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08-06-2014, 02:16 PM
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Re: Brake lines
That was my experience. Nice quality products as long as you never have to interact with them, return anything, question anything, email them, or talk to them.
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08-06-2014, 05:48 PM
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Re: Brake lines
No pain, no gain. SS is lots of pain. But it looks nice. And I literally had bruises on both hips (and I never bruise) from the pipe bender. The really hard part is the 3/8" fuel line.
For those that don't know, the copper part is essential on nickel and mild steel tubing, though conspicuously absent from stainless. I'm not sure exactly what it's there for, perhaps to protect against corrosion with brake fluid being so hydrophilic. Put another way, even if you could buy it, you can use plain old steel tubing.
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08-07-2014, 12:49 AM
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Re: Brake lines
The copper nickel line I used was made for a company called Brakequip.com.....I say made for cause I actually work for the company that makes the tubing. And we also make the aluminum gas line for Moroso and Stefs.........And if you really want to kick me I did all my brake lines and tranny lines in copper nickel and aluminum gas line for about 25 bucks. I guess its just want of the few perks I get from work and speaking of Moroso tomorrow at work I have to anneal about 350 1/2" aluminum 25' coils and pack them to ship. If I get a chance I'll try and take some pics and show you guys how the stuff is made.
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08-07-2014, 10:09 AM
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Re: Brake lines
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I have been curious about this stuff and I imagine no one would know better than you to answer my questions. So that being said can you tell me the max recommended pressure rating and burst pressure of the nicopp tubing? Wall thickness? I work in an engineering lab model shop of an HVAC company and we use a lot of copper (refrigeration grade) and I always hear people on here starting the old "copper work hardens" stuff. While I know what we do with copper and the grade we use is superior to the crap people buy at the hardware store that is meant for plumbing (water) not pressure. I can see how Nicopp mix would give a much higher burst pressure. I always like to know the pressure ratings before I consider buying a product. I purchased aluminum 3/8" for my fuel lines from Russell because they were the only company that listed a pressure rating for their tubing. And for the sake of this thread I also have inline tube brake lines, C+ is my rating on that..
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08-07-2014, 10:12 AM
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Re: Brake lines
This is all they say on brakequip.com
"Exceeds international standards"
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