At 10:52 AM -0800 3/9/01, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>> .... I also think
>> that there's a new, less expensive process for making parts from titanium
>> also. Here's hoping.....
>>
>You are right about that Dirk. Titanium is plentiful, the processing is
>expensive. A new method has been developed that should reduce the cost
>by a factor of three. This would put titanium at a little more expensive
>than stainless steel. Probably see prices come down in the next few
>years.
>
Thanks Mike, yeah, I saw a patent to Hyundai for titanium connecting
rods...(!!!!)
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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