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7.5 to 8.8 swap main brake lines?

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#1 ·
I know this has been beat all to hell many times before but where can I find the correct main brake line for a 7.5 to 8.8 swap I mean the hard line for the front of the car to the back so it will be on the drivers side(v8 car) vs the line being on the passenger side(2.3 car) so I can use all the fancy v8 braided steel lines for my flex? Is there a kit or? Thanks in advance. I tried search and didn't get crap.
 
#3 ·
Just buy same diameter brake line from your nearest NAPA auto (if you have those) and adapters.
The lines can be bought in different lengths with nuts already attached.
Buy a cheap tube bender or bend by hand, just keep your "bend radius" > 2" if possilbe.
 
#4 ·
There are 2 ways to tackle this problem...

You can either buy a full brake line kit for a V8 car that will give you the brake line you want plus all new ones.

Or you can make your own (cheapest)...

Myself personally, im in the middle of this process of changing a 4 cyl. to a V8 and I just got finished with my 8.8 build and new brake lines on it with new Cobra Disc brakes. So my next purchase will be one of the summit brake line kits to make all new brake lines from the front to back.
 
#5 · (Edited)
No need to run lines from front to back. I just completed a 5 lug conversion on my 88 4 cyl. Mustang using a 94 8.8 rear end. I re flared the factory line in the back where it connected to the rubber line on the passenger side. Use a 3 AN tube nut and sleeve. Connect it to a 3 AN straight bulkhead (mount to the factory bracket on the car. like the piece in your pic) then run a 24 inch steel braided brake line to a 3 AN tee(male) mounted on top of the factory tee on the rearend housing. Then re flare the lines going to the brakes with 3 AN tube nut and sleeves. This was cheaper and a lot easier than running new brake lines because you use the factory lines that are already on the 8.8 housing. I already had most of the fittings that I needed leftover from when I built my racecar.
 
#8 ·
This is also the way we do aftermarket brakes that require 3an lines, cut and flare factory hard line and you can use a tube nut and sleeve to either a straight bulkhead or a tee if you are going to run dual rear calipers.

Re-engineering all the brake lines is unnecessary work.
 
#6 ·
The piece in the pick is the v8 hardline to the rear flex line so you will need that to run the brakes lines like factory....I recommend getting the pre bent brake line kit late model restoration sells...I ran the kit and it went in pretty easy and didn't have to bend anything
 
#9 ·
Took me about 5 mins to put them in and didnt have to deal with cutting and flaring lines..then again I had to deal with the brakes in a dirt and rock driveway on jack stands at the time