I am looking to get my IROC in running order again.
When I most recently had it idling, the fuel lines (both the feed and return I believe) busted, and it now sprays fuel on my headers. They broke (rusted through) along the drivers side frame rail.
I obviously need to replace these, and was hoping to get advice on where I can purchase them and what is should look for.
So far, I have found that Paddock Parts does sell prebent fuel lines for my car in either stainless or regular, but for a hefty price (comparable to standard non-bent, non-fitted lines)
I imagine I have quite a job ahead of me any way, and i no longer have a lift at my disposal, so I was hoping to hear what people thought on buying pre-bent and fitted lines, as compared to bending and cutting myself, and if i should go with stainless or aluminum (i think I remember seeing some available). Also, if you know of any other distributors that offer these lines, i would like hear about them also.
Although, I noticed them used already, I am trying to avoid rubber hoses as much as possible where not factory.
The car is an '85 IROC-Z28 305TPI AUTO.

Thanks.

As a side question, and probably not appropraite to this thread, but while doing the fuel lines, would anyone recommend going further while i have the car taken apart... such as fuel pump, tank, rear-end, etc... (which all have to come out to do the lines, exhaust does too, but that is already gone and waiting to be re-installed.)

 

I thought i would add this...
I just received a reply from one the emails i sent out. An Ebay seller has what i believe are OEM or NOS fuel lines that fit my car for a price far less than Paddock Parts (like i said the only place I found so far). These are not the stainless lines, but I am attracted to the price.
Is it worth getting the ones that won't rust over these (it is over a $200 difference in price)? It took 24 years for the originals to break, and the car was a daily driver most of its life... I don't plan on letting it see another winter, let alone anything much harsher than me washing it.

Advice?

 

Go for the ebay lines. If you don't plan on driving it during winter, the lines won't see the salt that would eat away at the lines and they will last a lot longer than what you have. I say go for it.

 

Thanks for the response. I am following up on the Ebay lines, and it seems like the obvious way to go (especially while money is tight)

If anyone has tips on the rest of the post, any comments would be appreciated.

 

for the rest of those parts, depends on what you are hoping to do. The fuel pump is a no-brainer. I would say to do it while you have the tank out. Also get a fuel filter. With the tank out, clean it out and get all the debris out of it. As for the exhaust and rear-end, if you have the money, go for it. If not, hold off on that stuff until you have the money to do those.