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Vibrant Performance joins Chris Jeanneret Racing as title sponsor for Formula Drift 2014!

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VIBRANT PERFORMANCE IS THE NEW TITLE SPONSOR FOR Chris Jeanneret Racing

 

Tacoma, WA – Vibrant Performance is happy to announce it’s continued partnership with SpeedFactory Racing by announcing their title sponsorship of Chris Jeanneret’s Formula DRIFT Honda S2000. Vibrant Performance has been the fabrication component of choice for the industry and their commitment to SpeedFactory Racing shows their devotion to the racing community. Continue reading

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Texas Dig Race: Camaro upsets GTR fans worldwide

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Alpha 12 GTR vs Bird’s Camaro.

 

We were at the Call Out Dig Race by Stance Autoworks in Houston recently during TX2k and saw this pass, which by far was the biggest upset of the night from the 100+ cars which were on the entry list. Brian’s Alpha 12 GTR from TopSpeed Motorsports was stacked up in the 2nd round against Bird’s Camaro. This has become a real storm of comments on the dig list as well as on Facebook. Some say the Camaro jumped while others call it as the GTR “was sleeping” on the go. Whatever the case may be, the upset of the night was in this race. 1000’s packed this hidden airstrip somewhere in Northern Houston to see these cars battle it out for a cash money pot in a winner-take-all ladder.

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We were pulling for Brian’s GTR, but the proof is in the pudding that this Camaro was ready when at the line and took the W. Congrats to Bird, who went a few more rounds. If you were out there, how did you see it?

 

For those who were expecting the GTR to take it all, here is Brian’s 1st race:

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Fabricators Series: Collin of Toxicfab speaks with FabricationLife!

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Inside we feature Collin Meyers, owner of Toxicfab.com. Collin always rips up the net with his iPhone images of his immaculate dime drops and more. Follow the click to see this one on one interview with one of the most popular welders on the net today.

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Honda Tuning Magazine’s Project DB2

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Honda Tuning Magazine always details a project car in house for their tech articles and for 2014 they have rolled out Project DB2, a 1992 Acura Integra GSR for assembly. The 92-93 GSR is unique to the Honda/Acura lineup because it is the 1st vehicle stateside to house a Dual Overhead Cam (Dohc) Vtec engine. The 1.7 liter which was in the GSR was exclusive to North America, along with a few other parts of the car, making it a classic among enthusiast. Matt Rodriquez, Editor, was excited to jump into this project. Vibrant Performance was proud to get on board of the build supplying Fabrication components to aid in the turbocharging of this historic Acura. 

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Tig’d Up Tuesday Review 2-11

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Your Tig’d Up Tuesday Review for the second week of February is here . We enjoyed another successful week of posts, and got a ton of submissions! Here they are:

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“This is a mic fastening point on a acoustic stand for exhaust gas analysis. Welded with a Kemppi MasterTig 4004 1,6mm 316 filler, pulse setup : 90 amp 40% duty 1hz frequency.”

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Nick Primero

“Tigging away on racecars this week.”

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Samuel Hoskins

“Here is some work from Ben Issacson, owner of Ground up Motorsports in Australia”

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Richard Rasmussen

“Thirsty?”

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Brandon Kalcsics

“Carbon to chromoly, running at 200amps. Freehand dab on a 77 honda cb750 hardtail.”

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Race Ready Fab

“Civic custom exhaust 304ss machine thermal arc 186”

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Derek at SpeedFactory

“Backdoor intercooler endtank with change.”

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Dane Reynolds

“304ss v band clamp by tig welded by Dane from RB Garage toowoomba”

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Keep the submissions flowing! See you on another Tig’d Up Review!

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Fabricators Series: FFE Ed.. Collectors 101.

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Ed Woosley, owner and head fabricator at Force Fed Engineering shows you how to properly lay down a line and get ample coloration from your welds using basic procedures. Merge Collectors for turbo manifolds are sometimes looked at like a secret among fabricators across the land. While generally you can say there are many ways to build one, everyone has their tricks, likes, and options. Ed walks you through some of his 4 cylinder collections here.

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Fabricators Series: Ron Bergenholtz.. What is Fabrication?

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Ron is no stranger to the world of motorsports. He knows a thing or 2 about Fabrication owning both a successful drift team and one of the most historic Import Drag teams in history. We recently had a sit down with Ron B. to speak quickly on his thoughts of Fabrication. Sit back and listen. It is great to hear someone speak who isn’t just another critic, but a student of the art. When you love fabrication, you are proud to see it anywhere you can.

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2JZ Foxbody launch

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A quick snip of NOS51/TD Autowerkes 2jz-powered Foxbody Mustang dialing in the car. This is only 60′ testing, but it looks promising. 60′ was a 1.23! More to come on this…

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1309RWHP 4 door Caddi!

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Face it, there is not much out there better than the feeling of luxury. To not be in a “racecar” yet still have tons of power on tap has become the new must-have. Street cars are getting faster daily and we cannot get enough of it. SNL Performance gives us what we want with this lude and insane CTS-V claiming “Most powerful CTS-V in the world” at 1309 rear wheel horsepower. Others have came close, but at nearly 3 times the factory engine’s horsepower output this old man’s car sounds like a bully on the street. We hope to see more video soon. Maybe some 2k videos will surface of this car.. you never know!

 

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So enjoy this 170mph pull with us. Crank the volume, too!

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