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My Custom titanium muffler blow a hole at track

Old Apr 24, 2026 | 11:03 AM
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My Custom titanium muffler blow a hole at track

13B RE full bridge port FC
Car feel slower and sound weird at today track testing, was thinking have bad tank gas , all the sudden I was surrounded by cloud of smoke and see spark underneath the car ,
Pull off at runoff area , only discoverer my custom exhaust is in cherry red with giant hole !!! And my interior is at fire from those high temperatures silencer material, glad I was able to pull off fire before it get out of control














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Old Apr 24, 2026 | 11:09 AM
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Some pic from before
did few event already with this setup ,
strange thing is muffler hold up , is not crack at weld which is most common failure I seen
the failure seen the center tube that hold up material crack , the tube bent shot high EGT to the muffler body and melt it






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Old Apr 24, 2026 | 12:23 PM
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Holy crap! That is crazy. Really glad you caught it before the fire got out of control.

Your car is beautiful, love a N/A FC track setup like that. What a cool car.
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