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All the lines except the brakes you can use compression fittings, best bet be a V8 speed shop. You can order from warehouse but they cry about it because you arnt going to a shop, then if shops find out they cry to wholesaler. VPW are decent priced for speed flow. Make sure you dont get ripped at a speed shop, in Adelaide if they dont know you it will cost you fair bit more then if they do, or you know prices from VPW etc before you go in.

i was hoping to find a warehouse type place to get a roll of the stuff

and a heap of fittings, not real keen on mass dollars for pirtek etc to

make them.

As cubes said... do you have the required tools and what not?

As you dont wanna crush the teflon inside the lines

All the lines except the brakes you can use compression fittings, best bet be a V8 speed shop. You can order from warehouse but they cry about it because you arnt going to a shop, then if shops find out they cry to wholesaler. VPW are decent priced for speed flow. Make sure you dont get ripped at a speed shop, in Adelaide if they dont know you it will cost you fair bit more then if they do, or you know prices from VPW etc before you go in.

100% correct. Try and get a mechanic mate to order the stuff from wholesaler like VPW and your set.

I would avoid http://www.afterdarkspares.com/ unless your looking to line up cam cover breathers, washer bottle lines :3some:

Cheers

M

As cubes said... do you have the required tools and what not?

As you dont wanna crush the teflon inside the lines

Compression lines only require some soft spanners, as steel on alloy is a no no.

Or one of those kits for cutting through the braided hose, though the tried and tested electrical tape works for 99% of jobs.

we made up all our teflon lines ourselves with just the olive and compression fitting....works perfectly. But enzed are exxy as.

Best way ive found to cut the line is with a 1mm cut off wheel on your grinder...if you want you can tape up the point your cutting, otherwise just cut without and still no drama. The blade is so thin it cuts it nice and clean with no major spurring or mess :3some:

Turbo oil feed. Fine with compression fitting? :S

Almost worth spending the $70 from Pirtek.

speed flow teflon lines rated max pressure of 1500 psi, lucky to see 100 in oil pressure applications on your motor.

I have made 100s of thise conections, best way is with the 1mm cutting disc as stated above with the line wrapped with masking tape. Now i even use a drop saw and works well.

You must use steel spanners to assemble the fittings, the alloy ones are only for taking the fittings on and off once there in service.

Edited by GTR1993
Turbo oil feed. Fine with compression fitting? :S

Almost worth spending the $70 from Pirtek.

Goto Pirtek to supply and make your turbo lines, and they'll use normal compression fittings, same as oil cooler / dry sump setups. I would be more fearful of my -10 cooler hose falling off then a -6 / -8 turbo oil supply :3some:

One off stuff, id go to Pirtek / Enzed, but if you use it a lot.. it all adds up

http://www.afterdarkspares.com/ this guy is a mate of mine his prices are the cheepest i have seen

.... agreed.. the prices ARE the lowest i have seen for AN fittings....

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They dont look like Speedflows, Earls, AeroQuips :spank:

- M

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Thread revival FTW!

I'm located in Melbourne and am thinking about doing up catchcan setup wih braided lines and AN fittings. Does anyone have an idea of (roughly) what the lines and fittings might cost? If its going to be crazy prices i'll just use the tubing supplied with some of the kits.

Any ideas appreciated.

if ur doing a reasonable/big order, then www.summitracing.com is the best place to go. i've brought over 2 boxes full so far, and just putting together another order :)

Thread revival FTW!

I'm located in Melbourne and am thinking about doing up catchcan setup wih braided lines and AN fittings. Does anyone have an idea of (roughly) what the lines and fittings might cost? If its going to be crazy prices i'll just use the tubing supplied with some of the kits.

Sure, let your mouse to the walking scampering

http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.asp?Cat...p;PrdGrpID=3749

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=115+400041

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