I want to buy some stainless steel fuel lines, but would like some advice on where to get them? How much should I spend? Are they reliable?

 

you're looking at around 500$ to do a SS setup

 

they are expensive...the fittings alone will probably be a couple hundred for the whole set up. jegs and summit has them

 

Are you talking about SS *hard* line?
Or, SS braided hose?


-Ted

 

summit them selfs have ss lines, might take a while for them to ship it out though. i got -6an 10ft ss lines for 36.95 and total with all the fittings i needed with fpr and gauge. came out to 434.50 =D

 

If you are talking about the hard lines that lead from the tank to the engine bay, you can purchase them at any auto parts store. You can either buy them to fit your car directly, or get some tube and bend them up yourself.

If you are talking about the braided stainless flex-hose, then it is potentially LESS reliable then stainless (or regular steel) tubing as it is still basically rubber hose. Though the braided stainless layers greatly strengthen it, it's more failure prone then a hard line.

As for how much to spend, it depends. The "generic" fittings are actually quite cheap, but compared to the machine work on the "brand name" fittings they are of poor quality. You can easily spend $1000 on hose and fittings in your engine bay without even realizing it.

 

Here is a video about cutting and assembling AN fittings

http://www.anplumbing.com/SWIVEL_SEAL_HOSE_ENDS.html