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finished almost all of the braking lines and wanted to know your opinion on the routing and location.

the lines are held with tie-wraps for now.

1) front brake circuit.

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2) the master cylinders

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3) beginnign of the rear brake circuit. i decided to cross over to the other side as the fuel and electricity lines go on the other side.

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4) brake line in tunnel.

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5) Flexible hose connection (note: not completed yet)

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6) Rear junction on DeDion

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7) DeDion tube to drum. should i wrap it more against the axle or is it ok like this?


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how well/bad have i done it? is it acceptable? i dont know what to do with the brake pipe in picture 7, is it ok like that?

thanks a lot, any help appreciated

Tom

[Edited on 29/7/07 by robertst]

In photo 1 can't the T be laid down as the upward loop is an area for an air-lock.

In photo 2 the right hand (in the picture) line should go to the firewall, be fixed on it and then down it to the chassis rail.

In photo 5 mount ti join horizontal, or at 45 degrees.

In photo 7 wrap it more against the casing.

I have a couple of suggestions, Firswt your steering column seems to be running more or less straight. This is not very safe as if you have a head on collision it will come straight back and spear you through the chest! We have to put two angles in to pass SVA. It will almost certainly foul some part of the engine or engine mounts.

The brake lines are OK though I would not run the front one along the side of the engine rail, there is a big risk of flattening it as you drop the engine in! It should be OK on the top of the rail. I am also not certain if you have a bracket where the rear flexi joins the copper. This is needed to prevent the movement of the flexi causing the copper to fatigue with movement.

Good luck with the rest of the build!

Caber

What do you mean by two angles? I just have the rubber UJ and then a quite steep angle, then a UJ then back to the wheel

James

[Edited on 29/7/07 by cloudy]

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Originally posted by caber
I have a couple of suggestions, Firswt your steering column seems to be running more or less straight. This is not very safe as if you have a head on collision it will come straight back and spear you through the chest! We have to put two angles in to pass SVA. It will almost certainly foul some part of the engine or engine mounts.

The brake lines are OK though I would not run the front one along the side of the engine rail, there is a big risk of flattening it as you drop the engine in! It should be OK on the top of the rail. I am also not certain if you have a bracket where the rear flexi joins the copper. This is needed to prevent the movement of the flexi causing the copper to fatigue with movement.

Good luck with the rest of the build!

Caber

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I wonder about the front brake lines running at low level. Would there be a danger of them being hit by road debris etc.? Would it be safer to run them along the top chassis rail ?

I don't know, but it's something I'll have to think about next week.

Just noticed - " 3) beginnign of the rear brake circuit. i decided to cross over to the other side as the fuel and electricity lines go on the other side. " -

I thought fuel and electrics must not be run together ?

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Originally posted by Macbeast
Just noticed - " 3) beginnign of the rear brake circuit. i decided to cross over to the other side as the fuel and electricity lines go on the other side. " -

I thought fuel and electrics must not be run together ?

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