With A Hydraulic Handbrake, Should I Have Braided Lines Or Copper Tubi

[Anton green 12 1 Cars]

With a hydraulic handbrake, should I have braided lines or copper tubing run inside the car to the rear end?

Edited January 20, 2007 by Anton green

[smighall 1]

I doubt it would make any difference except in price and looks. They would still function both the same.

[Anton green 12 1 Cars]

OK. Which is the way rally teams do it -Or is that the same answer? What about peugeot WRC's?

[boombang 2]

I'd always go for solid pipes whereever possible because they are cheap, do the job, and easy to inspect for damage.

 

Braided lines have a degree of flex in them, but if you are routing brake pipe from the front bulkhead, through the car to the rear with a fixed point of attachment on each, you don't require the flex.

 

Obviously any part of the route needing flex you use braided lines.

[Rob Thomson 6]

My 106 has braided lines throughout...

 

 

 

They look the business, but cost a fortune and don't really add anything in terms of functionality.