Has anyone had any titanium headers made for the VFR800 Vtec? If so how much were they?
Also does anyone know a good titanium exhaust fabricator in Sydney Australia?
I looking into my latest mods for my 2002 VFR. So far ive done all the usual. Staintune Exhausts, PCIII, O2 elims, K&N filter, Braided lines, 3 Way adjustable Ohlins rear shock. Now i'm looking into cutting down some of the weight.
The exhaust is going to be a pretty expensive place to lose weight from. That, and losing weight on the 6th gen isn't exactly easy. Might be better off buying forged wheels for it. Or do a front end conversion on it, and then get a forged front wheel.
I understand a set of titanium headers isnt the cheapest way to lose weight, but as i still have the stock headers, i was going to upgrade to the motad headers. Also I would like to put a side mount MV F3 exhaust on it.
Rather than pay $700 for the motad headers, i though why not sell the staintunes and do the whole lot. So if i can sell the staintunes for say $750 and the new fabricated system costs $2,500 them im only out of pocket by $1750 ($1000 more than i was gonna pay anyway) and i lost a few kg's.
[image: View Post]in2rusty, on 16 September 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:
I understand a set of titanium headers isnt the cheapest way to lose weight, but as i still have the stock headers, i was going to upgrade to the motad headers. Also I would like to put a side mount MV F3 exhaust on it.
Rather than pay $700 for the motad headers, i though why not sell the staintunes and do the whole lot. So if i can sell the staintunes for say $750 and the new fabricated system costs $2,500 them im only out of pocket by $1750 ($1000 more than i was gonna pay anyway) and i lost a few kg's.
It'll cost you more than $2500 to get a set of titanium cans made up, the complexity of the headers and a custom 1-off job would see you up around the $3.5 - $4k mark... Is $6k plus really worth it on a bike worth the same $$$
Priced all materials for headers $1000 delivered. So that that leaves $1500 for fabrication.
I figure a good exhaust fabricator should charge $80/hr. Therefore $1500 of fabrication is 20 hours. I only deal with onsite fabricators in my job, so im not too sure on timings.
I rang around and spoke with a couple of exhaust shops regarding it, one seemed reasonable.
I just thought of another option. But it isn't Ti.
Two Brothers, Erion Racing, and Borla all made stainless steel headers for the 5th gen. If you could find a used set (good luck) they would also fit a 6th gen.
If you're going to forge ahead with this, it won't cost you too much more to make 2. If there's another crazy soul out there you might recoup more of your investment by making a second set.
[image: View Post]Veefer800Canuck, on 17 September 2012 - 12:47 AM, said:
I just thought of another option. But it isn't Ti.
Two Brothers, Erion Racing, and Borla all made stainless steel headers for the 5th gen. If you could find a used set (good luck) they would also fit a 6th gen.
How about the Delvic stainless headers they have on ebay? 279.00 or so. Will those do the same thing?
[image: View Post]squidzilla, on 18 September 2012 - 01:35 AM, said:
[image: View Post]Veefer800Canuck, on 17 September 2012 - 12:47 AM, said:
I just thought of another option. But it isn't Ti.
Two Brothers, Erion Racing, and Borla all made stainless steel headers for the 5th gen. If you could find a used set (good luck) they would also fit a 6th gen.
How about the Delvic stainless headers they have on ebay? 279.00 or so. Will those do the same thing?
I have looked at those myself. I was wondering if anyone here had used them.
End of thread · 15 posts recoveredWayback Machine snapshot 24 Sep 2012