57 Nomad-C4-LS1 called "Ozzy"

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Don't know why I'm so fixated on Swagelok, but I haven't see anything else out there that looks like it can handle stainless tubing. All the conventional "friction bending" style benders I've used so far get messed up and the bend quality goes south after 5 bends or so. The tools aren't make for hard stainless.

I have made a bunch of bends on stainless with my 3/8 and 1/4" benders, and they work great. I'm sure they've made a lot of bends before I bought them too. We made thousands of bends on stainless gas lines with the benders I used at work....Imperial eastman and Parker. They are made for stainless. The rollers might be a nice feature, and probably make it easier to bend, but I doubt the bends are of any better quality.

[WagonCrazy]

I just picked up a used set of Swagelok benders (3/8 and 1/4 inch). Now I can resume with the fuel line install and the new brake lines...

Next up: need to figure out the brake fittings and get them ordered with new tubing also.

Once again, out of time...out of money. Maybe next month.

[WagonCrazy]

Played around with these new benders a bit and what a difference it makes bending the 3/8 stainless! Like night and day vs. the POS benders I was using before.

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Looks good Paul, now get to bending!!!

BTW, I'm working with a customer on setting up a reasonably priced gas tank solution for my C4 conversions. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[WagonCrazy]

Well, OK...but I can't take all that much credit for what was on the internet and just needed to find it!
My only regret with my setup is that tank is only 16 gallons, and while thats not exactly small, it's not exactly large either. Wish I could find one in the 20 gallon range in that same shape. Too late for me, but maybe not the next guy.

Next up, I need to finish running the fuel line up by the engine. I did a quick job of it and dont' like how it came out. Need to buy more tubing and re-do a section.

Where do you guys order your straight stainless steel tubing lengths from? Need a 6' length of 3/8 for the fuel, and about 24 feet of 1/4 inch for the brake lines.

I did the first runs of fuel lines with rolled stainless and getting that straightened out was a pain. Want to try with straight lengths on the next go-round.

[NickP]

In Line Tube.

http://www.inlinetube.com/

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Where do you guys order your straight stainless steel tubing lengths from?

Look for a Parker Store near you. That's where I got all of mine. They have straight tubing to 20 feet long.

[WagonCrazy]

There are several Parker stores in the LA area. Called the one in Burbank and they didnt have it in stock. Said the closest was south orange county and if i paid shipping could have it.
Not worth it...will just get my order together and call Inline tube and have them ship it all.

Now that I have this beautiful Mastercool AN tube flaring kit, I realize that most guys don't put their brake system together using AN fittings. Can't even find AN fittings for brake systems...

Going to have to order the 1/4 inch dies for the normal 45 degree "american" flare...so I can do up the brake system.

Aargh...

Love the tools I'm getting along with building this car! Those may be worth more than the car when it's all done.

[NickP]

HUH!? I do all of my chassis brake lines in AN Stainless Fittings - double 37 degree with the same tool you have.

[Rick_L]

Nick, I think he's complaining about fitting availability, not flaring.

You won't have much luck finding stainless fittings from the traditional hot rod brands like Russell, Earle's, etc. or at the easy sources like Summit or Jeg's. You can get plated fittings in those brands from those sources. If you must have stainless, google is your friend. Try Godman, there's others.

And 37 degree flares are always single flares, not double.

On the other hand, I don't have any problem doing a 45 degree double flare on the Inline tubing with my Ridgid flaring tool - if you want to use stock style inverted flares.