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fuel & brake lines
aaron-wxm - 17/1/11 at 09:54 PM

not sure which section to post this

but where can fuel & brake lines pass from the rear of the car to the brake cilinder & fuel rail (iva friendly please )

pics would be great

thanks alot


daniel mason - 17/1/11 at 10:01 PM

along the bottom of the transmission tunnel under propshaft is generally the way! clipped roughly 200mm apart.


aaron-wxm - 17/1/11 at 10:16 PM

cheers mate i wasnt too sure if they were alowed in the same tunnel as the prop

i was thinking of making a little tunnel above the prop and pop them in there?
or just simply in the same tunnel?

thanks


big-vee-twin - 17/1/11 at 10:16 PM


stevegough - 17/1/11 at 10:50 PM

You can run everything down the tunnel, but electrics and fuel have to be run seperately. P-clipping is essential, for everything - for IVA there is a mandatory spacing of 300mm for electrics. However, you will fail if brake lines rub against ANYTHING which could chafe. There is quite a few guys on here who will advise you NOT to use rubber fuel lines in the tunnel (and one or two who say they've used rubber ones but never had one leak. Personally, I fitted rubber ones, then, after weighing up the arguments (and before it was too late) I changed over to the 8mm copper ones. As far as brake lines are concerned - you are best with the 'proper' brake line clips(see link at bottom of this post) - (I had already p-clipped mine before I heard about these).



Before...rubber fuel lines.

Description
Description


After.....copper ones fitted.

Brake clips

[Edited on 17/1/11 by stevegough]

[Edited on 17/1/11 by stevegough]


aaron-wxm - 18/1/11 at 04:00 PM

thanks alot for the pictures really appreciated and alot of help

aaron