Cascade Crew

[jchaussee]

I am going to redo brake lines eventually on my camaro amd was curious if it is ok to replace thr coils and squiggly lines with flex. Mine loik like a 5 year old put them in.

[Twilightoptics]

Coils are there for a reason.

[Xophertony]

Not challenging you, genuinely curious, what is that reason?

[Twilightoptics]

Vibration, mild bit of flexibility from chassis movement without stressing the line, and cooling.

[aaron_sK]

"Cooling" right next to the exhaust manifold.

It's a holdover from GM's body-on-frame days, but probably not a bad idea considering the ungodly amount of chassis and firewall flex in a thirdgen.

[jchaussee]

Ya. None of the new cars have it . I was thinking flex from the hard lines to master. Most of mine have been straigjtened out from someine

[Twilightoptics]

"Flex" lines do just that, they flex. The more soft lines you add, the squishier your pedal will become.

[aaron_sK]

Just put a couple spirals or some sort of anti-fatigue bends in the new lines with a tubing bender. No biggy.

Or, if you want to keep the factory proportioning valve just go to the yard and get some factory lines.

No reason to reinvent the wheel here. Just my two cents.

[jchaussee]

If I am runninh the 99 rear, isnt it best to get an adjustable prop valve? ,as far as lines I will prob just re spiral mine to make look better,. Rigjt now it looks like sagetti

[Xophertony]

I am running a braided steel flex line on mine. My pedal is squishy.

[Twilightoptics]

Tony the braided has less flex. My guess air is trapped somewhere out the master is bypassing. Old contaminated fluid will do it too.