Paul Czarnecki wrote:
> Why? This seems wrong at first.
>
> The reason is that stainless steel lines are very subject to
> abrasion. Road racing teams that use generally consider them to be a
> maintenance item, you replace them once a season or whatever. The
> street driver, who installed them years ago, has since driven through
> all sorts of road crap etc and never thinks to check/replace them.
> Even the road racers makes this mistake. There was a big fireball of
> a race car at Lime Rock a few years back. It had stainless steel
> fuel lines (for safety!) but it abrades along the undercarraige.
>
What I was thinking of was the flexible lines braided with stainless
steel wrapping. The short piece at each wheel. I don't see how these
are subject to more abrasion than the rubber ones. You may be right,
but I think the rule was aimed more at these flexible parts at the
wheels, than for the entire system.
PLW
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