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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:21 AM
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V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

Does anyone have either a part number or pic of the lines that run between fuel rail and the soft lines?

Im doing a L98 swap from a L03 and pretty close to being done, this is one of my final pains in the ***....

Can I just make these lines with a bender? Why cant I use the ones from a serp belt setup? I did ditch the ac if that matters at all... That should free up some space on the d/s....
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

witch style brackets are you using? the hard lines from the fuel rail to the jumper lines are routed different the 85-87 non serpentine or 88-92 serpentine belt setup? You can bend these from hard lines I can assist you with the flares if needed I have the dies for doing gm o-ring fittlings.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

im using a v belt not sure about the brackets. if you look in the top pics here you can actually see what style fuel lines i need... I just cant find where i put them when I took them off.

http://gardengrasp.com/firebird/transformation.htm
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...le-v-belt.html
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 11:34 AM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

If this is in your 91 bird just use the serp brackets and get the proper lines.
Why a V belt setup??
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

got a motor from an 87
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

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If this is in your 91 bird just use the serp brackets and get the proper lines.
Why a V belt setup??
What happened to the tbi serpentine setup that was on the car ?
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 12:26 PM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

the pulleys are so rusty and shitty... does it really make a big difference? I figure the V belts arent going to hurt anything, plus i like the fact I can delet the ac without a pulley, makes it look cleaner in my opinion
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

Your kind of going backwards IMO. You can delet the complete A/C smog bracket an run the serp setup with a simple belt and abelt adjuster on the top of the alt bracket bolt...
Did you change the water pump for the Vbelt? if not you'll prolly have a cooling issue.

Just swap the longblock and leave everything else from your car on it.
Ditching the stuff on the pass side of the motor isnt really worth it for a street car.. Been there done that waay back in the late 80s early 90s..

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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

the serpentine looks alot nicer easier to put the belt on as well. It would cost you a little over $100 for 2 new pulleys and the ac delete.
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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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Re: V Belt TPI Fuel Lines between rail and Soft Line?

yes got a new water pump and used the pulley that was on the 87 motor when i bought it
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