How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance

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How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
First Ernie tacks sections of the exhaust together, then he test fits it on the car before welding the seams together.
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Ernie welding a V-Band flange on our test pipe.
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Nice welds!
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
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%.

How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Our exhaust is coming together!
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Some hanger detail.  We are using all of the stock hanger points.
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Our exhaust laid out on the ground so you can see the details.
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
Our exhaust is almost complete.
How to Build a Stainless Exhaust with Vibrant Performance
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

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