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1. Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Cliff Loh" <cliff_loh@infoserve.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 22:30:16 -0800; Can anyone answer this question: When did the "pre-92 stainless brake line" allowance get introduced? and why? lemmy no -c. -- Cliff Loh, Vancouver, B.C. CANADA "I started out with nothing & still ha; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00774.html (7,728 bytes)
2. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Jay Mitchell <jemitchell@compuserve.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:05:42 -0800; I think you're referring to the "..substitution of clutch and brake hydraulic lines with solid metal or braided metal.." that's not even in the brakes section of the rules. That allowance, along with; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00775.html (8,666 bytes)
3. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: washburn <washburn@dwave.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 07:06:32 -0600; I'll take a stab at it. (Pun intended) Older car's rubber brake lines are more likely to experience cracking and bulging, even rupture over time. Allowing older cars to replace those with a better qu; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00776.html (8,003 bytes)
4. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Mdmtrsport@aol.com; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:43:21 EST; Yes, they do. Better pedal feel, more consistent braking due to less flex. Definitely performance related as well as probably safer. Mike Dickerson; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00783.html (7,770 bytes)
5. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:54:41 -0500; from what I've been told, Stainles Steel (I'm am so tempted to put SS brake lines) are MORE likely to fail than OEM parts. Why? This seems wrong at first. The reason is that stainless steel lines ar; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00786.html (8,521 bytes)
6. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Ayer, John K" <John.Ayer@PSS.Boeing.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 08:56:19 -0800; That would've been about 1993... "They" decided it was not a Stock spirit-of-the-rules thing, but didn't want to take away from people who had the mod already. Other items that used to be Stock legal; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00794.html (8,998 bytes)
7. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "William Schenker" <schenker@mediaone.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:15:47 -0800; Why would stainless steel be MORE prone to wear and abrasion than OEM rubber? I'd think it'd be the opposite! TIA Bill Schenker; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00796.html (9,593 bytes)
8. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Paul Czarnecki <oblique@alum.mit.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:19:12 -0500; I have no idea, this is just what I've heard. I could make some guesses, and this is a guess, say that rubber is more flexible so therefore glides better over the part it is touching. I'm kinda hopi; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00797.html (8,535 bytes)
9. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: washburn <washburn@dwave.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:19:21 -0600; 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; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00798.html (9,217 bytes)
10. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Chris Marsh" <cmarsh90@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:27:19 PST; I'm not sure why, but I know of several cases where braided steel brake lines broke, I don't know of ANY where regular rubber OEM hoses did the same thing, anybody know why? Chris Marsh; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00799.html (10,409 bytes)
11. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:30:59 -0500 (EST); I dunno if this applies here, but in my experience steel braided lines, when mounted incorrectly, have a tendency to chew through _other_ parts they come in contact with. Things like kevlar lines I'; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00800.html (9,175 bytes)
12. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:33:08 -0500 (EST); I'd sooner guess bad installation / engineering rather than that ss lines are more prone to failure than rubber lines. After all, inside the brain is just another rubber line... The OEM lines have t; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00801.html (9,038 bytes)
13. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Jarrod Igou <jigou@dmreg.infi.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:38:22 -0600; A quick Internet search pointed me to: http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Performance/brakelines.htm The two common reasons cited for braided SS brake line failure: * Stainless steel lines have been known t; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00802.html (11,328 bytes)
14. RE: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Phil Osborne <posborne@minuteman-ups.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:07:18 -0600; I think there was some complaint about braided hoses absorbing more heat than the rubber hoses, therefore possibly giving those with them more of an advantage than those without. Lots of folks had al; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00805.html (10,039 bytes)
15. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Mark Sirota <msirota@isc.upenn.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 15:27:58 -0500; Because little bits of grit and grime get inside the braiding while driving in the rain, snow, mud, or other messy stuff. Then as the hose flexes (as it does whenever you turn the wheel or hit a bump; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00807.html (8,680 bytes)
16. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: Phil Esra <pesra@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:39:13 -0800 (PST); While we're sort of on the subject: A fellow competitor used hose clamps along the entire length of his front brake lines to mimic the anti-expansion properties of SS brake lines. Does this actually; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00808.html (8,165 bytes)
17. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "William Schenker" <schenker@mediaone.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:04:22 -0800; I wonder how practical/useful it would be to wrap the SS lines w/tape (duct?) to keep the elements out? Just a thought. Bill Schenker; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00809.html (9,006 bytes)
18. RE: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Isley, Jason C." <JIsley@cell1.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:03:22 -0700; I had SS lines on my 86' SS Corvette, I wrapped them in tape because I was worried they would rub on the line for the ABS system. I never had a line fail. Jason Isley jisley@cell1.com Mark, I wonder; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00811.html (9,523 bytes)
19. Re: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:31:54 -0600; Which I have pointed out before. This makes as much sense as the "clarifications" in the appendix. If a rule does not work, fix it. Fix it where it is, not on the other side of the book somewhere. Ph; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00823.html (8,681 bytes)
20. RE: Stock Category brake lines (score: 1): Author: "Jeremy Schuster" <jeremys1@bellsouth.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 00:02:50 -0600; Guys, who needs tape when there are plastic-coated DOT approved stainless lines out there. See http://store.yahoo.com/dealeralternative/colstainstee1.html for an example. I have no idea how well they; /html/autox/1999-11/msg00829.html (9,867 bytes)

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