Guest Blog, second in a series from Jay Thornton, custom fabrication expert at Vibrant Performance
As we left off yesterday, I was running down some of the fundamentals of fabrication as part of our week-long back to basics blogs for Vibrant Week at Motovicity. This is Pre-Fab .50, the stuff everybody should know as their baseline knowledge of fabrication and materials welding before we move on to the Fab 101 tutorials we’ll be posting here on the MotoBlog. Continue reading
Guest article on Motivicty’s MOTOBLOG, first in a series from Jay Thornton, custom fabrication expert and technical lead at Vibrant Performance.
I spend a lot of time working with up-and-coming custom metal fabricators and it’s one of the coolest parts of my job at Vibrant. I get to see a lot of new, creative ways of doing things and meet new people who bring a whole new perspective to the craft. I also see this as an important part in the art of fabrication: helping the next generation learn a craft that is constantly changing and innovating. Continue reading
Part 2 of this video series by SpeedFactory Racing shows the fabrication process of the 1000whp custom spec intercooler, using 2 Vibrant cores, custom endtanks, and Vanjen Clamps. You will also see the mock up of the intercooler piping. Ricky welds a clamp to the mouth of the Throttle Body, and preps for engine install.
Enjoy part 2!