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May 19

"The level of service is outstanding and the quality of the work is brilliant" - Carl Mitchell

We have used Good Fabrications for a number of years on our BTCC cars. The level of service is outstanding and the quality of the work is...

Feb 11

"Exceptional in quality of product and service" - Big CC Racing

Big CC Racing has used GoodFabs for 15 years. They are exceptional in quality of product and service. A great business partner. James Big...

Dec 24, 2020

How to optimize battery cooling?

At Goodfabs we have over 20 years of experience developing exhaust systems for the highest performing motorsport series such as Formula...

Dec 17, 2020

"Knowledgeable staff that go the extra mile to help and advise" - Alpha Performance Fabrication

Great company to work with. Friendly and knowledgeable staff that go the extra mile to help and advise. Would recommend. Alison Alpha...

Dec 10, 2020

"A reliable supplier of accurate high quality parts" - Pete Ellis

A reliable supplier of accurate high quality parts to myself and many other fabricators I know for a decade now. Pete Ellis Fabricator...

Dec 3, 2020

"The variety in diameters, centerline radii, wall thickness and materials is enormous" - Celeritech

They supply us, celeritech.nl, for years and years of bends for headers and exhausts. Very happy with all the parts, the service and...

Aug 26, 2020

What is springback in bending?

Next to understanding the bend allowances in the materials we form, there is also a factor called ‘Springback’ we need to take into account.

Apr 15, 2020

GoodFabs helps get COVID-19 ventilators up and running for major UK hospital

At Good Fabs we are able to engineer things to the highest precision, together with Cavey Laboratories we were able to create a small,...

Feb 5, 2020

Design and development of a full championship winning BTCC exhaust with heat shield for WSR

Unfortunately at GoodFabs we can’t always show what we are working on. That doesn’t mean we don’t do things with passion! Luckily...

Feb 5, 2020

35 years of mandrel bend tooling!

We've been told by our US-based tooling supplier that we probably have the largest amount of bend tooling outside the aerospace industry...

Dec 17, 2018

Atom Probe Tomography investigations of microstructural evolution in an aged Nickel superalloy for e

Good Fabrications was able to investigate the ageing of an Inconel 625 alloy exhaust manifold exposed to a Formula 1 racing environment.

May 25, 2018

GoodFabs & Force India

GoodFabs work closely with several F1 teams & engine builders to discuss how components can be manufactured most efficiently once CAD de

Sep 7, 2017

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

Aug 24, 2017

Welding and Metallurgical terms finally explained.

Explaining terms used in metallurgy and welding. As they are usually very specific and a lot of the terms misunderstood,

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

May 9, 2017

The challenge of designing a winning NASCAR exhaust system

The NASCAR Sprint Cup regulations for example make the routing of the exhaust system and its assembly quite a challenge, especially where a

Apr 24, 2017

What is bend allowance?

When designing a sheet metal part which is folded you need to understand what happens when a flat sheet of metal is fabricated or folded....

Mar 15, 2017

GoodFabs expands machining department

At GoodFabs, we have continuously been investing in our expanding machining department. This department now consists of multiple CNC turning

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

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