RE: Anyone knows any titanium exhaust fabricator in N. America?

["Stephen Andersen" <steve.andersen@xxxxxxx>]

There is technology and techniques available for standard MIG welding
of titanium these days.  

Can't say as it is WIDELY available, but the "chamber" approach is no
longer required.

That doesn't answer the OTHER questions though!!!

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bmw@domain.elided [mailto:owner-bmw@domain.elided] On 
> Behalf Of kohlbren-m-d@domain.elided
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: bmw-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: Anyone knows any titanium exhaust fabricator in 
> N. America?
> 
> 
> Ed Mok <edmok@domain.elided> wrote:
> 
> > I want someone to make me an exhaust based on my existing 
> exhaust in 
> > titanium. Any show can do that in the States or in Canada?
> 
> How deep are your pockets?  Anything in titanium is going to 
> be expensive.  Something as large as an exhaust in titanium 
> will be obscenely expensive.  As an example, a titanium bike 
> frame is probably 2-3 times more expensive than steel or 
> aluminum.  They start at over US$2K.  Aside from the high 
> cost of the raw material, titanium has to be completely 
> immersed in an inert gas for welding. That usually means 
> welding in a large chamber that can be purged of air and 
> filled with argon or some other inert gas.
> 
> The question I have is:  Why do you want a titanium exhaust?
> 
> Regards,
> Mike Kohlbrenner
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