Black braided fuel line, anyone had issues??

[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?

[Sparks67]

Here is another company (Goodridge Fluid Systems) that sells black braided hose, but it is not easy to find. This is what DSE uses on some of their projects.


http://www.goodridge.net/webapp/wcs/...400_motorsport

Jeff