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blownygti
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PostPosted: 07:46 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: New downpipes Ti or Stainless how can I tell ? Reply with quote
I bought some downpipes off someone recently how can I tell if they are stainless steel or Titanium ? They aren't the usual shiny stainless jobbies and are extremely light, they weigh 1.2kgs They are gold in colour with some blue tinge here and there do you reckon they will be Ti ? Is there any easy way I can tell ?
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PostPosted: 07:47 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
If their Ti, they will be very light indeed. Tat sounds like SS, esp of the heat colouring Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 08:16 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tried a magnet?
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PostPosted: 08:21 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
DaFrostyOne wrote:
Tried a magnet?


stainless isnt magnetic unless its very low quality
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PostPosted: 08:32 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattsprattuk wrote:
stainless isnt magnetic unless its very low quality


That ^

The most obvious difference would be the weight difference between the OEM and your new set, although 1.2kg does seem very light.
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PostPosted: 12:33 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
How "Gold" are they?
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PostPosted: 14:13 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
mattsprattuk wrote:
DaFrostyOne wrote:
Tried a magnet?


stainless isnt magnetic unless its very low quality


Neither is Titanium, so a magnet won't give you an answer!
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 04 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
You could always try the same way I used to do it in the scrap yard I worked in (when I couldn't be bothered to go get my portable spectroscope).

Find a bit you won't see afterwards and use a grinding wheel, white spark (you won't mistake it) is Titanium, yellowy/red would be stainless. A little dremel will do it, it's pretty obvious.
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PostPosted: 12:14 - 05 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Barry_M2 wrote:
Neither is Titanium, so a magnet won't give you an answer!


Thanks captain obvious Wink .

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PostPosted: 12:25 - 05 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ti is as light as a air i swapped out some SS pipes for some Ti ones on an MT-01 once and the difference is unreal.
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PostPosted: 13:42 - 05 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Measure the length and thickness of the metal, do some maths to get a volume of metal and compare to the density of SS and Ti.
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PostPosted: 14:49 - 05 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
DonnyBrago wrote:

Thanks captain obvious Wink .


So why bother suggesting to use a magnet then!? Laughing Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 16:28 - 05 Oct 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
DaFrostyOne wrote:
Tried a magnet?


mattsprattuk wrote:
stainless isnt magnetic unless its very low quality


DonnyBrago wrote:
mattsprattuk wrote:
stainless isnt magnetic unless its very low quality
That ^


So repeating it for a 3rd time probably would be stating the obvious...

Barry_M2 wrote:
Neither is Titanium, so a magnet won't give you an answer!
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