Brake lines

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by A Levreault

What material is easiest to work with and safe?

Earlier this year I made new brake and fuel lines for an older street strip hot rod type car I had building for too many years. I used the Ni-Cop tubing, which is a nickle copper alloy. It flares and bends easier than the typical steel tubing, costs a fair bit more than the bulk steel rolls, but the cost was worth it to me, due to the ease of forming. On my car, I did not remove the body from the frame, so installing ,bending, and flaring the lines meant working in some fairly tight spaces. I also used an inline flaring tool, which was nicer to make good, consistent double flares than the older multi hole bar style, plus the inline flaring tool is more compact, for trying to make flares in tight quarters. I did install rubber lined ADEL style mounting clamps every 8 inches or so along the lines.