The hoses come in -4, -6, -8, -10, -12, and -16 AN sizes, which mate directly to the crimp-on, full flow hose ends from Russell that we used in our build-up.

“The main thing that racers were after when they saw this hose line was weight. John Urist switched over and found they were 44-percent lighter than our old braided stainless hoses. Drag racers are ‘anal’ about weight, and John’s testimonial wasn’t half, but it was pretty close.”

Russell’s tapered hose ends — available in crimp-on and AN mechanical (we used the latter for our build) — are machined from aluminum and anodized black, which protects the material from erosion from methanol and E85. All of the ends are swivel in design, as well, so clocking them to navigate fuel lines around the engine bay are a cinch.

For our combination, we utilized -12 AN fittings and line from the tank to both the pump and the pre- and post-filters; from the post-filter to the Y-block up front is -10, at which point it’s necked down to -8 to the fuel rail inlet and -8 from the rails back to the regulator. From the regulator back to the tank is likewise -8.

Stay tuned, as now that we have the fuel system all wrapped, there are just a few additional projects to wrap up Project True SStreet, including the wiring, exhaust, the addition of a new driveshaft, and the installation of the seat and window net.

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