Earl Stainless Steel Brake lines or Russel Stainless Steel Brake lines?

Which are better? Going on a 95 integra equipped with brembo blanks and Axxis Ultimate brake pads which see's track, autocross, and daily aggresive driving.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RaceMyGhost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Earl Stainless Steel Brake lines or Russel Stainless Steel Brake lines?

Which are better? Going on a 95 integra equipped with brembo blanks and Axxis Ultimate brake pads which see's track, autocross, and daily aggresive driving.

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What about Goodridge? I use Goodridge on all my race/project cars and most other Honda Challenge racers use Goodridge as well. I've never heard about a failure or leaking from them.

 

Are you talking about the goodridge G-stop?

And, are they suitable for a daily drivin car?

 

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They are just a damn tube, there's no reason you can't DD a higher grade brake line...

 

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They are just a damn tube, there's no reason you can't DD a higher grade brake line...</TD></TR></TABLE>

not true.....

if enough dust and dirt particles get through the SS weave and get trapped in there, it will eventually eat/shred up the inner rubber tube.

 

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not true.....

if enough dust and dirt particles get through the SS weave and get trapped in there, it will eventually eat/shred up the inner rubber tube.</TD></TR></TABLE>
exactly. so you need to get the ones with the coating. which, for some reason, were hard to find the last time i went to buy brake lines.

 

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not true.....

if enough dust and dirt particles get through the SS weave and get trapped in there, it will eventually eat/shred up the inner rubber tube.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the Russel lines have a plastic coating over the stainless steel line itself. i'm running them in my DD/HPDE car. i've had no problems.

 

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the Russel lines have a plastic coating over the stainless steel line itself. i'm running them in my DD/HPDE car. i've had no problems. </TD></TR></TABLE>

how long have you been running these lines on your car for?

It seems like the russels have a teflon coating, not to sure about the earls.

 

The Russels do indeed have a plastic coating. Works well against the environment, but its not that thick. I have them on my dedicated race car and they have held up great. I'm sure they can handle your application.

 

Goodridge hands down

 

I bought Russell's when I did my 5lug conversion. The rear banjo fitting did not have the correct bend. I ended up using the rear-left on the rear-right and vice versa.

I consider these brake lines a wear item and will not be replacing them with another set of Russell's.

 

STOPTECH... / thread.

 

Looks like im gettin goodridge

 

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For reference, but Comptech used to sell rebranded Goodridge lines. The GF bought me Comptech lines once, and they had both logos on the box.

 

so are the goodridge coated also?

 

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I agree just b/c I've had the same set for 8 years (maybe even more) and never had a problem.

 

I see this argument a lot, but how big of a problem are the non-braided lines?
I've yet to see someone say "I'm using earls and they bursted after lets say 2 years of DD"

 

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I've yet to see someone say "I'm using earls and they bursted after lets say 2 years of DD"
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http://www.nsxprime.com/wiki/Brake_Lines

"I panic braked, downhill, at 35 mph and managed to stop just before my two year old Comptech stainless brake-line ruptured."

"...it turns out that my aftermarket steel braided line purchased 3 years ago (can't remember the vendor name, I got the lines from Rod Millen Motorsports) separated at the caliper."

"one person who had them installed had them come apart right after leaving the installer and was in an accident in their NSX."

 

Yeah, I've read those, and none say that dirt had eaten up the teflon tubing.