hard lines vs rubber vacume line

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I was wondering if anyone has hard plumbed the vac system with like aluminume or brass lines instead of the rubber lines in there car.Is it worth it all the workI do alot of vac systems at work with hard lines and i was just wondering if someone did this to there car

I cant see that much of any advantage orther than it probly looks cool.



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scheffler wrote:I was wondering if anyone has hard plumbed the vac system with like aluminume or brass lines instead of the rubber lines in there car.Is it worth it all the workI do alot of vac systems at work with hard lines and i was just wondering if someone did this to there car

I cant see that much of any advantage orther than it probly looks cool.
Rubber is fine...why change what works and is easy (and cheap) to repair? Not to mention how much of a pain it'll be to work on an engine with hard lines in the way of what you're trying to get at.

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For your time its a waist, silicone vac hoses are great. There would be no real advantage at all.

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Total PITA...with no advantage to be found over traditional rubber or silicone.

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In addition to being a PITA, engine heat/vibration could cause come of those connections to break off.

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thats what i figured just wanted some other input.thanks.


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