liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 11:04 PM |
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stainless pipes
any reason not to use stainles for fuel/brake pipes
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indykid
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| posted on 10/10/05 at 11:06 PM |
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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]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 06:39 AM |
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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?
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 08:10 AM |
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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.
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quattromike
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| posted on 11/10/05 at 09:46 AM |
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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
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