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| First Ernie tacks sections of the exhaust together, then he test fits it on the car before welding the seams together. |
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| Ernie welding a V-Band flange on our test pipe. |
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| Nice welds! |
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| Solid welds on the flange that connects the tail pipe to the rest of the exhaust. The Vibrant flanges are thick so they won't warp. |
To further improve the chances of a good weld, Ernie back purged the welded tubes with inert gas using the same argon gas as the torch shield. This also helps reduce oxidation although many fabricators just use solar flux. The use of Solar flux and back purging can increase the strength of the weld by 40%.
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| Our exhaust is coming together! |
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| Some hanger detail. We are using all of the stock hanger points. |
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| Our exhaust laid out on the ground so you can see the details. |
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| Our exhaust is almost complete. |
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| Here you go, the quiet, all stainless, low backpressure SE-R exhaust, the only one like it! |
The end results are great and we have built a high quality, all stainless, super low restriction, clean and quiet stealth exhaust for a Sentra SE-R, something that is impossible to buy on the market with the help of Vibrant!
Sources
Vibrant Performance
Burns Stainless (Dealers for Solar Flux)
Protech Fabrication
