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Default Re: Andy's 66 Caprice LS Conversion Upgrade

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe Ken is using a &quot;lined&quot; hose, that is ethanol compatible. Its what I used on my 59 when I installed the LS1.

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Teflon lining? </div></div>

Its actually referred to as PTFE.

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https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...p?Product=3480
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: earntaz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe Ken is using a &quot;lined&quot; hose, that is ethanol compatible. Its what I used on my 59 when I installed the LS1.

Tim</div></div>

Teflon lining? </div></div>

Its actually referred to as PTFE.

For instance......
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/pr...p?Product=3480</div></div>

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) -- synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene. Brand name of PTFE-based formulas is Teflon -- thanks to DuPont which discovered the compound in 1938.
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I need some updated pics [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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Pulled a muscle in my leg.........Been out of commission for a couple of days.......Engine going in tomorrow though........
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Hope you are feeling better, soon!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Pulled a muscle in my leg.........Been out of commission for a couple of days.......Engine going in tomorrow though........</div></div>

Damn Ken -- you're almost as old as I am ... pulled back the throttle is not always bad. As you have already said -- there is tomorrow. Relax and throw down a few [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] TAZ
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On no.....You'll be back at it in no time.....get your rest. Don't over do it.

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Get better sooner..................we need updates [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Pulled a muscle in my leg.........Been out of commission for a couple of days.......Engine going in tomorrow though........ </div></div>

Probably from lifting his wife's purse [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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