You may have seen examples of a dangerous practice. What is it? It's the use of neoprene (rubber) fuel lines between the fuel pump and/or inline filter and then to the carb. And, to make matters worse, they're held in place by simple clamps.
Why is this dangerous? In the event of a ruptured hose or popped off hose at a clamp, just imagine where all that fuel is being sprayed......that's right.........all over a hot engine and extremely hot exhaust manifolds or headers. You know what comes next.
Always use proper metal lines and threaded fittings.
I've been living on the edge with the 350 in the Pontiac (there's about 10" of neoprene there now) however the 454 is getting steel from the pump to the carb.
mine are all rubber joiners We haven't had a car fire, since my 73 (new)Lemans caught fire after I had changed carb darned hack saw edges, cut rubber hose. Fireman in Clinton got it out with 6000 gallons of water.
YEARS AGO MY FRIEND AND I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION FOR GAS. HE POPPED THE HOOD TO INVESTIGATE A GAS SMELL. THE RUBBER HOSE TO THE CARB WAS SPLIT AND LEAKING. GAS HIT HOT HEADER. FIRE. SCARY. PARKED NEXT TO A GAS PUMP. RAN INSIDE GRABBED FIRE EXT. WHAT A MESS! FORTUNATLY NO REAL DAMAGE, JUST POWDER EVERYWHERE.
When I was a teenager working in the gas station in the 70's I saw at least 3 cars have an underhood fire due to that rubber hose thing. I still fear that stuff to this day, along with those plastic inline fuel filters. Metal filters and line for this cowboy!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
We haven't had a car fire, since my 73 (new)Lemans caught fire after I had changed carb
darned hack saw edges, cut rubber hose.