I think Gene might want to consider the braided SS cus
he's tryin' to go Ridiculous speed in his V8 TR6 or
perhaps the fuel injected turbo charged model he has??
Todd Bermudez
CD198L
CF25768UO
--- "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Gene Holtzclaw wrote:
>
> > Where do I get the stainless steel flexible brake
> lines, or do I really need
> > them?
>
> You can buy them from pretty much any of the usual
> sources such as TRF,
> Moss, TS Imported etc.
>
> Do you need them? That is a question that only you
> can answer.
>
> The major benefit is that you get a "harder" pedal
> (meaning it's not so
> "squishy" if you tromp on it). The outside surface
> is less susceptable to
> chaffing problems than rubber, but that's usually
> not a problem on TR6's.
>
> They also look kool, so once you install them, you
> might want to powder
> coat your brake calipers (red is a very nice color)
> and the rest of the
> suspension and then you'll want to show those off,
> so you'll buy some
> neat-o 17" rims and run 225/45-17 tires. From there,
> you need a #10 can
> for the muffler... ooops! Wrong list. Sorry!
>
> Seriously, for a street driven car, there is
> probably no benefit other
> than the harder pedal.
>
> But if this choice is between braided stainless
> lines and leaving the
> origianl stock rubber hoses in place - it's a
> no-brainer as anything is
> better than leaving 30 year old rubber lines on such
> a critical system
> component. My experience shows the quality of the
> replacement rubber hoses
> has been fairly good, although the ones on the back
> of my street car were
> replaced about 10 years ago. A lot can change in 10
> years!
>
> regards,
> rml
>
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