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Front brake pipes 65 Lemans with RA exhaust manifolds.
I'm replacing the front drum brakes with stock style discs , I've already installed RA exhaust manifolds. The stock brake line comes around the front side of the cross-member and very close to the front of the R side exhaust manifold. I'm considering putting a new brake line there concerned about the heat.
Should I run the brake line on the backside of the cross-member like lots of other old cars do ? Or something else ? |
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That's what I did on my '67. The stock routing is difficult to do with the engine in.
george
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i have big 2" tube hooker round port headers on a 72 firebird & the brake line on the passenger side comes about 1/2" or maybe even 3/8" to the header tube, i wrapped the line with some self adhesive heat wrap & have not had any noticeable issues with brakes or the fluid in 5+ years of street driving & lots of drag strip time. & thats using standard DOT 3, dot4 or 5 synthetic handle much more heat & im planning to change over to that, but the heat wrap seems to work fine as is. |
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