Underhood fuel line routing help

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

1)CobraBill----braided line is rubber---

2)Problems with braided line----cutting and assembling ----multitude of fittings required, usually incompatible fittings will find there way into the install, inproper lengths and clocking of fittings used, wrong flare types used, put together dirty,

3)they are WW2 era hoses and may not be conpatible with todays fuels

4)They are still RUBBER hoses and probably made out of trees


5)Fuel pump safety switches----probably won't activate if you don't hit straight on--hitting a wall sideways or backwards maybe won't shut off
sometimes, it isn't an issue of a crash that you need the pump to shut off, I have seen many cars burn because of a fuel leak from teflon tape usage and a bit gets in the needle/seat causing a flood situation, a backfire ignites the fuel and the owner gets out trys to blow off the flames while his 200 gph pump continues to pump and noone else knows where the switch is.

6)If any of you guys have the balls to hold one of these cars wide open enough to use more fuel than a mechanical pump can pump---NASA is taking applications

For Doug----if your car is going to truly be as loud as you say---pay attention to the numbers your FAA examiner says on your physical, because someday you'll need to remember them to get your 1st class.

Jerry

1)O.K.-thanks for the clarification.
2)Never had any problems with fittings at any time other than 20 AN fittings.I guess this comes from knowing what your doing.
3)ANY AN line on the shelf today is comapatible with any fuel with the POSSIBLE exception of staight ethanol/methanol.I also never had any problem with the fuel line except making the mistake of using a piece of line i had sitting on the shelf in a 60 PSI application
4)Probably?Not likely.
5)All cars today have electric fuel pumps.But according to you,we should see fireballs at every accident.We don't.Telfon tape has NEVER caused a problem with any fuel system, anywhere on the planet.Idiots USING teflon tape might have though.
Ever hear of a battery switch?

And there's that "probably" word again.To me that means you just don't know.

6)Why else would you own one of these cars?Full throttle runs to 7K rpm thru 3rd gear(by the time i get into 4th,i start running out of road)are common.

There are plenty of motors that REQUIRE an electric pump.I have a inline 6 cylinder(189 CI)that requires an electric pump and a 1/2 inch feed line.Also,a mechanical will not feed a 500 inch motor turning 5K & up.