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Due to rust on my fuel lines I have decided to convert over to braided stainless steel lines with AN fittings. I made a diagram on how to connect via the existing TPI fuel line and gas tank. If you do not mind, review the attached diagram and let me know if I have missed anything or if there is any reason the braided stainless line is a bad idea.
Thanks!
Josh
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I have replaced all my lines with stainless braided as well. here is a pic of how I did my fuel rail, pressure and return line.
As for the tank, I used a hard line fitting that allows me to use -8an fittings for both the pressured and return line.All the fittings and filter are Earl's. I havent had a problem with the braided stainless steel lines. You might want to get some thick gloves when your putting those lines in the fittings, they will tear you up pretty good.
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1986 IROCZ- 305 TPI, World Class T-5, BBK Underdrive Pulleys, B&M Short Shifter, Spec Stage 1 Clutch, 3.73 gears, Hedman Shortys And Y-Pipe,
You can see by the diameter he is running dual AN-6 which is the most common and still plenty enough for anything on the street. AN sizes are based on diameter. AN-6 = 6/16" = 3/8" which is stock fuel feed. AN-8 = 8/16"=1/2" which your stock pump will not be able to keep adequate pressure on the entire length of the lines
How far have you looked for a filter? There are quite a few available and if you dont like them you can buy adapter fittings to reuse the stock style
That's what I thought but figured maybe I had something wrong.
I found a filter (Russel Performance) but liked the Earl's a littl better because it had a replacable element. However, I could not find a pressure rating. I went with the Russel because it had a stainless steel filter disk that filters out anything greater than 40 microns, which should be way more than I need.
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Its been a while since i put my lines in, they may be AN-6. for some reason I thought I had AN-8. As for the filter, i used an earls filter that was rated for fuel injection. I cant recall the model number but I can take a look for you if you would like.
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1986 IROCZ- 305 TPI, World Class T-5, BBK Underdrive Pulleys, B&M Short Shifter, Spec Stage 1 Clutch, 3.73 gears, Hedman Shortys And Y-Pipe,
Unlike the metal lines and/or the teflon lined/crimped end SS braid, the typical rubber lined SS braid hose(with the "pretty" anodized aluminum fittings) has a lot shorter life span.
There is no form of rubber hose that is fuel "proof". They are all fuel(and/or oil) "resistant".
i run #8 from my tank to a russell 40 micron filter to my 110fi fp #8 all the way to the front to a mallory 3160 filter which is 10 micron for FI then i run 6 outta that to my rails and #8 back to the tank
