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Originally Posted by swamp2
All tubing, stainless, regular steel, aluminum or titanium can be bent "properly", however, thin wall Ti and SS present challenges. The equipment and tooling needed can be complex and expensive. It may even need to be hydroformed rather than using traditional tube bending techniques. Either way this segmented construction is clearly a hack.
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I agree it doesn't look the best, but seems like on all Ti systems the tight bends are done that way. Probably a cost/volume issue. Only a large manufacturer doing lots of units could afford to hydroform. From Rogue Engineering site:
Titanium Exhaust Feature Pros
Extremely lightweight (between 12-26 lbs.)
Cool sound
Unique look
Will not rust
Titanium Exhaust Feature Cons
High cost
Frequent failure rate (cracking welds and hangers)
Difficult and expensive to repair (only to have it fail again)
Difficult to control sound
Difficult to mandrel bend
