[Z06] Titanium Muffler Problem
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Titanium Muffler Problem
While running an HPDE at Watkins Glen on Monday and Tuesday one of the outlet pipes on my right side muffler came loose. It hangs down like a wilted plant. It looks like the weld to the muffler body broke and the outlet can swing up and down. The dealer is looking for a local company that can weld titanium.
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Its been out of warranty since last October and GMPP doesn't cover mufflers. Not sure what it will cost. The dealer found a local sheet metal shop that can weld titanium but I haven't heard how much it will cost to do the welding yet. The dealer has the car anyways since my power steering pump went bad also. An interesting 2 days at the track. Power steering pump failure, muffler failure and flat tire. I have to get it all back together for another event next Wednesday and Thursday.
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The repair looks great. The sheet metal shop charged $71 for the welding. With muffler removal, welding and tax the total came to $149. Now I will be able to get to the track next Wednesday and Thursday. I know maybe I could have had a muffler shop put a straight pipe in place of the muffler until I could get a used replacement but I would have had to buy 2 mufflers from somebody for a couple hundred and then pay shipping. This was cheaper and less hassle all the way around given the time constraint. I didn't want to keep driving the car on the track with the pipe loose since it could have come off at speed and injured somebody or damaged somebody's car.
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Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
The repair looks great. The sheet metal shop charged $71 for the welding. With muffler removal, welding and tax the total came to $149. Now I will be able to get to the track next Wednesday and Thursday. I know maybe I could have had a muffler shop put a straight pipe in place of the muffler until I could get a used replacement but I would have had to buy 2 mufflers from somebody for a couple hundred and then pay shipping. This was cheaper and less hassle all the way around given the time constraint. I didn't want to keep driving the car on the track with the pipe loose since it could have come off at speed and injured somebody or damaged somebody's car.
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Yep. Titanium welding seems to have come a long way in the last few years. Motorcycles have offered aftermarket titanium exhaust systems for a long time. The first ones were exotic and somewhat fragile at the welds. Now they stamp them out like toasters with few problems...
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