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AutoSpeed - Braided Brake Lines

TL;DR--the difference in hose expansion was 2.1% between old, worn rubber lines and new steel braided, and 1.4% between new rubber hose and steel braided, at pressures more than twice as high as a typical car's brake system can even produce.
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