Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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Friend , ran this car for a few years at local track .. found out , he has Twins on the way ..wife asked him to sell car .
It went to east coast somewhere and the fuel line burst at about 1/8 mile I believe , it got hurt bad .. but, driver ok
It was a Aluminum line , it split open
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: bigdad]
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That is a bummer to see that vehicle damaged, looks like it is a nice car. Repairable without too much trouble hopefully.
I'm not a fan of aluminum fuel line.
Whoever built the first two drag pak vehicles used that stuff. When I drove 2008001 (first prototype Drag Pak, the same one Garlits drove), I had trouble with it...it stumbled badly. Every injector was plugged with red anodizing that had come off the fuel line. It came apart and got the turbo and all that, afterwards.
Cue a poster who has used it since 1972 and never had a problem in 3.......2.......1.......:
Rich H.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: ZIPPY]
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Not me, I hate the stuff. Cheap way out that seldom works well. Even quality hose has a lifespan and won't last forever in use with fuel. The next time I see "good" hose look like a lawn sprinkler when it's pressurized after sitting for a while, won't be the first.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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I gave a whole roll away as refuse to run that crap. Between seeing results from it splitting and guys fighting fuel issues because of it kinking it’s been long gone.
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: pittsburghracer]
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I hate that aluminum crap and refuse to use it.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: RylisPro]
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This is why we sell Safecraft fire extinguisher systems. Fires suck! Safecraft system in my Dakota.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: Adobedude]
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I ran alum line for about 1 1/2 years with zero issues but at that time I was changing from ladder bars to a 4-link so I changed my chassis and fuel system(basically build a new car but with the old body) I went with the black cloth covered line(both supply and return).. I have the same set up on my Rampage also
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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I use and like the black cloth covered AN line. I used Fragola for %90 of my fittings and all of the hose.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: ZIPPY]
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GUILTY as charged.... I’d horse traded and got the Duster about a year before we moved to AZ... My dad started racing it and “upgraded” things along the way. One was a new fuel system that included aluminum line from the pump to the regulator. So yes.... about 18 years now. Since I’m hemorrhages $$$ from the wheelstand episode, maybe it’s time... the way my luck has been, better sooner than too later. ....I’m sure autozone has a roll of rubber line and some hose clamps I could score
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: bigdad]
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Guilty ran it for 26 yrs. Redoing the cuda but will be upgrading the entire system. It won't have aluminum this time. There are way more choices now vs early 80's and I'm not a poor college student any more.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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I have a brand new coil of it still in the box from Mancini that came to me in a trade with a bunch of other stuff. It still sits there untouched. I have however used it in the past and haven't run into any problems, but it was always something in the back on my mind that I'd worry about.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
[Re: wyldebill]
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If I'm not mistaken, isnt the cloth covered line lighter than steel braided? Yes it is. Easier to work w/ too.
CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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My -8 Aeroquip startlite with fittings is 3.6 ounces a foot. The hose is 1.3 ounces a foot.
I have an old 6” long (hose length not including the swivels ends) stainless braided line the is 3.9 ounces.
The black line in those pics is 1” and it weighs .1 ounces an inch.
Each fitting weighs 1.3 ounces. The biggest weight loss will be eliminating connection points.
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Re: Check your fuel lines (brand x )
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Until I get under 170 pounds I refuse to weigh fuel lines and fittings. And I’m willing to bet big money that will never happen. 😂
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
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