Titanium intercooler piping, something to consider? - GT-R Register - Official Nissan Skyline and GTR Owners Club forum

.::TopSky::. · 10th July 2012, 11:30 AM

Hello guys!

What do you think about titanium intercooler piping? Has anyone done it on RBs? Will it affect the performance of the car?

This is what made me think of it:

Its an RX7

Rain · 10th July 2012, 11:45 AM

I dont think it would change the performance vs any other material like for like...as in, same distances and length.

matt j · 10th July 2012, 11:51 AM

Matty posted this recently...

David · 10th July 2012, 11:52 AM

I think the difficulty in swaging it to create good / robust seal is the issue

Andy Hornsby · 11th July 2012, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt j

Matty posted this recently...

Tidy

tarmac terror · 11th July 2012, 11:19 AM

Didnt Endless-R do these a good while back??

TT

Marky_GTSt · 11th July 2012, 11:30 AM

While there is no doubt it can look cool, I doubt there is anything to gain over some properly curved aluminium pipe. I can't imagine there would be any difference temperature/flow wise, and i'm not sure the weight saving would be significant compared to say an exhaust which is significantly lighter when titanium compared to stock or stainless (or so i'm led to believe).

Rain · 11th July 2012, 11:38 AM

Endless-R will do them on a per-order basis, i doubt they keep stock of them.

infamous_t · 11th July 2012, 12:41 PM

Carbon fibre would be more cost effective for mass production IMO.
Would look just as good (in a different way of course), similar weight I'd imagine, maybe a little more.

.::TopSky::. · 12th July 2012, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infamous_t

Carbon fibre would be more cost effective for mass production IMO.
Would look just as good (in a different way of course), similar weight I'd imagine, maybe a little more.

Carbon fibre piping? Never thought of it.

Got any pics?

I dont really like the RB-X matt j posted, but I love the look on the RX7.

Sub Boy · 12th July 2012, 12:43 AM

My intake pipe from my Pod filter to the turbo is a 4" carbon pipe.
BMW and many other companies have carbon Plenums and intake piping on their top models...Reasonably common now.

.::TopSky::. · 12th July 2012, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sub Boy

My intake pipe from my Pod filter to the turbo is a 4" carbon pipe.
BMW and many other companies have carbon Plenums and intake piping on their top models...Reasonably common now.

Yes that is true mate! M3 CSL for example

Just remembered

I´ve worked for 13 hours today, I dont think its the best time to be on GTROC forums

infamous_t · 12th July 2012, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .::TopSky::.

Carbon fibre piping? Never thought of it.

Got any pics?

I dont really like the RB-X matt j posted, but I love the look on the RX7.

Nismo R34 GTR clubman prototype for a start

Sub Boy · 12th July 2012, 03:20 AM

That looks horn!

.::TopSky::. · 12th July 2012, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infamous_t

Nismo R34 GTR clubman prototype for a start

Looks very nice! But I´ll be running single turbo, not sure if it would look that good on a single turbo

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Marky_GTSt Marky_GTSt is a Fire Engine Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chesterfield Cars owned: Skyline GTSt Posts: 5,990	While there is no doubt it can look cool, I doubt there is anything to gain over some properly curved aluminium pipe. I can't imagine there would be any difference temperature/flow wise, and i'm not sure the weight saving would be significant compared to say an exhaust which is significantly lighter when titanium compared to stock or stainless (or so i'm led to believe). __________________ I am Jacks complete lack of surprise.

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infamous_t infamous_t is drunk off pancakes GTR Register User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Perth, West Australia Cars owned: R32 GTR Posts: 1,320	Carbon fibre would be more cost effective for mass production IMO. Would look just as good (in a different way of course), similar weight I'd imagine, maybe a little more. __________________

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Sub Boy Sub Boy is a nana driver GTR Register User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ChCh NZ Cars owned: R32 GTR Posts: 3,344	My intake pipe from my Pod filter to the turbo is a 4" carbon pipe. BMW and many other companies have carbon Plenums and intake piping on their top models...Reasonably common now. __________________

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