so other than mild steel and stainless what other metals and non metals could you make a manifold from?

i would like to try titanium one day (there is a titanium supplier about 30 miles away and they stock almost every grade of tubing and in sure i could blag some off cuts for cheap).

would somthing like carbon fiber work or is that likely to break down with the heat? what about carbon steel? or anything else you can think of, just looking at diffrent ideas to do somthing more unique

 

i think you should try aluminum

 

carbon steel is mild steel, lol.

composites, plastics, metals...all of the above have been used.

 

inconel FTW

 

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gazillion dollar manifold FTW

 

Paper towel rolls.

 

Paper Mache.

 

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dude, come on. every body know plaster of paris would be waaaaaay better

 

Magnesium

 

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i heard magnesium catches on fire. that's why they use the powder form in fireworks.

 

they use powdered aluminum and iron in fireworks too.

 

I heard "cermamic" is the best

 

Magnesium has a rather low combustion temp and is very "reactive" That **** burns hotter than gas and about as fast.

 

intake or exhaust?