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[Danger Mouse]

Good morning to you all.  

 

I've been looking into the routing of fuel pipes to avoid the 'charger pulley area.  I am leaning towards swapping direction of metal pipes from the rail and swapping to flexi. from there down to solid metal pipe from the filter on inlet side.  Flared ends of all pipes for added security.  

 

On the return side i was looking at using rail side with flexi. to bulkhead area and then refitting plastic pipe with fitting from other half of the standard pipework.  Thus giving me two ends of solid pipe to secure to.  Does this make sense?  I found this method for refitting factory fittings into plastic pipe.  Has anyone else tried this?  

 

http://nastyz28.com/...ve-tool.220894/

 

I've searched this on the forum and not found where this method has been used before.

[chris_uk]

In all honesty there is really no point, there is nothing "unsafe" running them the usual route, as long as you tuck them well out of the way, so long as the lines don't rub on the belt or the pulley etc they will never fail. You could heat the pipes up and carefully bend them so they fit better.

 

I have first hand experience of a belt failing, they don't just snap, they shred, and they make a lot of noise! and in this particular event the fuel pipes were right in the firing line of the shredding belt and when i inspected the lines there was marks of rubber left on them but absolutely no damage to them what so ever. But don't read that as they are indestructible, when i route my lines they are resting on the bulkhead so a shredding belt cant wrap itself around the lines and pull them. 

 

If you do want to route them a different way speak to Rally and have a look at his kit which connects directly into the fuel rail and send the lines left rather than right.They are a nice piece of kit and the only reason why i don't use them is because i strive to keep OEM look on all my conversions.

[Danger Mouse]

That's great, thanks for the info.  I just quite liked the short routing of the pipes in the opposite direction freeing up a bit of room around the 'charger nose.  I also like the look of OEM fitment but ill have to have a look at Rally's kit.  I did like the idea of using the push fit connector if re-fitment method works, as i like above.  Cant see why it wont as i believe the lines are built up this way in the first place.

 

Edited by Danger Mouse, 10 January 2017 - 11:13 AM.

[chris_uk]

as long as they are secure there shouldn't be a problem. But with stuff like fuel, i would want to make sure 100% that everything is secure and not likely to come off or seep.. which is another reason why i leave the oem stuff on.