Using titanium for the exhaust down pipe ( K1 model link pipe is black, K2 model link pipe is polished titanium ) and the inside of the silencer, enabled the 1000s exhaust system to become lighter than that of the 750.
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On 24 August 1940, on the northern shores of the Solent, near Titchfield, ten tanker wagons began to pump oil down pipes running from the top of a thirty-foot ( 10 m ) high cliff down into the water at the rate of about 12 tons per hour.
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This engine was manufactured with a reinforced cylinder block and cylinder head, metal head gasket, pistons with cooling channels, forged crank shaft, forged connecting rods, N1 turbine with reinforced actuator, high flow air cleaner, stainless down pipe, and low air resistance sport catalyzer, most of which were not offered for the RB26DETT . RB-X GT2 engines competed in LeMans 24hr race, Pikes Peak, and other forms of motorsports.
