Just bought a Stainless braided clutch line. What differences has all noticed from the stock rubber line? Just curious,
I replaced mine with a OEM rubber line when I bought my car four years ago, and can't remember why didn't get a stainless one.

-Cris

 

18 bucks. It looks nice. Apparently won't expand under pressure like rubber might tend to. Clear rubber or plastic covered so it's less likely to rub a hole through something. Um it looks nice.

It's the only braided hose thing in my engine bay. I'm fine with that.

 

Most of what I have is already stainless. More or less wondering if you noticed a difference in the clutch feel. And yeah, being that it's 4$ cheaper than the OEM rubber makes it a no brainer.

 

Um, it's hard to say on the feel (for me). Unfortunately it seems new clutch master rebuild kits use a plastic piston which can flex compared to original aluminum pistons. I'm sure you can agree that tensile strength differences between injection molded plastic and machined 6061 (or 4000 series, whichever) is going to be very different, and this can translate somewhat to the feel of clutch engagement in the end.

That said, the clutch does seem to engage at the same spot predictibly once it's broken in. Problem is I never leave any one setup in my car long enough for it to break in as it's my test bed right now.

 

I just replaced the master, slave, and SS line....my clutch shift is very crisp/positive feeling.
With that being said, it's hard to say if replacing my failing master or all three thing made for the difference.
My feeling was it was cheap..looked cool...and wouldn't make for a compromise in performance...so WTH....I'm happy with it.

 

Wish I could get one for the Beastie... Haven't found any made with the SA-proper coarse thread, though.

 

It's doubtful that you'll notice any difference in pedal feel. May notice a slight difference with the brake lines since there are 4 of them.

 

Yeah, I did notice a huge difference when replacing the brake lines.


Thanks everyone for the replies.

Divin: I would think someone makes one, but, I wonder if you couldn't make some sort of bushing/thread adapter? Just a thought.

 

Better idea: Swap in an '81-85 master, hard line, flex hose and slave.

 

Ahh, Bueno idea.

 

Re-Speed can make it for an SA. Just note it in the order details page and Sam will make it with course threads.

http://mrcmfg.com/catalog/product_in...roducts_id=403

-billy

 

Nice! I'll remember that when the REPU needs a new flex line.

 

Yup, I can have that done

 

Put in the line tonight. Definetly feels slightly softer, has a better more consistant feel IMO. Haven't driven it yet though.

 

XLNT! Now that DST has kicked in and there's daylight after work, 'garage season' is open for business at my house.

Thanks for the word, Billy.

 

i changed clutch slave, and clutch master cylinder all at once. My slate completely failed and i was unable to shift into any gear.

clutch pedal was slightly firmer, but most noticeable was the shifting was most direct. if you want a stiffer clutch pedal feel get a more aggressive clutch set up/ clutch plate set up

 

I put mine on at the same time as my ACT HD street/strip clutch..so I know that them combined is stiff as ****! much more pressure needed for engagement over my stock GSL-SE

 

there was a noticable difference when I replaced my old (original) line with a SS line on my FB. Don't get me wrong, it didn't save the world or anything, but it removed the squishy feel.

 

I was quite impressed when I swapped to SS brake lines some years back; very noticeable difference in feel and control. I'm looking forward to making this change too.