the stainless steel cats come with the exhaust because the titanium exhaust will not bolt on to the OEM ones because the opening is bigger. Titanium cats will crack so it comes with stainless steel ones. murciemurcie - do you need more info to give to your brother to see the car in person?
It seems that you guys thrive on each other only to the dismay of other forum users who would have liked this to have been a positive thread. As far as i can see and I'm sure many others can also, the two posters have provided information beyond the call of duty, even inviting you to view the premises of wheelpower and the car itself in Japan. The fact that a poster has had to go to this extent is just a joke, a shameful joke. The troublemakers in this place just create a stigma and as F50 said some people in this place are so snobby. Cant you just lie low and give us all peace?
Does ImeMikey remind any one else of Vik??? (My car / our cars...) Not saying he is Vik, just 2 of a kind...
Why the exhaust is made from titanium, why is it better than stainless steel?? only some weight?? 4 kilo's?? okay, perhaps 8??? can you feel that???
As said in Jerry Macguire "Show me the money". So far we have not seen any pics of this car car in Japan... or this mysterious uncle who can't speak English or ..... or...... or....... sooooooo.......
Harder, and smoother. It's probably a status thing. I would perfer inconel. Inconel is the way to go for exhaust. Much better heat disipation. Less weight, harder (much much more brittle though).
okay, thanks, now its finally friday lets wait for the soundclips from the dyno with titanium exhaust then back on car the original exhaust, then again titanium exhaust and some driving, busy weekend for this man eh guy eh kid or whatever.. eh okay uncle... anyway, at least he knows what a Lamborghini is!
Metal CATs are usually 200 cel CATs that aren't EPA/DOT approved. Only ceramic honeycomb (400 cel) CATs are. Your minivan does not have a stainless steel CAT. The tubing might be stainless but the CAT internals are ceramic.
maybe he is busy working on his scion xB. i found this same exact name on another forum... coincidence? haha i love these type of threads http://www.clubxb.com/forums/search.php?searchid=205393 thought this was rather interesting too... http://www.xanga.com/imemikey same screen name...happens to be into cars and japanese stuff (cartoons, etc.)
You are absolutely correct. Titanium isn't a good choice for an exhaust. It's there just for BLING. F1 teams all use inconel for their exhaust. If you'd like some reading on exhast and exhaust fabrication go here: http://burnsstainless.com/index.htm
I have a buddy that handed me an inconel manifold off of a Cosworth motor. I about crapped my pants. Amazing. Same material used in casting of turbine and compressor wheels for turbochargers.
Turner - Is it wrong to use same user names on different forums? I have said this so many times now about who I am but I guess it is too much to read the whole thread and see what is going on. Scion forum, had problems with my beater, so I had to sign up to read some of the forums and send PM's, Xanga, I've had for some time now, mainly used it so I can upload pics of my CLK and pictures when I was bored at work or school. I'll be making the same one on M5board now also since I picked up an M5 for myself. Also, im using imemikey on mbworld.org. Anyways, my uncle will send me the video and pictures when he wakes up, you guys can watch it and see more pictures over at **********.com/forum it won't be on this forum since you guys care more about picking fights
Get used to it bro..it happends alot around here. Its one of the reasons I don't post much anymore. Congrats on your car and your exhaust. Ease up guys..some of you are just plain jelous. Let him post the video and the pictures. I think he is the real deal.
good luck with your cars, enjoy in good health. i now understand why you're not going to use this forum anymore.
ROTFLMAO. Did you not read the thread. Here is a recap. 1. He came on here saying the Lambo was his and that he lives in Japan. 2. People question him and he creates another user name saying he is now the shop that installed the exhaust. He continues to switch back and forth between user names bickering with us. (We had a mod confirm the IP address from both user names were identical and in California) 3. He backtracks by then saying that he works at wheelpower in california and that the lambo is his uncles in japan. A complete change of position from his original post. 4. He still goes back and forth saying the lambo is his / lambo is uncles. 5. We are now all convinced that most likely the lambo really is his uncles, and we just want him to be straight with us and not lie. Also, some mods are now think that all of this might have been stirred up on purpose as free advertising for wheelpower.
You are welcome to post them here if you want. The only reason everyone here jumped all over you is because you first said the car was yours personally, then you started the whole charade jumping between the 2 user names and since we knew they were both you it just encouraged us to pick on you. If you are just honest, say here is my uncles cool lambo, i work at wheelpower, here are some good videos to enjoy, you will have no problems.
What makes it confusing is you use first person accounts as you, and first person accounts as somebody else. If you post over on L-Power, and you are not so comfortable with the truth, you will be C R U C I F I E D. Be warned.
Pretty accurate... Mikey wasn't honest. Does his uncle own the car? IMO probably... does that change the fact that mikey started posting here with mutiple consecutive lies? Nope. Should he stay or go? I couldn't care less either way. If he stays, he should be honest with his posts.
I think he probably does have an uncle or whatever in Japan with an LP or he knows someone that does. But he claimed it was his, flat out. He could of easily said "My uncles exhaust is on!" After he got busted, he flipped the script and claims he works at Wheel Power. That's funny cause his profile says he's a Real Estate Investor. Then he claims he owns a CLK and M5. That a lot of money for a 23 year old college student working at Wheel Power part time. He instantly gets busted and it's shown he owns a Scion. And he continues to lie. He obviously can't tell a truth if his life depended on it. He's going to get shredded LP.
chase18303, SimonF40 and members for Fchat - Yes, I do apologize about the way I approached this thread. I figured it would not be such a big deal to write for my uncle. When I receive the email from my uncle today after he gets up, I will start a new thread with videos and pics. This way, we can put the mess in this thread behind us. Fair? I will be using this username and wheelpower will no longer post here until we start our sponsorship on Fchat. murciemurcie - talked to my uncle last night, wants to know if your brother wants to meet sometime this weekend
