Where to get a fancy oil feed like this one?
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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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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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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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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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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.