Yeah I know, plumbing turning brakes, how hard could it be??

Its not, but I have some related questions:

Bringing the hard line in to and out of the tub. When you make the transition from/to the frame rail from/to the tub:

Did you:

1) Stay with hard line and allow for some frame, body flex (coil the hardline)?

2) If yes above, did you run the hard line through the tub or use bulk head pass throughs (Assume AN-3 connections.)

3) If no to the above, how did you do it? Short stainless braided lines?

Thanks

Jim

I just ran one for the rear this past weekend (now I can cut off the reqar brakes and do burn-outs next to civics :D ).

For mine I ran the hard line from the master straight to the valve with about a half coil coming up off the frame. I then secured the valve itself to the support bar running under the front of my drivers seat. Makes it easy to reach down and actuate as it's just off the side of the seat. I did add a small polyurethane ring under the valve for it to rest on, under minimal tension, to help dampen a little vibration and add support. Then I just ran the other line back from the valve and to the rear soft line.

My guess is you could just drill a couple small 1/4" holes in the tub and bring both lines through with the same layout.

My frame is welded to the body, so I have fewer worrys about flex, but what I did was run a line directly from the master cyl, down the trans tunnel then drilled a hole in the floor and used a rubber grommet to protect the hard line. I plummed a Wilwood prop. valve directly to the inlet of the cutting brake with a small male-to-male adapter. The two outlet lines go back into the trans tunnel straight back to a rear frame crossmember, then to two stainless braided front hoses to the top of the rear diff. You could coil the hardline a couple of loops from where the lines leave the tub in the rear to where thet attach to the frame. This is how OEM vehicles do it when they go form the master to directly to the frame. Late model Ford Expedition and Navigator use a small inline braided steel section off of the Master cyl. that may also be adapted if the lines are the correct size for your application.