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the soft lines under the hood should be the first thing you do if they are still original. I use a trickflow/aeromotive kit with the rails/FPR that I am not sure they still make/sell. I have not looked for ever but there is just barely enough room between the dist/rail. My rail developed a leak and it had to be replaced which is what pretty much set off the "replace it all" attitude.

Gotcha. Yeah I feel comfortable right now I'm just running it and what's I do another engine at some point because this car has about 200 then at that time I will consider upgrading the lines and maybe the rails. It seems people are still having good success with out changing any of them and especially at the power level I'm going to be at so I considered all that stuff as well too. I seen quite a few guys with supercharger additions still running them

 

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I would give a close look at the soft lines under the hood. Engine temps are not going to go down with everything in there now and like I said if it is old rubber it is not worth the risk. Give a tug or two on the ends and be sure they do not pull apart as I have seen it happen. As I said before it is super easy to swap them out for some AN lines and while it costs a few bucks(those damn ends get expensive fast made from aluminum with tariffs and all now) but it is worth the peace of mind.

 

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Gotcha

I would give a close look at the soft lines under the hood. Engine temps are not going to go down with everything in there now and like I said if it is old rubber it is not worth the risk. Give a tug or two on the ends and be sure they do not pull apart as I have seen it happen. As I said before it is super easy to swap them out for some AN lines and while it costs a few bucks(those damn ends get expensive fast made from aluminum with tariffs and all now) but it is worth the peace of mind.

Gotcha and appreciate the insight