weld it (like me) is another story.
Originally Posted by DERTY
It's not about the performance, it's the weight. You can easily drop 100 to 200 pounds just by going after simple things with titanium on the big Outlaw 10.5 and Pro Mod cars. It's at a huge price, but if it's the difference between a 3000 pound car or a 2800 pound car, you'll do everything you can to get the weight out.
The Bull
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
Well I dont think he has an Outlaw or Pro Mod car. If he does then hell, go for it. If it's weight he's worried about, I'd think it can be removed somewhere else. I know titanium is extrememly light, but damn it's expensive
Originally Posted by DERTY
A 6' section of 1/4" titanium rod costs 50 bucks for the low grade and 100 bucks for a higher grade. At that Titanium Joe place, if you wanted to build a 5" down pipe for a turbo drag car it would be $5.17 per inch for the tubing alone! Not to mention that getting a 5" titanium bend is going to be astronomical.
just to compare, 5" OD, .065 304 stainless is $34 per foot.
and there are ways around that. i buy .049 flat sheet, roll it, then weld a seam. makes almost perfectly round pipe, for about half the price per foot of standard tubing.
Originally Posted by DERTY
How do you do large tubing bends. Say 5" pipe on a 5 or 6" radius?
but if you wanted to get close you would have to cut and section
arent too many mandrel benders in the states that im aware of that can handle 5" stuff.
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This is all good! Thanks gents for your reply. I will give them a call and see what pricing is like.
My car actually isn't even close to ProMod material(Thanks Steve)kinda looks like it in the making. Actually the class the car should fit in to run would either be Pro Street or Outlaw. Depends on what rules are in effect? My car will take the hit for modified body and the Lenco/Bruno rule, thus placing me in Outlaw or ProStreet. I'm only looking to have fun at locale small events and little weekend street use with friends whom also have cars like mine.
Saving money and weight anywhere is what I'm all about! As for welding titanium it's not hard nor is there any special enclosed booth required or what ever is said. Any experienced welder that is good with Tig welding will be fine. There are a few items required to weld titanium but all in all peace of cake.
Bent 5"dia or even 6"dia tubing actually is available but where talking very minor bends. A good friend of mine owns a chassis shop and when a job comes in for exhaust of this size we purchase semi truck exhaust parts. Much cheaper than calling a specialty exhaust shop and all of the bends needed are usually in stock. In Grand Rapids, MI Dermody Truck has everything to run 6" exhaust.
Thanks again for titanium info.
Jim
My car actually isn't even close to ProMod material(Thanks Steve)kinda looks like it in the making. Actually the class the car should fit in to run would either be Pro Street or Outlaw. Depends on what rules are in effect? My car will take the hit for modified body and the Lenco/Bruno rule, thus placing me in Outlaw or ProStreet. I'm only looking to have fun at locale small events and little weekend street use with friends whom also have cars like mine.
Saving money and weight anywhere is what I'm all about! As for welding titanium it's not hard nor is there any special enclosed booth required or what ever is said. Any experienced welder that is good with Tig welding will be fine. There are a few items required to weld titanium but all in all peace of cake.
Bent 5"dia or even 6"dia tubing actually is available but where talking very minor bends. A good friend of mine owns a chassis shop and when a job comes in for exhaust of this size we purchase semi truck exhaust parts. Much cheaper than calling a specialty exhaust shop and all of the bends needed are usually in stock. In Grand Rapids, MI Dermody Truck has everything to run 6" exhaust.
Thanks again for titanium info.
Jim
