Well, I'm sure by now you all know what type of problem the Amuse exhaust tend to have after a few years.
My resonator is rattling worse by the day and I can't find a shop in town that can either open it and fix it or that has a titanium pipe of the same size to replace the resonator all together.
Any suggestions?

Thanks all.

 

If you don't mind shipping the exhaust to the bay area (just outside of San Francisco), my friend welds titanium. He has fixed a few J's exhausts resonators and has made a custom titanium exhaust for a socal member.

Cost is usually ~$220 to repair, but the weld will never break.

 

And Puerto Rico eh? I just got back from Ponce and Coamo!

 

$220 is a good deal if he can actually do it. Good luck with finding someone local to weld titanium. I wouldnt trust anyone. That's the advantage of the non-resonated R1.

 

[QUOTE=Ro_Ja Boy,Sep 12 2007, 12:11 PM] $220 is a good deal if he can actually do it.

 

Good luck finding anyone locally that can weld titanium.

 

I actually found a place called Welding Shop on Wyoming road on the industrial district where the guy I spoke to said they do "weld titanium on a regular basis" but I would have to get the piece of titanium pipe. I just want to cut off the resonator and put a straight pipe instead.
So far no luck finding the pipe.
Any thoughts?

 

Cool! If you find a piece of titanium, try not to get a heavy alloy titanium. Ironically enough, the less alloy the cheaper the titanium. So of course the Amuse/J's variety use less alloy. Since it takes so much juice to weld alloy's you run the risk of blowing holes in your exhaust if the welder is not too experienced. TALK TO THE PERSON FIRST!!!

If you are looking for titanium tubing try Metal Supermarkets. They usually rape for titanium since they sell it new... but if you are in a bind you can get it there.

Good luck!

 

If you bought the Amuse exhaust new there might be a chance the vendor will refund the cost of repairing the exhaust or even replacing it. I remember someone on the boards had a similar problem with pieces of titanium breaking off inside the resonator and the vendor replacing it for free.