When we built up the Vitesse for the Trans-Am series we thought we were
being brilliant running all stainless braided hose even on the long runs to
the back. Never could get a decent brake pedal. Finally after two
practice sessions of terrible brakes went back in and replaced all the long
runs with regular steel lines and the brakes became wonderful. The
stainless can't cope with the line pressure. So all we were doing was
puffing up the line but not doing much to move the brakes cylinders. .
After that, is was my practice to make the braided lines on the brake system
as short as possible. I believe all the regular hard brake lines are just
mild steel. Works though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
To: "'Mark J Bradakis'" <mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:59 AM
Subject: RE: brake pads and brake lines
> I don't think so, and the cost is fairly high for something that is not
> really as safe or that performs as well as hard lines in long runs. I
> tried it and didn't like it. I also find it awfully easy to chafe or
> otherwise damage stainless braided lines.
>
> I don't think conventional brake lines are stainless steel. It's hard to
> form a flare in stainless and I doubt it could be done with the simple
> double flare hand tools. I did a lot of stainless steel piping in my nuke
> days. We used gland nuts, not flares. Of course it was thick wall, and
> that might have something to do with it. The hand-bendable hard lines
> appear to be composite--perhaps even a tube inside a tube.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J Bradakis [mailto:mjb@autox.team.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:08 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: brake pads and brake lines
>
>
> > All brake lines are braided stainless.
>
> Is using teflon covered with stainless braid for long runs along the frame
> and such better than using rigid stainless tubing? Of course, now I'm
> wondering if the hard lines I put in Killer's brake system really are
> stainless. Hmm.
>
> mjb.
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