Drivetrain Titanium cooper s exhaust
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From: Hockessin, DE
Originally Posted by VoiD
Here's a different kind.. 
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Originally Posted by Blakc
Who's exhaust is that? Is it 100% titanium. Seems like it was made using a stock exhaust as a template. Does anyone know the price of this unit? Thanks
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From: L.A ca
Originally Posted by TonyB
Sure, if it's not much trouble, please do share. I'm not sensing a need for more stiffness, but I realize that it might be helpful down-the-road. Thanks Randy.
The frist two are of the left one and the last two are of the one on the passenger side.The unit is the black tube like item with the silver bolts securing it to the chassis. You need to pop the hood on a convertable to really see what is going on. The last pic is of the titanium exhaust on the wall at SEMA . BEAUTIFUL construction.Randy
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Randy! looks NiCE & clean under that bonnet!!!!
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Originally Posted by maxmini
Here are a few pics ofthe " unobtanium " units The frist two are of the left one and the last two are of the one on the passenger side.The unit is the black tube like item with the silver bolts securing it to the chassis. You need to pop the hood on a convertable to really see what is going on. The last pic is of the titanium exhaust on the wall at SEMA . BEAUTIFUL construction.
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The frist two are of the left one and the last two are of the one on the passenger side.The unit is the black tube like item with the silver bolts securing it to the chassis. You need to pop the hood on a convertable to really see what is going on. The last pic is of the titanium exhaust on the wall at SEMA . BEAUTIFUL construction.Randy
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From: work
Originally Posted by Blakc
A company up the road from me were doing test fitting on a titanium exhaust. They used my car as the test subject. The exhaust was real light and sounded great. I watched as it was installed and it was a very quick and painless install. Consist of 2 peices total. Anyway, They cannot sell the unit as new anymore and have listed it on ebay. There are a good amount of pictures of the exhaust on the auction. Here is the link:
TITANIUM EXHAUST
TITANIUM EXHAUST
What's the name of the company? Do they have a car with this exhaust fitted tha we can sample?
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From: Hockessin, DE
The company is Coast to Coast USA Performance. They have a website that is currently under construction. Said they will be open for retail customers within the next month. They installed the exhaust that is now on ebay on my car. They took a bunch of pictures and recorded a video and a few audio clips. Then the exhaust was taken off. They have asked me if I would use my car to help them dyno some of their products. I believe the titanium exhaust may be on their list. But for now the exhaust is off my car.
that exhaust in maxmini's post looks a lot like those Dixxis Japan ones that Rogue sells for the M3. they are hand-made in Japan to order, beautiful workmanship and sound, but very pricey $$$$.
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From: Winston-Salem, NC
Originally Posted by Blakc
Less than 3 days left for the auction. Is there really no market for a titanium exhaust in the MINI community?
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An exhaust change or upgrade is done for at least one of three reasons, generally: performance gain (including weight loss), visual appearance and sound preference.
- I don't think this system comes with any hp or torque deltas, but a weight figure is provided (22 lbs). This is not even 10 pounds lighter than the popular Militek, at a fraction of the cost...
- For those who want the Ti look, simply going with a Ti tip will be seen as more desirable as they can choose the tip type, and save loads of money doing so...
- I didn't notice sound files, but if they are there, they would need to be very unique and compelling as the MINI already has many exhaust sounds to choose from, again at much less cost...
We're talking a $20k dollar car (MSRP) here, and for the price asked, such a system would need to deliver big-time, in at least one, if not all of the above categories...
- I don't think this system comes with any hp or torque deltas, but a weight figure is provided (22 lbs). This is not even 10 pounds lighter than the popular Militek, at a fraction of the cost...
- For those who want the Ti look, simply going with a Ti tip will be seen as more desirable as they can choose the tip type, and save loads of money doing so...
- I didn't notice sound files, but if they are there, they would need to be very unique and compelling as the MINI already has many exhaust sounds to choose from, again at much less cost...
We're talking a $20k dollar car (MSRP) here, and for the price asked, such a system would need to deliver big-time, in at least one, if not all of the above categories...
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From: L.A ca
Originally Posted by TonyB
An exhaust change or upgrade is done for at least one of three reasons, generally: performance gain (including weight loss), visual appearance and sound preference.
- I don't think this system comes with any hp or torque deltas, but a weight figure is provided (22 lbs). This is not even 10 pounds lighter than the popular Militek, at a fraction of the cost...
- For those who want the Ti look, simply going with a Ti tip will be seen as more desirable as they can choose the tip type, and save loads of money doing so...
- I didn't notice sound files, but if they are there, they would need to be very unique and compelling as the MINI already has many exhaust sounds to choose from, again at much less cost...
We're talking a $20k dollar car (MSRP) here, and for the price asked, such a system would need to deliver big-time, in at least one, if not all of the above categories...
- I don't think this system comes with any hp or torque deltas, but a weight figure is provided (22 lbs). This is not even 10 pounds lighter than the popular Militek, at a fraction of the cost...
- For those who want the Ti look, simply going with a Ti tip will be seen as more desirable as they can choose the tip type, and save loads of money doing so...
- I didn't notice sound files, but if they are there, they would need to be very unique and compelling as the MINI already has many exhaust sounds to choose from, again at much less cost...
We're talking a $20k dollar car (MSRP) here, and for the price asked, such a system would need to deliver big-time, in at least one, if not all of the above categories...
Tony this is a excellant group of thoughts and was exactly what we told that company at the SEMA show. Their reply was that they had sold out their first run of ten sets in Taiwan. We tried
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maxmini Would we expect them to say any less?
I looked up costs of Ti tubing from a few wholesalers & the price was astronomical. A freind in the bike industry told me he can pay up to $500 USD for a 4' section of pipe 1/16" wall thickness, 2-3/8" dia I/D.
And he's buying 1000's of ft. at a time! He commented that Ti prices have gone through the roof over the past year... That same section of tube cost him only $300 & change 9 months ago.
Unless a BIG mnfr. like Magnaflow comes to the table with a Ti exhaust for the MCS we're looking at super-high $, low-volume production.
There's a market for this, but at the moment its very small. Maybe the next gen MINI's turbo exhaust will lend itself better to Ti?
Comments on the various Ti cat-back's shown: Too many bends. I don't see how either could out-perform a Miltek or Magnaflow.
I looked up costs of Ti tubing from a few wholesalers & the price was astronomical. A freind in the bike industry told me he can pay up to $500 USD for a 4' section of pipe 1/16" wall thickness, 2-3/8" dia I/D.
And he's buying 1000's of ft. at a time! He commented that Ti prices have gone through the roof over the past year... That same section of tube cost him only $300 & change 9 months ago.Unless a BIG mnfr. like Magnaflow comes to the table with a Ti exhaust for the MCS we're looking at super-high $, low-volume production.
There's a market for this, but at the moment its very small. Maybe the next gen MINI's turbo exhaust will lend itself better to Ti?
Comments on the various Ti cat-back's shown: Too many bends. I don't see how either could out-perform a Miltek or Magnaflow.
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From: New Jersey
Originally Posted by jlm
FYI that pile O' titanium tubes and mandrel bends cost me $1500...I bought out Burns remaining inventory.
The Simpsons Guy? Was that a tough negotiation?
I was going to use a Burns muflfler on that project exhaust that we built.
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From: Far East
Originally Posted by Blakc
Who's exhaust is that? Is it 100% titanium. Seems like it was made using a stock exhaust as a template. Does anyone know the price of this unit? Thanks
http://www.fabril.jp/index.htm
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http://www.geocities.jp/kayu_uma023/
http://www.geocities.jp/kayu_uma023/mini.html#exhaust
http://www.geocities.jp/kayu_uma023/f_mini.MOV
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Originally Posted by maxmini
Tony this is a excellant group of thoughts and was exactly what we told that company at the SEMA show. Their reply was that they had sold out their first run of ten sets in Taiwan. We tried
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From: Miami, FL
Originally Posted by mini_r53
very cool! too bad i can undertand anything on the websites...
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From: Ohio
Originally Posted by warchieft2k
By the way "mini_r53" i was looking at the rest of the pics on this guys site and he also has a titanium header! wow! :impatient
Originally Posted by mr. zero
Okay, so who won it? Was it a NAM member? I tried, but their proxy was beyond my limit. :(