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Old 09-30-2009   #12
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Re: Damn FP, Kevin u should get his

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Originally Posted by jhaan_dude View Post
fp used to offer titanium wheels that were a hell of alot cheaper than what they offer now. i wouldnt consider it half assed junk because they used to sell and create it!
Prove it. Dont show me the TME Evo 6.5 unit, obviously FP didnt make that.


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Originally Posted by jhaan_dude
and kevin define quality of a shitty billet aluminum wheel vs. a billet machined titanium one? same diagram they are being made for but the titanium wheels take 30 times more pressure before failure.
30 times? Did you just pull that number out of the air? commercial grades of titanium are about 50% stronger in tensile than equivalent 6061-t6.

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Originally Posted by jhaan_dude
its amazing that when somebody posts up knowledge about a part and describes why it would be better, people who have no idea how they are made, or even how they are test, open up and shoot other people down who have been there and test hundreds of ideas to come to the same conclusions and results!
i think you've read a lot of forums and now you believe you're some kind of expert. You're oversimplifying a complex device. "oh ya just hog out the housings, throw some old 20g wheels in them, oh and dont forget to include some exotic metals!"
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