Where to buy AN hose and fittings in Melbourne

[KatoKid]

Hi guys.

 

This is doing my head in......

 

I have zero experience with AN fittings and hose and there are so many choices for the different fuel, and oil lines I need to make up. I look online at places like Aeroflow and Summit and I just get confused because I dont know what fittings work with what type of hose.

 

Is there somewhere in Melbourne I can go which will give me good advice, has a good range over the counter and wont rip me off?

 

Thanks

[NZeder]

Support an Australia company see http://www.speedflow.com.au/distributors_australia.html

[ZED83]

Got all my AN fittings and braided lines from ENZED. Bit pricy but you get good quality. Also think they sell the Speed flow stuff.

[peter mc]

speed pro have all the parts you will need , in dandy

[neRok]

I did a bit of reading about this on the V8 forum.

Everyone said Speedflow are great, but you do pay for it.

Aeroflow are good - not as good as Speedflow - but very good price:performance ratio. Aeroflow are Rocket Industries house brand, made for them/to their specifications in China.

I dont recall a lot about Proflow, but I believe they are VPWs alternative to Aeroflow.

[PeterAllen]

David - My original thoughts were to go AN and I went through the exercise you are now doing but I had a change of heart. Probably the main reason for the change was that '63 GTOs didn't have AN fittings and I want to keep some semblance of period about the car (even allowing for the LS1), plus I didn't want to start mixing metric, imperial, AN, etc. on the car. Also, because I'm using all GM components for fuel I wanted to retain the push-on connections - I don't want to over complicate this build so that I get stranded somewhere like Wheelabarrowback waiting days for parts.

 

To cut an involved story short I ended up utilising the original GM fittings (cheap as chips) by cutting off the heat-shrunk plastic tubing and attaching rubber/synthetic fuel lines with the traditional hose clamp. It's an individual choice of course but I'm happy with it.

 

For your consideration.

[KatoKid]

Thanks Peter.

 

Understand where you are coming from but I'm paranoid of fuel leaks and the slightest possibility of my pride and joy burning to the ground. When I had the engine running on the test stand you should have seen the rubber fuel hose develop a life of its own and move about when the pump pressurised it. It was a real wake up call as to how much pressure and potential there is for a leak.

 

Thanks to Mike (NZeder) Ive found some scary stuff on the push on adapters with the plastic clips http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1805261-LS1-Swappers-Check-your-fuel-system so I'm going to go with the screw on retainer version http://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-644113/overview/

[PeterAllen]

Some time ago I purchased one of the earlier Russell push-on fitting and found it very very hard to press on, I could never tell for certain if it had 'clicked' into position. I wonder if some of those failings were due to incorrect installation rather than a design flaw? Either way I wouldn't be using the earlier type.