SS fuel line

[alkadaypx182]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of a Stainless Steel fuel line kit being sold for a 2g eclipse. I know SBR has kits but only for 1g's and GVR-4's. Any help is appreciated.

 

[ChvyKc]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knew of a Stainless Steel fuel line kit being sold for a 2g eclipse. I know SBR has kits but only for 1g's and GVR-4's. Any help is appreciated.

SBR actually has the return line kit for the 1G and 2G cars, but that's it. I did some searching and found that DSM Motorsports has a kit for all of the cars from the fuel filter to the fuel rail. Here is the link.

http://www.diamondstarmotorsport.com/fuelparts.shtml

If you want to go further than that, you will probably have to build a line to go from the filter to the tank, but I think that is just overkill. I don't see why you would want to do that unless you plan on flowing a lot of fuel to the motor.

 

[95GSXBLUR]

i'd make your own dude. it's what i did. i tapped out my fuel rail and screwed AN fittings in and a 6AN straight fitting goes right over the factory pump outlet. i ran the line with a HP inline filter right to the rail, from the rail to the reg, then i ran rubber line from the reg to the return. you can do it a lot cheaper that way. getting the fittings and lines from jegs or summit.. they put a huge markup on the kits just for the fact they find the parts for you and do the work. i'd rather save the money and spend some time finding my own.

 

[90CherryTSI]

and cheapest I found was at jegs.com I ran stainless all the way from the pump to the rail with an inline filter. I bought the fuel rail fitting from ebay vs tapping it for the one you could just attach. I think I spent around $65 bucks including fittings/shipping. As for the overkill statement....some things I don't believe you can ever be TO safe on, fuel being one of them. I think it took around 9 feet of hose to run the full distance with bends, maybe 10.

 

[ChvyKc]

and cheapest I found was at jegs.com I ran stainless all the way from the pump to the rail with an inline filter. I bought the fuel rail fitting from ebay vs tapping it for the one you could just attach. I think I spent around $65 bucks including fittings/shipping. As for the overkill statement....some things I don't believe you can ever be TO safe on, fuel being one of them. I think it took around 9 feet of hose to run the full distance with bends, maybe 10.

I agree with you there, if you can do the whole thing for 65 bucks then knock yourself out, that's a great price and well worth it.

 

[kahl23]

Well, I don't know about the return line, but I do know that I bought a full stainless line kit from SBR. However, I've found through experience that the Earl's fittings that they include in the kit are not as high quality as Aeroquip fittings. If you don't like the idea of tapping the stock fuel rail, SBR sells fittings that convert the rail ends to AN -6. As for the rest of it, just go with Aeroquip fittings and line, they are a little more expensive but make it much less painful when it comes time to install everything.

 

[project_tsi]

Check out this thread, over on my local dsm forum. We bought our own fittings and ran -6an pushlock line, could do SS braided line too, all the way into a Earls filter into the rail w/ an adapter.

 

[boostmaniac]

I could swear I seen a fuel feed line from the filter to Rail and Tank to Filter main fuel feed line But thats just me, you can check for yourself.

Good luck

 

[alkadaypx182]

Thanks for all the replies. I was actually looking for a line to go from the fuel pump to the fuel filter. This actually may be overkill, but the recent hassle I had with replacing the fuel filter I figured it'd be worth doing this since replacing it is a maintanence this. Can anyone tell me the complete list of things I need to buy to make my own? Thanks again for all the replies.

 

[larsrya8]

Can anyone tell me the complete list of things I need to buy to make my own?

Here ya go. Link

I emailed SteveTek about the part numbers being incorrect. They said that Jegs changes the numbers too often to keep them updated. But the general list of parts is there. As long as the fittings are all from the same family you shouldn't have any trouble.

If you want more information type "SteveTek" into the search box. There are a couple threads about it.

Have fun.

 

[kahl23]

I'm in a bit of a rush, so I only skimmed over the SteveTek article, but it looked pretty good. One thing that I haven't seen a single kit include is an adapter for the fuel pump fitting (which is a metric thread). Although the AN fitting will thread onto the pump fitting, it won't seal. A temporary solution is to put an o-ring in there, but it is not the best way. You should buy an adapter (I need to find exactly what the specs are on the fuel pump fitting, I'll get back to you).

One other thing I thought of... When it comes time to assemble the lines, I've found the best way is as follows: Wrap the line in electrical tape and cut with a die grinder or dremel. Now, I've never been able to keep all the wires in place, they always splay out. I've resorted to using a worm clamp which I fit over the cut (about 1/8th of an inch back from the end) and I tighten it down to the point when it starts to distort the line, then back it out until the distortion disappears. Now when you put the fittings on, the worm clamp keeps the steel wires in place. Again, higher quality line will fray less. Sorry if these instructions aren't clear, it's kind of hard to describe, shoot me a PM if you don't understand and I'll try to do a better job.

 

[bwhughey]

I can't speak to 2Gs, but the fuel-pump end of a 1G will fit and seal just fine with some teflon pipe compound. I've had mine on there for at least 4 years and about 30K miles with nary a drop of leak.

One caveat is that the billet fuel filters (all of them) may flow OK for a little while, but the filter area is about the size of a pleated half-dollar. You MUST check them much more often than the stock filter, or go with a hydraulic filter and head.

I drilled and tapped my own fuel rail ala "SteveTek" and credit him with introducing me to the miracles of JB Weld. I love that stuff.

Regards,

Brad

 

[bwhughey]

When it comes time to assemble the lines, I've found the best way is as follows: Wrap the line in electrical tape and cut with a die grinder or dremel.

Wrap the electical tape once around rather loosely and then two turns VERY TIGHTLY. Use the reinforced Dremel wheel. Then VERY CAREFULLY remove the electrical tape, pushing toward the cut end with the final turn. If you unwrap the tape like an Ace Bandage, the tape pulls up the strands, and then, well, you're hosed. ;-)

Those Jegs fittings are aluminum and very easy to overtorque or mar. But the whole SteveTek installation is a breeze and highly recommended.

Regards,

Brad

 

[kahl23]

I originally used teflon and an o-ring on mine, but it started leaking in less than a week. I'd prefer just to be safe and know that I have a secure seal. For the fittings, it's impossible not to mar them when you first are learning, I use a colored sharpie marker to hide scrapes. The blue and red sharpies match the aeroquip fittings almost perfectly. I thought of one other thing, if you have an FPR, you should redo the return line. That's because once you get a FPR, the thin stock return line becomes the restriction in the fuel system. Use steel brake line and just bend it into position. Then use regular fuel line to join the brake line to the stock nipple at the fuel tank.

 

[greathuskie]

http://www.autoalchemy.com

this guy is a genius

 

[kahl23]

Well I couldn't find the receipt for the fitting, but if memory serves (and it might not) it's an M14 x 1.25. If anyone knows if this is correct or not, please post it.

 

[justin0469]

where did you get your adapter?

 

[Pube Stache]

Well I couldn't find the receipt for the fitting, but if memory serves (and it might not) it's an M14 x 1.25. If anyone knows if this is correct or not, please post it.

I was just talking about this very same issue with my friend last night. Isn't the size that you would need M14 x 1.5 ? Of course he lost his receipt for his fuel line setup so I can't find this part anyplace online. Did you ever find it?

 

[Pube Stache]

http://64.202.180.37/files/metric.pdf

Is this maybe what we need?

 

[kahl23]

After much searching, I've found the reciept. It is an M14x1.5 fitting. You can buy it from BAT. See the link below. You'll find the desired fitting on the second page. It's a female metric to male -AN fitting, M14x1.5 X -6AN. Enjoy.

http://www.batinc.net/files/metric.pdf

 

[kahl23]

My appologies Pube Stache, I posted before I saw your link. That's exactly what you need.

 

[Pube Stache]

Thanks! Going to order it next week

 

[Big28 2gFWD]

this is EVERYTHING YOU NEED to run all the way from the pump to the rail...took me about 1.5hr (most time trying to get fittings secured on the lines)

http://stevetek.com/R-FuelSys2G.html

 

[justin0469]

ive read that alot but he never mentions anything about having to use some adapter to attach to the pump line

 

[kahl23]

Yeah, I've yet to see a writeup that includes this adapter. I guess I should probably fix this... but I'm lazy. Well, maybe in a few weeks when I have a bit more free time and do a writeup.