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Adz2332

By Adz2332,
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Before you just go out and buy the cheapest hose you can...

1. Do you really need braided hose?

2. What fuel are you using?

3. Does the hose you are planning to buy have good and well priced fittings compatibility.

At the end of the day you'll end up spending thousands on hose and fittings....

Cheers J.

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Neil Grand Master

Neil

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I'd have to disagree Badgaz,,,I've seen heaps of cars running it and not one has exploded into flames. I think if it's done properly there will be no problems at all.

I've just converted my radical to that system(not steel outer braided though) and I feel a lot safer than using simple hose clamps.

Adz check out these guys,,,I buy all my hoses and fittings from them and they are cheaper than earls ect.

www.phenixindustries.com.au

Cheers

Neil.

GTSBoy Grand Master

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There have been extensive discussions on the various braided line options over at PF. I would recommend a search over there (use google to do the site search - like most forums in the inbuilt search sucks donkey dick). Mush solid info over there from the MANY people who use the stuff all the time.

Trex Grand Master

Trex

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Am I the only one who has read heaps of threads and been told from people about pin holes in the cheap braid? It could be a case of, the people I heard it from are in bed with the well known brands. But, I'd prefer to be safe than sorry.

There are some really nice attachments for fuel braid, like the filter. But at the end of the day, it's a lot of money for something cheap that can go wrong.

XKLABA Grand Master

XKLABA

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I upgraded my whole system to -8 speedflow 200 PTFE braided hose bypassing all the factory stuff, I figured it is carrying the only fluid in the car that can potentially burn the whole car to the ground so why on earth would you use cheap shit and risk losing the whole car just to save a few dollars, cheap eBay hoses leak and cheap eBay fitting don't seal properly when used with E85, its just not worth the risk

It really depends on your setup and wether the factory lines are big enough to flow what you need, if so the just replace the rubber hoses with E85 stuff and flush out the steel lines to get rid of any crap that's in them before the E85 cleans it into your fuel rail

I had to upgrade for my setup and due to putting a surge tank under the boot it made it easier to just new lines, as well as a 10micron screen filter and Ethanol sensor where easier to in stall as there are fittings to go straight onto them :)

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Its to run e85 on my track car.

my tuner suggested I do it.

also I cant really see or know how to find good stuff vs shit stuff.

Who sells it all that I can just grab it directly from tnem?

A reasonable middle of the road brand is aeroflow. They have everything you need for a good price for the quality. Just don't buy the e85 comparable pushlock hose.

Don't muck around with e85, buy Teflon lined hose or solid steel/alloy lines... everything else I've used just drys out and cracks...

My advice would be to not use stainless braid as it will chaife through anything it touches, including steel. There are other outer casings that are just as strong but don't chaife...

Good luck..

scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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I wouldn't suggest alloy lines, unless they are anodised.

I have been running Torques UK teflon braided lines for years on my daily, without any issue. I had a lot of problems with the proflow teflon braided lines weeping from the fitting, ended up ditching them for the Torques gear, which is Aeroflow apparently.

Personally I would be running the stock fuel lines and changing the rubber hoses for modern ethanol safe hose. I have seen 450 odd kw on ethanol through the factory GTT/gtst fuel systems, only the fuel filter ever seems to be an issue.

XKLABA Grand Master

XKLABA

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Weldon do a 6 micron fibreglass E85 safe filter, I have a 10 micron Speedflow steel screen filter in my system, the problem with most filters is the "glue" that holds the element to the housing gets melted from the ethanol, I did find a few that would be ok before I decided to just get the Speedflow one

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