Hello All,

I would like to share with you an inside look at the Fabspeed production facility here in Fort Washington, PA – USA. (Some of you may have seen/read recent threads accusing Fabspeed products of being made in China. This video should make it blatantly clear what our in-house fabrication and manufacturing capabilities and practices are, and clear up any lingering doubts.)

Below you will find a video of the fabrication process – from beginning to end - for one of our 997TT Supersport X-Pipe Exhaust Systems. This x-pipe exhaust features high-quality US T304L stainless steel construction, accompanied by genuine German-made HJS Sport Cats. We build these systems using our in-house Unison Breeze CNC electric mandrel tube bending machine, Flow Mach4 XD 5-Axis CNC Waterjet, along with a variety of other common and unique fabrication machines and tools from Proto, Haas, Bystronic, etc. Finally, we assemble our systems with a combination of orbital and hand TIG-welding to bring all of the fabricated pieces together.

The Fabspeed family takes great pride in our products, and as previously mentioned, we invite anyone to check out our facility to see first-hand how we go about designing, fabricating, and producing the best performance products on the market.

 

very nice.

 

Your facility speaks for it self.

Amazing work. Still love the exhaust on my Gallardo.

David has sexy curly hair. Wink at him for me.

 

Looks good, lot more machines than the last time I was down at your old shop.
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Awesome.

 

Impressive. I love seeing American manufacturing facilities. Kudos

 

Nicely done. Shows why these things aren't cheap to make. The precision machinery and intensive labour is amazing! Hope I can afford to have some soon.

 

Yeah that doesnt look like China to me.

 

Finally a video out of Fabspeed that isn't bashing a competitor's product but instead is showcasing their in-house manufacturing process (lending more credibility to their "Made in USA" stamp). Well done!

 

Note to board: Discussing how a product is made is bashing. I dont think he said one bad thing, just said how its made, he brought up some good info, but his delivery was abrasive. The thing is people buy for sound. Not power gains. Frankly a large concern of mine would be the massive heat issues that I see on some brands. Major discoloration is not a good thing.

Now the only exhaust that sounds like it needs is the 7k+ akrapovic, Trouble is they like their exhaust more than I do and dont want to sell me one based of their price.

again, people are buying for sound. If you lost 15 hp but the sound was of the angels, people are gonna buy it. If you were truly after gains as #1.... you would need earplugs.

 

Squat, I won't rehash that discussion here. The verdict is in on 'that' video. Consensus has it that it was in poor taste. Fabspeed is a solid shop and they don't need to resort to 'that', to move their product! Glad to see they are putting their product first and featuring their manufacturing in their videos!

I agree, many buy an AM exhaust for the sound but a good deal of us also appreciate the slight performance gains from the reduced back pressure, less restrictions, more free flowing gases and the lower temps...not to mention what the freer flowing exhausts allow for in performance enhancements from ECU tunes)

 

I said he was abrasive, and that "consensus" was gathered from a bunch of bomb throwers that like ONE brand of exhaust.

This video proved those "consensus gatherers" are actually uninformed in some cases.
Never said no one doesnt like the gains. But again most are buying the exhausts for the sound. If I offered an exhaust that was more quiet than a stock but increased power, no one would buy it.

 

I think there would be people that would buy it - everyone has different tastes and goals. Just because your or I feel that way, doesn't mean that everyone does.

I also concur with akunob in regards to "the video"... I feel i am impartial as i am still researching exhausts, and actually prefer the fabspeed exhaust set-up, however that original video was in poor taste. If you start throwing dirt at others, you lose ground pretty quick. It's not good practice to bash other competitors, let the product and your service do the talking.

This video is a great showcase for that, i really enjoyed the video and watching how they fab their exhaust. Look forward to more like it.

 

I strongly disagree that bashing competitors causes you to lose ground. This has long been the tactic of large corporations for quite some time. Samsung bashing Apple and vice versa. It may seem desperate, but trust me, it's been long proven that beating you opponent via bashing works better than minding your own business and creating a good product. Hell, look at politics for example, all you see is ads bashing the opponent. It's a sad reality, and proven method of gaining ground.

 

Seems you could define "bash" in any number of ways. False claims as to the origin and/or the construction of a competitor's product could be considered "bashing" I suppose. In any case, it's not becoming of any reputable outfit.

I did laugh out loud at the comparison between free commerce to politics. If you think it's all the same, then I think you're misguided. No business can succeed on the basis of the **** it slings on it's competition. Customers grow weary too easily. Politics is about the ONLY place that works, because the message is a sound bite, and the campaigns are brief. But sometimes the people will fill your heart with hope, and vote for the guy who they think was unfairly branded by his opponent. Sometimes.

In free commerce you can sully your reputation by wasting time mentioning your competition by name (which few real companies do, including Samsung btw), but in the end your product needs to speak for itself. This last video does a far more responsible job of selling than some of the others (all of which I believe have been privatized or removed--a smart move, imo) It wasn't very timely placed, but it's much much better nonetheless.