As I have said before, I am using copper tube for the main runs on the brake, and clutch pipes. In fact, I must correct myself, I am using copper nickel tube. It has a higher bursting pressure, not that copper is poor, but its much harder to work with, as it work hardens when you put bends into it. Hopefully though this solid tube should give a better brake pedal, as it wont expand like flexible hose, well that’s the theory anyway.
I did post a picture before of the first attempt at the brake pipe running from the master cylinders to the rear, in fact I decided to bin this pipe and run the system ever so slightly differently. The copper tube now bends with the chassis as shown below, and continues to run to the back of the chassis.
Jon phoned me and reminded me that there will be quite a lot of heat in this area, due to the exhaust headers, so I have run the pipes in some heat reflective stuff. I have no idea where it came from as I found it in a pot in the workshop. I do I have plan to make an aluminium shield, backed with the same stuff as the tank shield, to aid heat build up. I also need to cut the floor out to get rid of some of the hot air!
You can see here the 90 degree fitting for a small length of flex hose to a new fitting into the clutch. I have decided to do away with the standard banjo fitting, as these have a tendency to leek, and replaced it with a straight fitting.
