Where to get a fancy oil feed like this one?
It's cool to look at pictures of racecars like that and see that my meticulous attention to detail is on par with "real racecars".
06-30-2012, 10:18 PM
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I used -4 alum and AN fittings for mine, terminates into a braided SS line behind the VC then down to the oil sender location. could not get a piece bent up AND fit with the motor in the car. too much in the way.
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06-30-2012, 11:44 PM
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not a whole lot.
bender was like 35, tube is super cheap, fittings are a few bucks each. the expensive stuff was the normal: drain fitting, feed restricter and water feed banjos as the stupid turbo is so small the normal straight fitting wont fit... the stainless line was like 22 bucks from a local source.
I might have 100 in all of it. Edit had to buy a flare tool too so prob 150.
AN Fittings from Aircraft Spruce is a good resource for AN fittings at normal prices...
bender was like 35, tube is super cheap, fittings are a few bucks each. the expensive stuff was the normal: drain fitting, feed restricter and water feed banjos as the stupid turbo is so small the normal straight fitting wont fit... the stainless line was like 22 bucks from a local source.
I might have 100 in all of it. Edit had to buy a flare tool too so prob 150.
AN Fittings from Aircraft Spruce is a good resource for AN fittings at normal prices...
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07-01-2012, 02:15 AM
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not a whole lot.
bender was like 35, tube is super cheap, fittings are a few bucks each. the expensive stuff was the normal: drain fitting, feed restricter and water feed banjos as the stupid turbo is so small the normal straight fitting wont fit... the stainless line was like 22 bucks from a local source.
I might have 100 in all of it. Edit had to buy a flare tool too so prob 150.
AN Fittings from Aircraft Spruce is a good resource for AN fittings at normal prices...
bender was like 35, tube is super cheap, fittings are a few bucks each. the expensive stuff was the normal: drain fitting, feed restricter and water feed banjos as the stupid turbo is so small the normal straight fitting wont fit... the stainless line was like 22 bucks from a local source.
I might have 100 in all of it. Edit had to buy a flare tool too so prob 150.
AN Fittings from Aircraft Spruce is a good resource for AN fittings at normal prices...
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07-01-2012, 03:50 AM
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My hardline is feeding from the head.
I walked into my brake suppliers shop, showed him the turbo and the grub screw thats in the head from factory, told him I wanted a stainless hard line 55cm long and he came out after 2 minutes with it made and asked for 12 australian dollars, so about a buck fiddy US.
Dann
I walked into my brake suppliers shop, showed him the turbo and the grub screw thats in the head from factory, told him I wanted a stainless hard line 55cm long and he came out after 2 minutes with it made and asked for 12 australian dollars, so about a buck fiddy US.
Dann
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07-01-2012, 10:19 AM
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My hardline is feeding from the head.
I walked into my brake suppliers shop, showed him the turbo and the grub screw thats in the head from factory, told him I wanted a stainless hard line 55cm long and he came out after 2 minutes with it made and asked for 12 australian dollars, so about a buck fiddy US.
Dann
I walked into my brake suppliers shop, showed him the turbo and the grub screw thats in the head from factory, told him I wanted a stainless hard line 55cm long and he came out after 2 minutes with it made and asked for 12 australian dollars, so about a buck fiddy US.
Dann
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07-01-2012, 03:05 PM
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Aluminum oil hardline is an engine fire waiting to happen. BTDT. Tried it on my coolant lines and it constantly leaked and cracked. Hard aluminum line has no place in a car.
SS hardline is an enormous bitch to work with. You need a $100 bender and a $250 flare tool to do anything with it, and they will still be more susceptible to vibration failure than a SS braided line wrapped in Thermosleeve.
I wouldn't cantilever a braided SS hose off of a -4AN tube nut and some 1/4" steel hose while expecting those same parts to contain ~60psi of oil pressure at all times, but that's just me.
SS hardline is an enormous bitch to work with. You need a $100 bender and a $250 flare tool to do anything with it, and they will still be more susceptible to vibration failure than a SS braided line wrapped in Thermosleeve.
I wouldn't cantilever a braided SS hose off of a -4AN tube nut and some 1/4" steel hose while expecting those same parts to contain ~60psi of oil pressure at all times, but that's just me.
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