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Old Aug 12, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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The 500 Dolar Question........ on ti exhausts

I have been looking at cat back exhausts for some time now and i know that i want something that is ti. I am inbetween the jic and greddy pieces and was wandering what is the reason for the large diffrence in price between the greddy ti and other ti cat backs. It seems that the more I look into it that the really is not anything but name to justify the diffrence. Any one know any cons about the ti exhausets? any brand especially the greddy or jic. pro's too.

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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:17 AM
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Not all of them are completely titanium. Some have have aluminum tubes, mounting bars and even the can itself and only the tip is Ti. The diameter can be different as well. You will have to check on all those for a real comparison. Weight should be about 8lbs (give or take 1lb) on a full Ti version with Ti piping. There are lots of other brands to choose from, so look for a sale price.

Are you track racing the car or you just like the cool factor? I admit I love titanium but I wouldn't buy an exhaust made from it for my Touring model. If you want light weight, try Buddy Club Spec III or IV if you want it quiet.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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i dont care about loudness and i knew about the ones with stainless piping, as far as i can tell the greddy ti is all ti except for the muffler hanger which is stainless. please correct me if i am wrong i juat really want to know why the jic is 900 what ever and the greddy is like 5 or 600. and if the power gains are about the same between the 2.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:53 AM
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I've got the JIC TI and it weighs only 9 lbs..here's a rear shot from behind
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:56 AM
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The greddy is full Ti, and I have no clue why its so cheap...but who cares?
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 01:17 AM
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If you read the magazine articles on headers and exhaust the diferences are from 1-5hp at the most and is done on a dyno, otherwise you would never notice. You should be more worried about quality, fitment (size of can ...if it's too large or too low it will scrape) and sound/loudness.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:00 AM
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^ and isn't the margin of error on most dyno's +/- 3-5
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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Doesn't Magnaflow make a full TI exhaust? I heard a clip of their exhaust somewhere and it had a nice tone to it.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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yea i think the do, i was fliping through super street and saw an add. i do know that i want ti but im not sure by which company.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:13 PM
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From Magnaflow's site:

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/ti/mazda.htm

Tney have a lot of sound clips, but none from an RX7.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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At the shop we installed the Greddy Ti on my bud alan's fd. Weighs like 9 pounds, looks very nice and sounds awesome with midpipe and downpipe. Nice and throaty, but not very loud, believe it or not. I give it two thumbs up
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yea i think the do, i was fliping through super street and saw an add. i do know that i want ti but im not sure by which company.
That's your first mistake. Stop flipping through Super Street .

Bricke, please tell me more about your yummy avatar. Who is this female, and what does it say on her shirt?
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:38 PM
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Bricke, please tell me more about your yummy avatar. Who is this female, and what does it say on her shirt?

Rich, here ya go

http://www.thewolfweb.com/photos/00175225.jpg
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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thats great haha
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 03:28 PM
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 04:49 PM
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I give the Greddy Ti 3 thumbs up
and you're right... It weighed 9lbs and the only thing not titanium was the bracket.


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hey! how'd you find that? Thats from my gallery.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 05:05 PM
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$921 for that magnaflow ti catback
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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dude.. a grand for exhaust

thats ******* ludicrous.

find a highly recommended exhaust shop in your area, that does GOOD mandrel bent work.

buy a muffler,
a resonator or two,
and have them weld it all together.

cut that price in half for just as good stuff.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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um dude, it's not mild steel thy're talking about. it's titanium. have fun trying to find an exhaust shop that stocks that.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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so it seems that the greddy unit is the best buy, its weird that greddy is able to sell ther ti cat back for like 600 something where everyone else with a full ti exhaust wants 900+ for it has any one heard anything bad about the greddy unit??
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Joshbham
so it seems that the greddy unit is the best buy, its weird that greddy is able to sell ther ti cat back for like 600 something where everyone else with a full ti exhaust wants 900+ for it has any one heard anything bad about the greddy unit??

Ive only heard good things about it, and mine is on the way! Cant wait to put it on...
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 08:03 PM
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Does anyone have a sound clip of the Greddy Ti exhaust? I would like to hear it.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 10:04 PM
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^ i 2nd that
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 12:41 AM
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me 2 on that sound clip, the reason that i keep asking for some negitave info on the greddy ti is because all i have heard is good and i guess i think that it almost seems too good to be true.
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