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Old 08-20-2004, 02:00 PM
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what would i need to make a copper line?
You'd just need the fittings + the line


details please. tools? bender? special type/size of fittings?
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Old 08-20-2004, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyle
nobody is going to sell you a gauge that is designed to leak oil into your interior, just hook your ---- up right and you shouldn't have a problem.
and SS autochrome wouldn't sell crappy manifolds... lol,.. sh*t happens.
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Old 08-20-2004, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by XDEep
what would i need to make a copper line?
You'd just need the fittings + the line


details please. tools? bender? special type/size of fittings?
I got mine from autometer. I was gonna set it up on my own but it was cheap anyways so I said ---- it and just bought the copper line kit from them.
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Old 08-21-2004, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by XDEep
what would i need to make a copper line?
You'd just need the fittings + the line


details please. tools? bender? special type/size of fittings?
just take your guage to your local home improvement store, go to the plumbing section and you can find everything you need to make a hard line. i made a copper hard line for my fuel pressure guage and fuel pressure safety switch (for my nawwwss). you will need the appropriate size copper tubing, a small tubing cutter, fittings for the ends of the tubing (i used the automatic crimping kind that come with a little ring and nut to assemble), and it doesn't hurt to have one of those handheld tubing benders (looks like a funky set of pliers). you can bend the tubing by hand, but it will turn out much nicer looking if you use the bender.

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Old 08-21-2004, 01:00 PM
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thanks. as for the breaking, thats a consideration also.. despite how much bracing you use, the engine is always gonna tilt. maybe if you have enough or create a special bend to absorb it? unless you have solid motor mounts i guess..
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your oil pressure gauge line should have a few loops in it to take engine movement.
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At the track the tech-guy noticed the nylon tubing for the oil pressure gauge. Luckily I had it disconnected because the turbo was out. He said if it was connected, he wouldn't pass me because they required steel braided line.
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