Claude, The stainless steel braided clutch line sold by us and most of the other DeLorean vendors is "aircraft quality". It is much more resistive to crimping or crushing than a rigid (solid) tube, therefore the braided flexible line is far superior to a rigid line. As a side benefit it is much easier to install than a rigid line. DMC Joe www.dmc.tv "We're here to help you" DMC Help / De Lorean Services / <dmchelp@xxxx> ----- Original Message ----- From: CBL302@xxxx To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [DML] Re: plastic clutch line syndrome? I Would think that a solid Stainless Steel(but bigger than above) line attached to Flexable SHORT Braided Steel lines(at each end) (slave and master) (to avoid flexing the solid line) would BE superior to just a full length Braided Steel line(because of the flexability,if not bolted to the frame every foot or less or so.That is the reason car makers do not run full length flexable brake/clutch lines. Claude 000570 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]