high pressure fuel line clamps/holders

[TBurow]

do the fuel lines need to be mounted to the intake with those clamps or can they be left loose if they dont touch anything?



i just put an intercooler in and had to rotate the manifold plate so the intake inlet was farther forward to clear the master cyl. and now have nowhere to mount the lines.

 

[JLEONARD]

I think they should be clamped... somewhere. Otherwise they are liable (or likely) to fatigue fail.

I'm thinking with a little thought you can figure out how to clamp it down... make a gizmo or a thing-a-majig to go where it needs to be.

 

[TBurow]

i kinda figured as much, probably would crack at the ends from too much flex/vibrations in the middle. thats probably why they are clamped in the middle?

 

[dpuckett]

That's exactly why they are clamped where they are.



If you can shim up the mounting bracket, you can make it work. If you look closely (which you no doubt have, this is mainly for the benefit of others who may benefit from my observations), you will see that the bracket for the clips is seperate from the intake. So, you can mount said bracket where needed, trim where you see fit, and make it work.



Be sure to post pics of your success, though I have no room to talk.



Daniel

 

[TBurow]

sure, if i can ever figure how to put pictures on here?

 

[btoscano]

Ideally a bracket will be used. However, you may consider clamping the lines together without a bracket to the engine.



Brian

 

[TBurow]

i just chopped the old bracket that went around the grid heater in half and used 1/2 for the front lines and the rest for the rear lines, hope it works. if not i have a spare set of lines, but they will probably break 500 miles from home in the middle of a blizzard, like most parts.

 

[RWWinslow]

While the engine is running check/observe the lines for visible vibration - run the engine through its entire RPM range - if you have excessive vibration on the line the move the clamping point. Fuel line vibration is a resonance conditions the will quickly result in fatigue failure.

 

[TBurow]

they are mounted within an inch of the original location, and feel pretty solid, no flex or strange vibrations.