any reason not to use stainles for fuel/brake pipes

cost as a definite, copper's a damn sight cheaper, metal fatigue at a guess?

oh, ability to bend as well.

tom

[Edited on 10/10/05 by indykid]

we use it at work and as such we have all the correct tools for working it.

how does stainless fatigue compared to mild steel?

SS survives in offshore raceboats, both power and sail, very well.

I would have no worries about using SS, except it is a real pain to work and flare.

Expect the flares to crack, if they don't it's a bonus, move on to the next!

The only thing worse to work with is the hard ali stuff used in racecars.

A good compromise is steel.

Pipe and Tube Group do a range of small tubes with plastic coating, specifically for the motor industry. Branches in Basingstoke, Nuneaton,Bolton, Falkirk.

I would go for the stainless pipes, It gets used all the time for instramentation(?) pipes . I think it only gets fatique when you twist and bend it all the time ,so that shouldn't be a problem on fuel lines there shouldn't be any movement.

Mike