This may be stupid, but where does everyone fine steelbraided hoses? You know, with the red and blue anodized fittings.

I see them on everything from fuel lines to vacuum and coolant lines. i never see them in any catalogs or online sites.

Thanks.

 

jegs.com
summitracing.com
performance shops can order them,
even Pep boys has a cheap crappy pair of them aroung here

 

if you get them, get the stainless steel sleeves. They run $30 for 4 different sizes. Got to summit racing and do a search for the part numbers:

RED: SUM-350002
BLUE: SUM-350003

 

The stainless sleeves look like crap, just about as crappy as park benches on ford taurus's, nothing but a wannabe of a true high perf hose, you can get the line and fittings for the most part from jegs or summit, earls, aeroquip, and russel are the 3 main lines most people buy, you can also find some local hydraulics / hose shops to make custom lines and sell the fittings also, they should also be able to do crimped fitting high pressure setups, i have this on my fuel and power steering, and soon enough will get them made for my brakes.

 

i didnt think a majority of the lines looked bad with the wrap/cover/etc. however, the radiator hose cover looks horrible. the rest look pretty good and dont cost too much. most people dont have the kinda of money it costs for steel lines and it is a nice improvement over the dull black of regular hose

 

the only problem with stainless braided is the cost. between the fittings and the line you get a fortune wrapped up really quick. one hose end can set you back serious $$. never used the fake stuff, but if you only want the look, I say go for it.

those of us that need the real junk will continue to cry over the obscene prices.

 

Heh, friend of mine spend about 2,000 bucks on his fuel system. All steel braided line, AN fittings and the fuel pumps.

 

I'd say the majority of that was in the pump(s) , regulators, and maybe distribution blocks, i've got the true crimped fitting stainless feed and return, cost me less than $300, power steering cost around 80, for feed in stainless and return in high pressure goodyear regular rubber, crimped at one end.

 

We found ours at jegs.com.

 

As for the larger stuff like cooling lines, the plain ole rubber will work fine, but for the smaller stuff right around intake, I wanted the look of the braided hose. Probably just fuel lines. maybe some of the coolant lines coming off the TB. I really don't know yet. I've just seen them on some engines and I thought they looked very clean. I checked some prices at Jeg's, and they are pretty pricey. We'll have to see when the time comes.

Thanks for the input.

 

here is a nice picture with them....

 

He's got a ton of fittings and lots of braided hose.. The one fuel pump is a BG 280 which runs 300 bucks itself. 2 regulators, fuel cell, a second fuel pump which is a holley and lots of fittings. It all adds up pretty quick. Also has a NOS big shot and cheater system on it lol

 

if you are going to use stainless braided, use it correctly. there is nothing worse than seeing a guy who bought stainless hose and then used HOSE CLAMPS instead of the proper fittings. i used see it all the time when i worked tech. disgraceful.

 

the thing about using covers is that you very rarely know when your hoses go bad. with a stainless hose ( a real one) the steel is a part of the hose and the hosing used is very high quality and will last forever. my dad has some on his car that he has had for 15+ years.

 

so where can you get the actual hose (not the sleeves) with the anodized color fittings on the end?

 

you have to buy the hose loose and then buy and install the fittings on the hose. it is all do it yourself, can't get it made up already.

 

*insert annoying buzzer sound here* WRONG! go find a hydraulic hose shop around (check the phone book) they can hook you up with just about anything you need made up already

 

im gettin the cheap pepboys braided s.s. hoses for the radiator and heater hoses, i already have the vacume and fuel lines. there nice pieces for the quick clean up from the ugly black rubber lines and for those on a budget there nice prices also.

also the fuel lines and everything are already precovered, all u have to do is take out the old ones and put the new braided hoses in. and u dont have to mess with tryin to use that sleeve crap or those covers that well cover the lines. also the least amount of hose the give u is 3ft and the most is 4 or 5 ft i think and thats for the heater hoses.

 

and what hydraulic shop are you going to to buy steel braided line with anodized fittings already made? and why when you get everything from Summit and do it yourself?

 

the fuel line was 19.99 just like u see in the picture and i bought an inline filter when i swaped carbs and all those have the anadized "fittings" on them already but they have the hose clamps underneth the anidized fittins. and the vacume line was 7.99. the heater hoses im gettin are 29.99 each and the radiator hose is 49.99 each and i just have to find out the right size though for the radiator hose im not sure if its 1 1/2 or 1 3/4. does anyone know that?

 

well I get my **** from my dad for free (hes an aircraft mechanic) but theres a shop around here they do alot of aircraft hoses and stuff...

 

TimZ: I HOPE that's not a rubber fuel line running between your alternator and water pump.... regardless if its sleeved in that stuff.... your cars a moving bomb

 

thats how the stock line is routed, up behind the alternator. and the line on the old q-jet was route thru there and that was the crappier covered hoses and there was not a problem. and i have had one problem yet to this date. i had the line just out in the open not behind anything and it didnt look too good and with the fan right infront of everything it cools the line also.

and if my car is a moving bomb i guess from havin that in for almost a year now and no problem , i guess i got the longer fuse

 

heres 2 pics showin how these people routed there lines, on is with the cover stuff on a rubber line in the stock location and the other is a stock steel line routed in the stock position.

 

see what i mean, i dont think its a tickin time bomb waitin to go off.

 

Higher pressure applications come to mind, such as power steering and brakes, and usually they crimp a steel fitting on the end, with the correct female thread for the AN male aluminum fitting you'll be using, this is what i have on my fuel and power steering lines.

 

do you have a hard line running between there? if so then its all good... if not it can be quite dangerous... do you goto the dragstrip much? they pass you in tech ?

 

no there is no hard line in there and ive been to the drag strip once so far with the car and they didnt check anything besides my seat belt and nothing else.