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Old Apr 24, 2024 | 05:30 PM
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Hello fellow members, I’m interested in a titanium cat back for my new C8 and I was wondering if anybody had any experience on this on3 performance cap back titanium any opinions would be helpful if someone has one had they had good luck with it
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Old Apr 24, 2024 | 06:15 PM
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Interesting setup. for $2K. Would be nice to know the weight and more video clips.

I know Paragon has their version. $3200 only 20lbs so 57lbs lighter.. Looks like there is some valved version but at $10k.. Not sure why not many valved Ti versions available. Get the extra power, much lighter, and you can keep the ability to adjust it. Is it really $7K extra to do that?

I believe someone had info of a Chinese brand that was not expensive and quality looked good?
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Yes sure price is great.

What jumps out to me, there is no heat shielding anywhere on this exhaust system. This cat-back exhaust pretty much anywhere during the summer months located in the southern part of the US would be a mistake. Looks good, but functionally a no go for me.
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It looks simple and straight-forward enough. If it is fabbed well and fits right, it looks fine.
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One thing I have been wondering is why titanium exhausts use an insane number of pie cuts versus mandrel bending. I know you can mandrel bend titanium. Not only would look cleaner in my mind but I would expect the inside walls would be smoother
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One thing I have been wondering is why titanium exhausts use an insane number of pie cuts versus mandrel bending. I know you can mandrel bend titanium. Not only would look cleaner in my mind but I would expect the inside walls would be smoother
Chinese labor is cheaper than a bender.
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Finally pulled the trigger on the titanium cat back all I can say is wow if Chevy put these on from the factory, they would sell every test drive thank you on3


out of Ohio for the great service and the quick ship
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One thing I have been wondering is why titanium exhausts use an insane number of pie cuts versus mandrel bending. I know you can mandrel bend titanium. Not only would look cleaner in my mind but I would expect the inside walls would be smoother
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Yes sure price is great.

What jumps out to me, there is no heat shielding anywhere on this exhaust system. This cat-back exhaust pretty much anywhere during the summer months located in the southern part of the US would be a mistake. Looks good, but functionally a no go for me.
I thought the same till I took off my stock exhaust the entire under frame of the engine area. Is he shielded? I also asked the manufacturer of the titanium exhaust and he says there’s no issues with heat.


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Originally Posted by Performance nut
One thing I have been wondering is why titanium exhausts use an insane number of pie cuts versus mandrel bending. I know you can mandrel bend titanium. Not only would look cleaner in my mind but I would expect the inside walls would be smoother
so the difference between stainless and titanium titanium needs extreme heat to make the mandrel bend oxygen and nitrogen makes the color change so every slight bend has to be heated and then CNC mandrel bended versus stainless that’s why you get the pretty colors
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Can someone post sound video of this exhaust and review?
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Can someone post sound video of this exhaust and review?
I installed it myself I could give you a review one many bumpers in and put back on videos are out there so I followed. It wasn’t that hard at all t2 on Bing your stock not hard at all but three and the best one was the on3 brand and 3 titanium pipe was about the most simplest thing to bolt on, and it only had two bands so hardly any clamps hardly anything to go over quality I’m very pleased as of sound clip not even close to the real thing I tried you need to either just go for it or go somewhere cause once you do it’s over
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so the difference between stainless and titanium titanium needs extreme heat to make the mandrel bend oxygen and nitrogen makes the color change so every slight bend has to be heated and then CNC mandrel bended versus stainless that’s why you get the pretty colors
Some beautiful Ti hand-bending here:
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Originally Posted by Dan Hintz
Some beautiful Ti hand-bending here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0qiLDFWQS8
That is friggin' insane. That is a true artist right there.
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