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Wombat
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Is it worth paying extra (60% more or $12 extra) to run SS fuel line (5/16") in a Mini?

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not really, but $12 isn't much... but maybe it'll be hard to bend?

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Wombat wrote:
Is it worth paying extra (60% more or $12 extra) to run SS fuel line (5/16") in a Mini?


Not Sure QLD Tpt will like you running SS as a fuel line.
from memory, it has to be either heavy wall copper or steel not SS

Is this for Prettiness or rustless reasons?

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Forty years out of standard steel tube isn't a bad outcome in my view...

Is S/S more brittle than steel when vibration is involved?

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Not Sure QLD Tpt will like you running SS as a fuel line.
from memory, it has to be either heavy wall copper or steel not SS

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Interesting....since the factory/supplier is Snake Bite - Cobra Parts in Labrador Queensland :?

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I have had a few vehicles with plastic fuel line, so I doubt that S/S would be a problem.
But I would go with steel pipe. :wink:
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Wombat wrote:
Mini_Special wrote:
Not Sure QLD Tpt will like you running SS as a fuel line.
from memory, it has to be either heavy wall copper or steel not SS

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Interesting....since the factory/supplier is Snake Bite - Cobra Parts in Labrador Queensland :?


Doesn't make it legal for you to fit.
May find they have had to fit SS ( not sure why) to get compliance on their Kit vehicles

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