Stainless clutch line question

[Somnambulist]

Looking to upgrade my clutch line to a stainless steel braided line.

I noticed companies make just the standard clutch line and then the auto to manual clutch line.
The auto=>manual line is a lot longer while the standard stainless clutch line is shorter. Seems like the auto=>manual one would replace the entire hard line from master cylinder to slave cylinder while the standard stainless line would only replace a part of it.

Can I use the auto=>manual line to replace the whole hard line instead of just part of it?

[importdude]

yah u can use auto>manual line to replace the hard lines

the regular clutch lines are just bypass's the dampener
so you still use the stock hard line till before the dampener

[Somnambulist]

Excellent. Just the answer I was looking for.
Thanks.

[onepuff]

I have my old line i just replaced while tucking everything. Just pay shipping and it's yours.

[projectRDM]

While the stainless line looks better, the OE hardline is a better choice to use. There's no pressure loss in a steel line versus teflon. A teflon braided line is more susceptible to contracting so you loose some pedal pressure since the fluid must 'push' through the line. Steel doesn't contract.

[Somnambulist]

While the stainless line looks better, the OE hardline is a better choice to use. There's no pressure loss in a steel line versus teflon. A teflon braided line is more susceptible to contracting so you loose some pedal pressure since the fluid must 'push' through the line. Steel doesn't contract.

Actually I hadn't thought of that..
I guess I'll just get a long piece of hard line from Autozone and bend my own line, bypassing the clutch dampener.

[onepuff]

If you are talking about brake lines then yes that is a concern but the pressures in a clutch line are nowhere near the same. Braided lines are fine.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Actually I hadn't thought of that..
I guess I'll just get a long piece of hard line from Autozone and bend my own line, bypassing the clutch dampener.

Just disconnect the hardline into the dampener and bend it by hand towards the softline into the slave cylinder, then ditch the dampner. Thats how everybody's been doing it for years.