Plumbing & Fabrication

This is the parts bin for custom fluid and air work: tubing and bends, hose and line, couplers and clamps, AN fittings, and fittings made to be welded in. Vibrant Performance supplies almost all of it, with specialist pieces from DeatschWerks, Radium Engineering, Russell, Ticon and Snow Performance. Nothing here is sold by vehicle. Every part is chosen by size, thread and material, so bring measurements rather than a make and model.

It helps to sort the page by the job in front of you. Intake and intercooler piping uses tubing, bends, couplers and clamps. Where a section has to come apart for service, a V-band joint is the usual answer, and Ticon makes titanium V-band ends for welding in 3-inch and 3.5-inch sizes. Vibrant Performance also lists small parts that get lost in a build, such as replacement flanges for blow-off valves and O-rings.

Fuel and oil lines are built from hose and AN hose ends. DeatschWerks, Radium Engineering and Russell sell hose ends in straight and angled versions, including 45, 90, 120 and 180 degree bends, in -4, -6 and -8 sizes. The angle you need is set by how much room there is at the port, so look at the path of the line before you choose. Radium Engineering also lists PTFE fuel tubing made to sit inside a tank.

Water injection has its own small group: Snow Performance check valves and line fittings in -4 size, plus complete boost cooler kits.

Before ordering, work out three things: the size of the port or pipe you are joining to, what will flow through it, and how much heat and pressure the joint will see. Those three decide the hose, the fitting and the clamp. For more hose and line, see hose and line; for radiators and coolers, see cooling. Ships across Canada, priced in Canadian dollars.