Type R Club of America

RTW DC2R wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:31 pm A simple google search states that size for size, titanium is actually about twice as heavy as aluminum. Titanium is a much more dense (and stronger) metal therefore heavier. However, because its stronger, titanium parts such as exhausts, etc can be lighter because they can use thinner walled material for the tubing.

Stin1 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:57 pm

RTW DC2R wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:31 pm A simple google search states that size for size, titanium is actually about twice as heavy as aluminum. Titanium is a much more dense (and stronger) metal therefore heavier. However, because its stronger, titanium parts such as exhausts, etc can be lighter because they can use thinner walled material for the tubing.

This ! If you ever have access to a titanium bicycle frame, you will clearly notice how thin the tubing is. They flex like a rubber band when riding them as well vs . aluminum which is much thicker and sometimes has strange creaks. Remember shop class or chemistry class? We had little kits with solid metals identical in size. Some of these weighed to determine the metal . We also used them for chemical reaction demonstrations. It would be cool to find the weights on the jdm and usdm mentioned above along with the shift linkage details.