It depends on the alloy blend used, the Ti used on mountain bike frames is
"soft" to avoid breakage. Ti hard enough for engine parts is more brittle. I
was warned that Ti spring keepers can shatter and only race engines should
use these if they need the light weight. Street engines spend less than 1%
of their life at high RPM's.
Mark Kuzia
flyboy01@mediaone.net
http://people.mw.mediaone.net/flyboy01/home.html
1995 Dakota 13.79 @ 102.45 mph
360ci, 5-spd, 4.11 LS(blown out), Cowl-induction
(A new 8 3/4 is being built by Reider Racing right now)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Fedeli" <rdf@eznet.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: SCORE Magnum heads for free, read on!
> It flexes alot. I've heard of mountain bikes with strong riders flexing
enough
> for the rear tire to touch the chain stays.
>
> Doug Fedeli
>
> Fast4x4Dakota@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Brittle? Have you ever struck Ti with a hammer, it is extremely
springy.
> > This of course depends on the quality of the material, but usually good
Ti is
> > VERY resilliant and springy.
> >
> > Luke
>
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