Because they don't make a dash 12 to 3/8 hose tail either.
And replacing the whole hardline under a car is an absolute cunt of a job. Buying two parts and getting a friend to glue them together was eleventy billion times less fuck around..........
And I'm not at a power level (yet) where it needs to be upgraded.
I'm going to do a similar thing on my Valiant. Not because of EFI. (Not at this stage anyway) But because the fuel tank is relatively small. (68 ish litres) and the factory pick up sees the engine stop dead when there's still a few litres of gas in the tank.
I'm going to run a dry sump fitting (which has a mesh cone as part of it)
The biggest ball ache was having to make a 5/16 hose tail, because nobody makes a fitting with that big of a step down. (The rest is dash 10 or 12, I forget which) just gonna use a bit of 3" or 4" exhaust tube.
It also won't be hard to change the hose tail to 3/8 if anyone ever upgrades the fuel lines under the car.
A larger BBQ has been procured off marketplace. Should hopefully mean we can smash out lunch faster.
special thanks to @JustHarryfor spotting it, and going to get it/store it. And Yay me for bankrolling the purchase.
On a recent trip to Mexico, I got to not only see this puppy running, but experience the fury first hand.
It's unbelievably smooth running. And I'll wager it'll smoke most if the "10,000rpm capable" imp engines.....