Vacuum Lines - Ramblings/Ideas
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:52 pm
Hello there!
Something I've always wanted to do with my car is tidy up the engine bay. We all know there are hoses everywhere in our engines, and one of the culprits is the mess of vacuum lines that make everything go round. I've been toying around with the idea of replacing, over time, the vacuum lines with hard lines that are routed a little more cleanly. I want to give the engine bay a personal touch.
So... I guess I have some questions for those of you knowledgeable in vacuum lines. First of all, is this even feasible? Given that all requirements are met, would the car run properly using metal lines over the silly vacuum tube that is stuff in there stock? Something tells me yes, it would, but I also don't know the requirements.
Given that it's feasible, would the inner diameter of the tubing matter? Looking at the beautiful vacuum line diagram that my personal idol, vrg3 posted http://www.surrealmirage.com/vrg3/vacuu ... vacuum.png there are definitely different sized lines meant for different purposes. But is it necessary for all of the lines to conform to those sizes? Or maybe be sized differently, but proportionately?
More questions to follow, given the answers to these ones.
Thanks!
Matthew
Something I've always wanted to do with my car is tidy up the engine bay. We all know there are hoses everywhere in our engines, and one of the culprits is the mess of vacuum lines that make everything go round. I've been toying around with the idea of replacing, over time, the vacuum lines with hard lines that are routed a little more cleanly. I want to give the engine bay a personal touch.
So... I guess I have some questions for those of you knowledgeable in vacuum lines. First of all, is this even feasible? Given that all requirements are met, would the car run properly using metal lines over the silly vacuum tube that is stuff in there stock? Something tells me yes, it would, but I also don't know the requirements.
Given that it's feasible, would the inner diameter of the tubing matter? Looking at the beautiful vacuum line diagram that my personal idol, vrg3 posted http://www.surrealmirage.com/vrg3/vacuu ... vacuum.png there are definitely different sized lines meant for different purposes. But is it necessary for all of the lines to conform to those sizes? Or maybe be sized differently, but proportionately?
More questions to follow, given the answers to these ones.
Thanks!
Matthew