Egil :
I don't honestly know. I couldn't find any reference to the DOT standards
for solid brake lines on the web & as I said my local state standards just
say the brakes have to work. It certainly wouldn't be the first time they
refused to approve a superior technology and require cars to be downgraded
to be brought into the US. (For instance, teflon flexible brake lines have
only recently been approved, after much pressure from car makers both
domestic and foreign.)
Are you sure they use pure copper and not copper plated steel or a copper
alloy like Cunifer ? The work hardening problem is very real (I've seen
copper lines break), and I can't believe a car maker would use pure copper,
especially a safety conscious one like Volvo.
Randall
On Thursday, May 06, 1999 2:04 AM, Egil Kvaleberg [SMTP:egil@kvaleberg.no]
wrote:
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> Cunifer, and also copper, is standard equipment on many european cars
> nowadays (Volvo and Peugeot, to name two). Do you think US regulations
> require them to use steel for their US models?
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> Egil
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