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[chevyguy_72]

Do you find the Nylon covered hose to be more flexible than stainless covered hose? or does most of the stiffness come from the PTFE hose its covering?

[HotRodfuelhose]

Originally Posted by chevyguy_72

Do you find the Nylon covered hose to be more flexible than stainless covered hose? or does most of the stiffness come from the PTFE hose its covering?

Well in this case the Nylon braiding is installed over the stainless braid. You need this in order to get the same performance specifications for pressure.

I don't find the PTFE hose any stiffer than the rubber lined and stainless braided hose I have used in the past but once you bend it too far past the minimum bend radius for the hose it tends to kink in a different way compared to the rubber. Almost like breaking a twig where as rubber is more gradual. Not sure if my explanation makes sense but I tried.

[chevyguy_72]

Originally Posted by HotRodfuelhose

Well in this case the Nylon braiding is installed over the stainless braid. You need this in order to get the same performance specifications for pressure.

I don't find the PTFE hose any stiffer than the rubber lined and stainless braided hose I have used in the past but once you bend it too far past the minimum bend radius for the hose it tends to kink in a different way compared to the rubber. Almost like breaking a twig where as rubber is more gradual. Not sure if my explanation makes sense but I tried.

It does... I have some other brand PTFE braided hose on my first project and its pretty stiff...