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AN fittings..what brand do you use #1575814 02/08/14 12:48 PM 02/08/14 12:48 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 617 PA B bwhackd34 OP mopar
bwhackd34 OP mopar B Joined: May 2012 Posts: 617 PA	I have always used Earl's or Russell fittings but they are so damn expensive. I am designing and pricing plumbing for my remote mount pump/reverse cooling setup and it is looking like over $700 just for hose/fittings. I was wondering about Fragola or even some of the other brands that I see listed on Ebay. There are even a few Chinese manufacturers selling fittings at fractions of the price of the big name brands but I was concerned about the quality. If I buy the cheapos and have to replace with the better ones anyway it ends up costing money.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: bwhackd34] #1575815 02/08/14 01:05 PM 02/08/14 01:05 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,869 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,869 Ontario, Canada	I've used the Summit brand. Let's face it, in most cases these fittings are complete overkill - being used where a rubber hose and a ten cent hose clamp would last a lifetime! In high pressure brake systems or a fuel system I wouldn't skimp on quality but a cooling system only see's about 15 pounds of pressure. I wouldn't hesitate to use a less expensive brand there.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Stanton] #1575816 02/08/14 01:10 PM 02/08/14 01:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,613 Deerfield, Ohio 70dusterjohn top fuel
70dusterjohn top fuel Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,613 Deerfield, Ohio	I've used all of them ! I know when I was in tech at summit our brand was made by aero ? Don't know if that's still the case or not but I haven't had any issues and they have been on there for some time now. !

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Stanton] #1575817 02/08/14 01:11 PM 02/08/14 01:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	I use the Jegs house brand pretty much exclusively any more, always used AeroQuip before, never had a failure with eather one. Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: 70dusterjohn] #1575818 02/08/14 02:07 PM 02/08/14 02:07 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	I use the Summit brand... any of them cost... these Summit ones are just a little less pricey... try plumbing a dry sump.. that will get real pricey even with the less pricey ones

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: dartman366] #1575819 02/08/14 02:14 PM 02/08/14 02:14 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 8,094 Sunnyvale, CA Jeepmon master
Jeepmon master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 8,094 Sunnyvale, CA	Over on the EBAG, there is a company called Professional Products that sells a 5 pack of fittings, in all sizes and shapes for a really killer price.. So me, being Mr Tightbehind, bought everything I needed for my last motor build and saved a ton of money.. But today, I am slowly replacing the fittings because after a short period of time, the swivel part of the fitting stopped swivelling.. and we all know what a pain it is to remove a fitting only to have the entire hose spins too.. So I saved a dollar to waste a dollar.. 73 Duster 360 stroker http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2594657

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Jeepmon] #1575820 02/08/14 02:20 PM 02/08/14 02:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington T Triple Threat master
Triple Threat master T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,266 Renton Washington	If you mix brands of hose and fittings sometimes they dont play well together. My entire fuel system is Earls Pro Lite 350 hose and Earls fittings. The tranny cooler lines are stainless braid from summit with their fittings. If you dont mind having a summit or jegs logo on them, i've had no issues with their house brands. -Dustin 67 Dart, 9 second, 392" G3 Hemi 68 Barracuda 340 F/SA

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Triple Threat] #1575821 02/08/14 02:32 PM 02/08/14 02:32 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,942 Metro Detroit OUTLAWD top fuel
OUTLAWD top fuel Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,942 Metro Detroit	I've had good luck with the summit brand. Every now and then you get a stubborn swivel, but I've had that with a couple different brands. Faster, Faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death... 71 Swinger - slowly collecting dust/parts 66 Belv. II - just a streetcar 88 Mustang - turbo LS beater

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: OUTLAWD] #1575822 02/08/14 03:24 PM 02/08/14 03:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA. Quicksilver440 I Live Here
Quicksilver440 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA.	I've used aeroquip, earls, redhorse, summit, Russel....the only ones I didn't like were the red horse one. Hard to put them together correctly. I just buy summit mostly because the are so much cheaper. My brothers shop mostly just uses Summit to because they are good for the price.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Quicksilver440] #1575823 02/08/14 03:50 PM 02/08/14 03:50 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 188 Middletown, Ohio J Joes66dart member
Joes66dart member J Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 188 Middletown, Ohio	I used jegs fittings for most of the car and never had a problem. I did my vaccum pump system with the ebay fittings from proffesional products and the worked great. They sell them in bulk and they end up costing about half of what the jegs fittings cost.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Joes66dart] #1575824 02/08/14 04:45 PM 02/08/14 04:45 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,019 Finland mafo super stock
mafo super stock Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,019 Finland	I bought some cheap chinese fitting here locally and I can t see any difference compared with the ones that summit or jegs sells? probably made in the same factory , anyhow they worked great on my transmission cooler -65 Valiant,420", all motor,2700#, dot tires, 8,42 @ 160,2

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: mafo] #1575825 02/08/14 05:46 PM 02/08/14 05:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa	Fragola. they look the same as the Aeroquip & KB fittings i used to buy & felt my wallet get raped when i bought them. best part is they're cheaper but the counter guy gives me a discount on this price too.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: bwhackd34] #1575826 02/08/14 07:12 PM 02/08/14 07:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 199 TN Hoosier J jb500 member
jb500 member J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 199 TN Hoosier	If it's not show quality you are after and just fluid conveyence...then try the industrial hyd hose/fitting route. The money charged for AL fittigns is crazy and waaaaay over priced.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: jb500] #1575827 02/08/14 08:13 PM 02/08/14 08:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA. Quicksilver440 I Live Here
Quicksilver440 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA.	That's true...the steel fittings are much cheaper and reusable too.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: bwhackd34] #1575828 02/08/14 09:23 PM 02/08/14 09:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,021 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,021 Oregon	You can use regular water hose and save a lot of money. If the pump has AN threads on it just use adapters. I use regular rubber water lines on the dyno and they work fine. They save a ton of money over the AN hoses and you can quickly cut the rubber lines to length. 8032075-AR244.jpg (60 downloads)

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: AndyF] #1575829 02/08/14 09:26 PM 02/08/14 09:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,021 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,021 Oregon	The water manifold blocks that I sell can be fitted with hose fittings rather than AN fittings. Then you just cut the rubber lines to size and use a hose clamp. Shouldn't cost more than a few bucks to do all the plumbing this way. 8032082-DSC_0760(Large).JPG (66 downloads)

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: AndyF] #1575830 02/08/14 09:34 PM 02/08/14 09:34 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 625 Oakville, Wa HOTMOPR mopar
HOTMOPR mopar Joined: May 2011 Posts: 625 Oakville, Wa	Quote: The water manifold blocks that I sell can be fitted with hose fittings rather than AN fittings. Then you just cut the rubber lines to size and use a hose clamp. Shouldn't cost more than a few bucks to do all the plumbing this way. I'd like to see more of your set up with these. Looks cool! I'd like to redo my turbo set up and move it front and center. If that big ol pump was gone it would make life way easier.. 67 Barracuda, 470" B, Glide, FuelTech FT600, Precision, Ptc, QA1, Calvert, Smith racecraft, Afco, Dana 60. 275 radials

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: HOTMOPR] #1575831 02/09/14 02:10 PM 02/09/14 02:10 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston S sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion
sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion S Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston	I buy the cheap 5 packs off ebay. Its nice having extras. Ive never had any problems with them. Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135 Follow @g3hemiswap on instagram performance only racing, CRT, ultimate converter, superior design concepts, ThumperCarbs

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: sixpackgut] #1575832 02/09/14 05:42 PM 02/09/14 05:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa Steve1118 master
Steve1118 master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,763 Walton's Mountain, Pa	"If it's not show quality you are after and just fluid conveyence...then try the industrial hyd hose/fitting route." So true. One of my sons is a heavy equipment mechanic, and we go to his employer and get those all the time. Most all heavy equipment uses hoses with those ends. Heck, they can probably make you the whole hose for the price of a couple of Earl's fittings. "Old age and treachery trumps youth and enthusiasm, every time!" East Central Director / Chrysler Power Magazine www.reasbeckracing.webs.com

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Steve1118] #1575833 02/09/14 06:36 PM 02/09/14 06:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 275 brisbane,australia C coletrickle enthusiast
coletrickle enthusiast C Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 275 brisbane,australia	Ive been using Phenix stuff down here,priced inbetween china and all the big name stuff,USA made,real nice stuff.I belive the owner used to make MRI machines and the like for hospitals sold the company and needdd somethig to keep him active other tham his race car collection and hose fitting he decided was it .

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: jb500] #1575834 02/09/14 07:58 PM 02/09/14 07:58 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 199 TN Hoosier J jb500 member
jb500 member J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 199 TN Hoosier	Quote: If it's not show quality you are after and just fluid conveyence...then try the industrial hyd hose/fitting route. The money charged for AL fittigns is crazy and waaaaay over priced. Here is a good site that has a lot of info regarding ind hose and fittings. http://shop.hoseandfittings.com///

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Quicksilver440] #1575835 02/10/14 12:02 PM 02/10/14 12:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,224 Arlington, Tx. B BJS racing top fuel
BJS racing top fuel B Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,224 Arlington, Tx.	Quote: I've used aeroquip, earls, redhorse, summit, Russel....the only ones I didn't like were the red horse one. Hard to put them together correctly. I just buy summit mostly because the are so much cheaper. My brothers shop mostly just uses Summit to because they are good for the price. The funny thing is Summit brand is made by redhorse now. I have used them plenty in the past (redhorse) and yes they just like any are a pain to get together sometimes. I use the Redhorse mainly because of the finish on them. Haven't had any problem with any unless it was operator error. Back in the swing of things at Painless again! Great to be back!

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: BJS racing] #1575836 02/10/14 12:26 PM 02/10/14 12:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Highland beach Fl P poisondart2 enthusiast
poisondart2 enthusiast P Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Highland beach Fl	Earls ano-tuff fittings for me I have had them on and off numerous times swivels always work - never a problem . Do it one time and have never replaced any of them on any of the cars

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: BJS racing] #1575837 02/10/14 12:28 PM 02/10/14 12:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA. Quicksilver440 I Live Here
Quicksilver440 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,766 Central Valley, CA.	Must have changed since I last bought some...I do like the eedhorse finish too. I don't remember which red horse fittings I had an issue with....I mostly use Teflon hose and fittings...maybe that was a factor too. I just remember the hose end fitting had a super long threaded portion...different than most fittings I've used. Maybe I did it wrong....

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: Quicksilver440] #1575838 02/10/14 04:23 PM 02/10/14 04:23 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,896 St. Louis, MO Blues_Cuda master
Blues_Cuda master Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,896 St. Louis, MO	Another vote for Phenix Industries. Phenix Industries The person in charge of wholesale distribution is local to me. I've had the opportunity to more or less see everything they offer and have come away impressed. On my wife's Barracuda, I have been replacing the generic black AN fittings from Summit with the black Phenix fittings...mostly because the generic stuff was fading terribly, but I have also noticed the Phenix fittings simply appear to be a nicer product. Phenix AN hoses are nice as well...I have used their traditional stainless, teflon lined stainless, and their black nylon covered hose with great success on 4 or 5 cars so far.

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: poisondart2] #1575839 02/10/14 05:02 PM 02/10/14 05:02 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,317 State of confusion T Thumperdart I Live Here
Thumperdart I Live Here T Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,317 State of confusion	Quote: Earls ano-tuff fittings for me I have had them on and off numerous times swivels always work - never a problem . Do it one time and have never replaced any of them on any of the cars THIS.................... 72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....

Re: AN fittings..what brand do you use [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1575840 02/10/14 05:11 PM 02/10/14 05:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida rickstershemi master
rickstershemi master Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,366 Lehigh Acres, Florida	Quote: I use the Summit brand... any of them cost... these Summit ones are just a little less pricey... try plumbing a dry sump.. that will get real pricey even with the less pricey ones Rickster

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