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Are the underhood fuel lines with the rubber that go from the frame rails to the hard lines behind the alternator different between a serpentine motor and a non-serpentine motor. Thanks.
There are a few different rubber hoses. Check the part numbers in the P&I Catalog. IIRC they're all the same thread, just some are shorter or longer. V6, TBI, TPI, should all come pretty close to being interchangeable.
With a small cut off wheel , a few hand tools , and a trip to your local autoparts store , you can make your own of any length you choose that will work just as well as the original ones . Of course , you must use both hose and hose clamps rated for fuel injection service and you need to have skills enough with the cutoff wheel to only cut the outside crimp holding the hose to the inner fitting , and not to cut or otherwise touch the inner piece of the fitting (that you will clean up and reuse) . What you see in these pictures was done 10 years ago , and I only just recently replaced the rubber as a preventative maintenance measure while I was replacing the (also 10 years old) radiator hoses .
Or have a hydraulic shop crimp your existing fittings to a new length of hose.
Yep , could do that , but then you can't change the hose yourself , your bound to having a shop crimp them for you . I see no reason why my method , with two fuel injection rated hoseclamps at each fitting , isn't as good as the non serviceable crimp . Unless of course your going for the factory look of the original crimped fittings , which on my daily driver (that'll never see Barrett- Jackson unless it watches it on TV) is just fine for me .
There are a few different rubber hoses. Check the part numbers in the P&I Catalog. IIRC they're all the same thread, just some are shorter or longer. V6, TBI, TPI, should all come pretty close to being interchangeable.
With a small cut off wheel , a few hand tools , and a trip to your local autoparts store , you can make your own of any length you choose that will work just as well as the original ones . Of course , you must use both hose and hose clamps rated for fuel injection service and you need to have skills enough with the cutoff wheel to only cut the outside crimp holding the hose to the inner fitting , and not to cut or otherwise touch the inner piece of the fitting (that you will clean up and reuse) . What you see in these pictures was done 10 years ago , and I only just recently replaced the rubber as a preventative maintenance measure while I was replacing the (also 10 years old) radiator hoses .
Would it be a worthwhile idea to use a flare tool to put a bit of a lip on the end of the reused fitting to prevent the hose from sliding off ?
Yep , could do that , but then you can't change the hose yourself , your bound to having a shop crimp them for you . I see no reason why my method , with two fuel injection rated hoseclamps at each fitting , isn't as good as the non serviceable crimp . Unless of course your going for the factory look of the original crimped fittings , which on my daily driver (that'll never see Barrett- Jackson unless it watches it on TV) is just fine for me .
There's nothing wrong with your fix. The brand F thing in my driveway, which technically qualifies as my daily driver, has EFI hose and EFI hose clamps clamped onto the OE Ferrrrd QD fittings. One clamp per connection. Been that way since 2006? zero problems.
Yep , could do that , but then you can't change the hose yourself , your bound to having a shop crimp them for you . I see no reason why my method , with two fuel injection rated hoseclamps at each fitting , isn't as good as the non serviceable crimp . Unless of course your going for the factory look of the original crimped fittings , which on my daily driver (that'll never see Barrett- Jackson unless it watches it on TV) is just fine for me . 
