Has anyone ever installed Steel Braided Fuel lines, I was thinking it  
might be very worthwhile under the van running the lines from the tank  
to the rear engine bay?

Steel Braided Fuel lines
http://www.paragonperformance.com/fuel%20line%20hose.html
http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS/752578/10002/-1/10019
http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS/761335/10002/-1/10019
http://www.jegs.com/p/Barry+Grant/747194/10002/-1/10019
http://www.jegs.com/p/Earl%27s/749410/10002/-1/10019
http://www.jegs.com/p/Russell/745139/10002/-1/10019
http://www.jegs.com/p/Spectre/761914/10002/-1/10019

Aluminum Lines
Or Aluminum Lines? (thinking you do the job once in the engine bay  
with this and never have to worry about it again.. No?

http://www.jegs.com/p/Moroso/747184/10002/-1/10019

Fuel line covers
I was also wondering about the usefulness of putting fuel line covers,  
either steel braided, cloth or plastic and whether it would help  
maintain the life of the hose at all? For rocks and such it would be  
helpful for under the body of the van.

http://www.paragonperformance.com/Techflex.html
http://www.delikon.com/sleeve.html
http://www.keefeperformance.com/kpthermaltube.html (cloth wrap)*
   - Manufactured from High temperature fabric with Protection of up  
to 1200 radiant degrees F.
   - Non flammable � and has a 1400 degree melt point.
http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=37

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&N=4294934538&Ne=1147708&Ntt=fuel+lines&Ntk=all&Nty=1&D=fuel+lines&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallany&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallany&partTypeSelection=4294934538%3A1147708

http://www.jegs.com/p/Spectre/744254/10002/-1/11377

-- 
Rob
NYC/Bloomingburg NY
88 Wolfsburg, Silver
235,000 miles - automatic
AIM: rmstewart@mac.com

I was searching the web and found this little note:
  "Fuel lines, which run in areas around the muffler and exhaust  
system, should have protective fire sleeves. According to the  
manufacturer, "The purpose of the fire sleeve is not to increase the  
temperature of a hose line but to protect the hose from direct fire  
long enough to allow appropriate action to be taken." The upper  
temperature limit of the fuel line increases from 300 degrees to 500  
degrees with the use of the sleeve."

I am about to replace my lines and was thinking about this. Any  
feedback would be appreciated.