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madmorrie
 Post subject: Titanium Subframes?
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http://www.force-racing.co.uk/front-suspension/

Check out these guys. Nice work there. The Ti driveshafts are an interesting idea too.
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Have a look at posts by "fastcarl"

His 2 piece rims are to die for 8)

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That`s why he`s called "Fast Carl" & "Mr Titanium"

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Fast Carl he's the one with the carb and exhaust out the bonnet ...Bound for Glory on the 1/4...I know I have a number of pic's of his early runs

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Start saving the ring-pulls on your Coke cans :!:

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sgc wrote:
Start saving the ring-pulls on your Coke cans :!:


I think that titanium is in ring pulls is an urban myth... Could be wrong though
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sgc wrote:
Start saving the ring-pulls on your Coke cans :!:


I think that titanium is in ring pulls is an urban myth... Could be wrong though

I think it may be true, a while back they were collecting them to make prosthetic human body parts...

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I think that titanium is in ring pulls is an urban myth... Could be wrong though


It ain't aluminium that's for sure..

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floss wrote:
I think that titanium is in ring pulls is an urban myth... Could be wrong though

Yup - has been denied many many times by various Rotary clubs. The ring pulls have never been used to make artificial limbs. Even thought they don't contain significant titanium, they can be used to make a small joint between the stump cover and the leg shaft.

None of the commercial aluminium alloys contain any significant quantities of titanium i.e. above 0.35% Ti, which includes the alloy used ring pulls. Titanium in both the ring pull and the can exists only as an impurity and is too minute to be extracted.

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