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Old 02-09-2012, 08:39 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
You showed me that link before

I still want to try aluminum out because at temperature they're all about the same strength, and 10000 psi yield is still just as good as say nylon. Perhaps not for the bends, but for straight sections, with slip fit...maybe some reinforcement on the bottom.
Sorry, memory fail number two.

Homemade brought up an interesting point of using 2024. Stronger at high temp than 6061 or 7075. Plus the fact that there are aluminum mufflers. Could probably do a reasonably reliable axle-back with it. Problem is all the pre-bent tubing (U and J bends, etc...) for fab is usually 6061 so you would need access to a bending setup (I will need this if I do a Ti system as well...).
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