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After Two years, my FC finally sees the road... for a day and a half:(
I finally finished out my 91 FC for the road two days ago. I drove it for a day and a half, a oil cooler line went which really sucked. It was scary as hell cuz I saw the oil light come on along with the buzzer and was like "SHIT"!! So I parked immediately so I wouldn't do any harm to the engine (which is didn't). I called Mazda for getting a set of lines and quote 132.00CAD for one and 248.00CAD for the other. I think I know a place where they could fab up a set or stainless braided hoses for about the same or less. Would the stainless be better or should I stick with OEM?
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1991 Mazda RX-7- RB Cat-back exhaust, Header, Bonez High-Flow, Mazdaspeed steering wheel, Koyo Aluminum rad, Alpine Stereo system Shoot me an offer!
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I'm trying to make a decision on this myself, and am leaning toward the OEM rubber option since they tend to have a more proven track record, i.e., they usually last about 20 years. With all the claims of rupturing/leaking braided stainless lines, I'm a little leery of going that route just to save $150 or make my engine bay look cooler.
Yeah seems like the OEM ones are seen to hold up longer, and My5aBaby was talking about taking it to a specialist, which is what I was thinking of doing.
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I rebuilt mine. Bought the pressure hose from a hydraulic shop, along with the clamps. I ended up not having the proper tool to do the clamps up, but when I was ready, I took the assembled hoses to the shop and they clamped them for me. Its not that hard, but if you don't have basic shop tools or aren't very handy I'd pay someone else to do it.
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