jasonn

I need to know what grade titanium amuse and tracy sport uses. Thanks

iDomN8U

Mosdt likely Grade 2, but you'll need to ask them directly.

Asura

It is definitely not 6AL-4V.

Most likely to be 3AI-2.5V.

jasonn

so much headache

zbrewha863

I assume that this would be a trade secret, and as such undiscloseable to you

Mr. Francesco

Why would it be a trade secret? Theirs a few people running the same type of Ti on their exhaust it seems, the trade secret would be their welding abilities.

jasonn

exactly, we already know the manufacture of the metal to be nippon steel.

zbrewha863

I thought it may be a trade secret b/c of their racing teams ... most racing teams want to keep as much of their cars a secret as possible, especially if they are buying the parts from 3rd party manufacturers that other companies/teams could potentially buy the same thing from.

Anyway, here are a couple things that may help.

This article has the contact info for both companies (Nippon and Kobe)

Article on Nippon and Kobe


Nippon Titanium Catalog

This is what made me think that it would be a trade secret, as I was looking for the same info early last year. They do not have any listing for 70mm piping w/ less than 3mm diameter wall thickness, even though Amuse's exhausts have smaller (I think 2mm) diameter wall thicknesses. I think their earlier ones were 1mm thick, like the old Veilside exhausts were (which makes me wonder where that piping comes from as well). The only thing I can conclude is that they have a standing custom order from Nippon.

jasonn

Hmm, that's true especially with that whole mclaren/ferrari scandal last year in F1. I did call amuse and they said to fax them a drawing of what I need and they'll send it over. I did also find out that you can figure out what grade the titanium is with a test but it costs alot to do. Either way, I'll try to get some more info on what grade the Ti is.

iDomN8U

From my research. In automotive applications Grade 2 is used.