Type 44, NLA fuel line conundrums

[laraa at sympatico.ca]

This guy, Len from http://autosportengineering.com/, can make CIS braided 
lines.

That's what he wrote in this post 
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-930-turbo-super-charging-forum/820323-digital-wur-plus-frankencis.html.

With 930s skyrocketing in value, (these were the last CIS/K-Jet cars in 
North-America), there must be a solution to keep them 100% original.

Louis-Alain



-----Message d'origine-----
De : quattro [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de DeWitt 
Harrison
Envoyé : 17 janvier 2016 21:33
À : Quattro List
Objet : Type 44, NLA fuel line conundrums

I've lately become paranoid about the eleven flexible fuel lines (injectors, 
main supply, warmup regulator, etc.) in the MC1 engine compartment which are 
all NLA according to one Denver area Audi dealership.
So I thought that they could perhaps be rebuilt with fresh hose stock.

But having dissected one old Audi fuel hose, I'm currently of the opinion that 
it would be a formidable task to rebuild these fuel lines to factory spec 
because, after extensive surfing, I've learned the oe hose is a very 
specialized construction and dimension with a nylon 12 core and a braided 
steel reinforcing covering. It also appears that special tooling would be 
required to assemble the hose to the hose ends (assuming the non-standard, oe 
hose ends can be salvaged from used factory hoses). I do not think my local 
hydraulic hose fabricator/rebuilder would be up to the task.

So ... any thoughts? Am I being too paranoid about these 28 year old fuel 
lines? Are there hose fabricators who could rise to the challenge of 
rebuilding to Audi original specs? (If they were simple rubber fuel lines, 
replacement would be trivial, right?) Or would it be smarter to rip out the 
whole CIS system and go with contemporary EFI?

Thanks for your ideas,
DeWitt Harrison
1988 5ktq