alright im going to be doing the V6-V8 swap and i just decided to make new lines rather than hunt out brake lines from a donar car. my question is, will
25' of brake line be enough to do both sides or should i go ahead and buy 50' to have enough? i get a discount on the stuff so money and availablity isnt a problem.

 

well lets think about it. front of car at resovoir to rear ... x2 front of car at resovoir to front ... x2

I don't know the exact lengths of everything, but I'm guessing 8ftx2 + 4 ftx2 ... but that MAY NOT be enough. Can someone confirm or deny? Because that alone is 24ft.

ScottieB

and I am trying to include the hoses being moved around and through places, etc etc.

 

sounds about right 25ft should do it if you want to make your own you could also try inline tube and classic industries both make brake line kits all prebent and everything

 

why would you have to mess with the brake lines to do a swap in the first place? never done the swap on a third gen but have on other gm cars and never ran into that prob. just wondering.

 

i guess he just figured while the engine is out might as well do them since its easier then doing them with the engine in at least that thats why i did them on my 86 berlinetta when i rebuilt the engine

 

yea, it would be a heck of alot easier to do it without the engine in it because you dont have anything to hit your head on and anything being in the way.

 

You figured in the cost of that nice little metric bubble flaring tool yet?

Might be REAL SMART to talk to some of the guys I posted links to in this thread, about 4 posts down from this one.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/brak...ear-brake.html