Braided Fuel Hose Diameter and Length

A picture of your setup with the old hose might help.

When you say "braided" do you mean a fabric braided cover on rubber hose?

Thanks for your reply, sir! Yes, the German braided stock style. I found out it’s 5 mm and that about 8 feet are required.

@Impala posted:

Thanks for your reply, sir! Yes, the German braided stock style. I found out it’s 5 mm and that about 8 feet are required.

FWIW, I wouldn’t run a braided rubber hose from my tank to the engine compartment. You can get a nickel/copper or aluminum tube down your tunnel without too much trouble. There’s too many chances for something to rub a hole in the soft line.

eta: I just reread your post and realized that’s not what you’re doing the 8’ thing fooled me  

FWIW, I used about 18” of hose in my setup below.

When I built my hard cross over line, I used 1/4” tubing w/7mm braided hose from my F-R hard line to my Filter King, from my Filter King to a hard line going up to my offside carb, hose in and out of there to my crossover pipe, then braided hose to my my driver’s side carb banjo.

Thus is the best pic I could find of all that.

ps: I put that 8” clevis pin on my air cleaner to take a picture for a post about the time an empty construction trailer flew by me on the freeway about 100mph and it flew off, bounced once, and imbedded itself in the front clip of my 968. Had it got about 1’ more height, it probably would have come through the windshield and killed me.

Wow! I experienced something similar on the interstate about three years ago; a car in front of me ran over some strange piece that ram straight up like a rocket and fell right back on my right windshield post and side mirror; my windshield narrowly escaped. At those speeds it’s almost impossible to prevent even if maintaining distance. Glad you escaped that one! Thanks for the pointers!