[Healeys] Copper brake lines, was 100 BN2 almost done....

[Richard Ewald]

Volvo has used  copper alloy brake lines as OE since the days of the 240 if
not before. They do not use a different brake line for Canada, so obviously
copper brake lines do somehow manage to meet Canadian requirements.
Rick

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Barrie Robinson <barrie at look.ca> wrote:

>  Kurnifer, a British development - specifically for brake lines, is 90%
> copper and 10% nickel.   It is used extensively in high performance cars.
> In my opinion it is the only way to go - and is easily obtained.  But in N.
> America it was slow to catch on just like seat belts, radial tyres and such
> (NIH syndrome).   Currently available copper brake lines do not meet the
> Canadian govt. specifications and I doubt they meet USA or European specs.
>  By the way, there is common confusion regarding Govt specs.  In Canada they
> just give performance requirements  NOT what material meets those specs.
> So you could use toast or fried eggs as long as it meets specs !!!  Copper
> lines as sold now do not - but if the currently available lines were made
> stronger (thicker!) they could pass!