Nahh. Then he'd be spending all his time "polishing his knob".

 

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Shift knob weights..... Please chime in with weights if you can verify.

VooDoo spun, polished = ??grams, countersunk, round
Spoon = ?? grams, countersunk, egg
Alex ti = ?? grams, countersunk, egg
Arc ti = ??grams, countersunk, smaller than voodoo, round
OEM = 200 grams, not countersunk, egg
Muz = 228 grams, countersunk, round
OEM ti = 240 grams, not countersunk, egg
J's ti = 240 grams, countersunk, round
VooDoo ti = 284 grams, countersunk, round
Razo 340r = 340 grams, countersunk, round
Skunk2 = 440 grams, not countersunk, egg

 

hmm OEM TI is lighter than stock OEM in my experince

 

Not possible.
The OEM stock knob is aluminum. An OEM Ti knob weighs considerably more.
Atomic mass of Aluminum = 26.98
Atomic mass of Titanium = 47.87
Unless the laws of physics has somehow changed?

 

Speaking about laws of physics, I talked with some of my buddies at Los Alamos about making me a Plutonium one.

Thing is, in the winters out here, solid metal shift knobs get quite cold, but one made from Pu would have both the weight that folks seem to be looking for (and then some), and it would have its own internal heat source, keeping it nice and toasty warm in the winter.

How warm, of course, would depend on just how big you made the thing. And there are definitely issues with making it too big. (If I say more, I'll have to kill everyone.) I haven't priced it out yet, but they have all these scraps lying around...

HPH

 

[QUOTE=xviper,Aug 12 2005, 05:52 PM] Not possible.
The OEM stock knob is aluminum.

 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but these things have been weighed years ago and it's common knowledge that the Ti OEM knob is heavier than the Al OEM knob.

The Al OEM knob weighs in at 100 grams.
The Ti OEM knob weighs in at 155 grams.
Look here: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=404956

And this was common knowledge BEFORE they were ever weighed:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=150695
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=361116
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...ndpost&p=404944

Have you actually weighed these things or are you guessing?
Do you know for a fact that they are steel or lead on the inside? Or are you guessing?
I've had both in my hands and the Ti is heavier. I think you got ripped off.

 

The '02+ style knobs (leather wrapped) do weight more than the early all alum knobs. And they do have a non alum center section, it is most likely steel..

 

Please weigh one and post the weight here for comparison. I doubt that much more than the inner sleave (to make the thread) is of denser stuff and the leather part will be less weight than any metal.

 

If I had a scale I'd weigh them for you but as I don't this is all that I can tell you.


The 04 knob again looks to be made of 2 different materials.

My Ti knob is obviously lighter, so until i can find a way to weigh these suckers I won't know if I got ripped off or if the 04 knob is just really heavy.