Oxidation of a Nickel Superalloy in Formula 1
Good Fabrications was able to investigate the oxidation response and microstructural evolution of an Inconel 625 alloy exhaust manifold expo
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Jun 12, 2017
Engineering exhaust merge collectors
Almost every exhaust system uses some form of a merge collector. The key role for this merge collector and the most obvious one is to combin
Mar 8, 2017
Flow through a pipe
The flow through a pipe often depends on its geometry. In exhaust systems this geometry often creates the entire gas dynamic behaviour to in
Mar 1, 2017
How to optimise the inlet bell mouth
Next to the design of an exhaust system and its gas dynamics, the induction system of the engine is equally as important. To ensure that the
Feb 23, 2017
Oxygen sensors and engine power
In the automotive and motorsports industry Oxygen sensors (also known as O2 sensors) are often used to monitor the air fuel ratio in the cyl
Feb 13, 2017
The use of different materials in exhausts
The design of an exhaust system is usually a trade off between engine performance, packaging, materials available and the fabrication techni
Jan 23, 2017
Shot Peening
Shot peening is a separate cold working process designed to increase the exhaust life cycle by producing a compressive residual stress layer
Jan 15, 2017
How we helped Roger Clark Motorsport get their HP back
Good Fabs worked with Roger Clark Motorsports' Gobstopper Time Attack cars and developed a custom made and heat-shielded Twin Scroll Inc
Jan 15, 2017
Titanium alloys
Titanium Grade 1 is also known as the Commercially Pure Titanium and is one of the softest titanium grades with a very formability and excel
Jan 15, 2017
Aluminium alloys
Aluminium 6063 is an alloy used in most of the induction systems on high performance engines used in motorsports such as Formula 1 and touri
Jan 15, 2017
Inconel alloys
Inconel (nickel-chromium alloy) is widely used for its high strength and outstanding corrosion resistance in a large temperature range (from
Jan 15, 2017
How exhaust gas dynamics work
If you want to improve the power output of your engine you need to take into accound the exhaust dynamics and how the exhaust can be tuned t
Dec 14, 2016
Creating an F1 exhaust system from scratch for HRT
The GoodFabs designed Formula 1 exhaust system was used in 2011 and 2012 seasons, did not fail once and enabled HRT to consistently finish r
Nov 14, 2015
GoodFabs exhibits at PMW 2015 and is part of panel discussion
GoodFabs exhibits at PMW in Cologne where we displayed our capability to combine a full DMLS collector onto a completely fabricated system!
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