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Old 07-02-2014, 07:37 PM
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Anybody running a2w lines under the car, next to the exhaust? I have mine routed but at one point, the 2 braided water lines have to cross over an exhaust pipe with only a few inches of clearance above it. Only way around this seems to be to run the lines through the cabin and I rather not do that. Not sure how well these braided lines will handle that heat. I can use some advice from personal experience, thanks.
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If you are EVER in stop and go traffic I'd say get it away from the exhaust.
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Originally Posted by Evaporate
Anybody running a2w lines under the car, next to the exhaust? I have mine routed but at one point, the 2 braided water lines have to cross over an exhaust pipe with only a few inches of clearance above it. Only way around this seems to be to run the lines through the cabin and I rather not do that. Not sure how well these braided lines will handle that heat. I can use some advice from personal experience, thanks.
IF you have no other option but to run it next to the exhaust, Use SS or Alum hard line for that section.
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Or create an aluminum heat shield.
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Second the heat shield, plus you can get heat resistant covering to slip the lines through that should also help.
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Good lookin out fellas. Thank you. I will try out the aluminum heat shield route, and maybe wrap up the hose section with heat wrap.
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a few inches? like 2"?

Your fine, just make a heat shield and wrap the hoses. Corvettes and camaros plastic fuel tanks are only about 3/4" away, and use just a heatshield. The plastic fuel lines on a C5 are only 2-3" away from the exhaust with no shielding or protectection of any kind.



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