Dan Juday Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 I know this is an old subject, but I want to give the new guys (you old guys too) a chance to pipe up. After all, the population here has almost tripled since I showed up. I planed on using the original lines. Flare the ends and use -6 AN fittings and steel braid. I'm running a stock '91 305tpi. The TA it came out of had 3/8 & 5/16 lines. The Datsun lines are a size smaller but I figured, eh, they're already there, one less thing to do. Well, that 1/4 line don't flare well. Kept splitting. Pretty soon it was too short. So, rats, I tore it all out and now it will be the right size. So, please, offer up your experiences and wisdom and tell me which way to go: steel or aluminum? And where did you run it, same place as stock? BTW, for those of you that haven't seen it yet: http://members.home.net/zcarphotos/djv8zproj/pages/fbs01r16f25rw.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 I used braided all the way back, no return at this time. If I were to use a solid type line it would've been aluminum. Cheap and "easy" to work with. IMO of course, I've never run a solid line before and have always run braided.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted August 10, 2001 Share Posted August 10, 2001 I used Braided from the tank to the fuel pump, then from the fuel pump to an aluminum solid line up to the engine, then braided to the fuel rail. The same thing for the return line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted August 11, 2001 Author Share Posted August 11, 2001 Bought a bunch of aluminum today. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted August 11, 2001 Share Posted August 11, 2001 My old '68 Camaro drag car had an aluminum fuel line I installed, and it was always getting dented and dinged. I'll do steel next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Juday Posted August 12, 2001 Author Share Posted August 12, 2001 Here is my advice: If you are going to replace your fuel lines, do it while the motor and tranny are OUT. Big, greasy, difficult job. If I thought there was any other place to run them as safe as the original location I'd do it. Hear what you say about steel. This was difficult enough in aluminum. I would think it would be imposible in steel with the motor in. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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