[Land-speed] Fuel Lines

[Ed Van Scoy]

A very true observation Rick. It's been my experience that steel braided hose
will eventually start "weeping" even though it looks fine on the outside. I
have a feed and a return line running through the interior of my car..... It
is too low to trust it from the elements and scraping under the car. I replace
the lines with a single piece about every 5 years, even if they look fine, and
when the car is stored, I never store it with fuel in it. I prefer the
Twist-Tite hose and fittings..... NEVER had a hose leak yet. Unfortunately,
you can't use them in the interior of your car. Just my personal
experience.......

Ed


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Yacoucci [mailto:Turborick at Turborick.com]
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:15 AM
To: ''Greg Meyers'', drmayf at mayfco.com, ''land Speed List''
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fuel Lines

About SS braided hose.... how often do you guys change it out? How do you
inspect it? I have seen perfectly good looking SS hose leak. Rick
-----Original Message----- From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Greg Meyers Sent:
Friday, September 25, 2009 9:04 AM To: drmayf at mayfco.com; 'land Speed List'
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fuel Lines We've been inspected six times now, and
never had anyone comment on our fuel line routing. We used stainless braided
fuel line inside a steel pipe which ran along the floor of our 53' Stude
inside, on the passenger side. The pipe was one solid piece, with open ends in
the trunk and in front of the firewall. My guess is that they like to see
extra metal covering fuel line in the plane of the flywheel/clutch. Greg
Salt2salt.com On 9/25/09 10:33 AM, "drmayf" wrote: > I see that the rule book
permits fuel lines to be run into the cockpit > area (3.I) provided they are
steel or steel braid covered. I guess Steel > Braid covered means SS braided
hose. Having fuel in the drivers > compartment seems anathema to me, but for
sure it can be an easier way > to run fuel lines. I am curious as to how many
teams out there run the > fuel lines into the drivers compartment and what
experiences they have > had with that method (ie inspection and redesign
suggestions from > inspectors). I am contemplating such a move. Why? Well, at
WOS, I > discovered a leaking fuel cell fitting up near the hot exhaust system
> feeding the turbo. I had put the fuel cell in front of the old radiator >
position to keep from having the fuel lines run into the drivers > compartment
or under the car when I had two old turbos in different > locations that did
not pose a heat threat to the fuel cell. I am now > fabricating a new fuel
cell to fit in the cramped trunk area and running > the fuel lines through the
drivers compartment would be much easier to > do. > > Comments? Thoughts? > >
mayf >