Black braided fuel line, anyone had issues??

[OLDFLM]

Originally Posted by fletcherscustoms

Nitrile inner hose!! Summit #SUM-240020B

Awe crap! Same stuff on my car!

I have a larger than stock pre-bent aluminum line from In-Line Tube... maybe I would be better safe than sorry and put that on and run braided to each end of it?

Wonder if it's big enough to feed my engine? 550hp 440cid?

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by OLDFLM

I have a larger than stock pre-bent aluminum line from In-Line Tube... maybe I would be better safe than sorry and put that on and run braided to each end of it?

Wonder if it's big enough to feed my engine? 550hp 440cid?

What size is "larger than stock"?

[OLDFLM]

Originally Posted by Flash68

What size is "larger than stock"?

3/8" is stock... so 1/2"

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by OLDFLM

3/8" is stock... so 1/2"

1/2" is fine for that power level. Plenty are running -8AN (1/2") in higher power engines just fine.

My 550hp SBC was running 3/8 stock line for almost 2 years and never any fuel issues.

[OLDFLM]

Originally Posted by Flash68

1/2" is fine for that power level. Plenty are running -8AN (1/2") in higher power engines just fine.

My 550hp SBC was running 3/8 stock line for almost 2 years and never any fuel issues.

That's what I thought... engine dyno'd at 601hp peak with a 1" spacer and air pump. That's all off for street use along with going to a 1" shorter single plane intake to clear my Formula hood. So I figure I lost an easy 50hp... maybe more? 1/2" should work fine. Time to pull all that pretty black braided line off the car before it goes up in flames!

[Revved]

Ive been using Earls Pro-lite 350 hose for going on 6 years now without issue. The majority of the cars I do rarely get driven... maybe a few hundred miles a year. One of them I know has seen less than 50 miles since I finished it 5 years ago.

Could this breakdown be another result of the ethanol fuels that would make it more likely in some parts of the country rather than others?