GN trans lines question.

[565bbchevy]

I just received an order from Summit Racing and I bought this trans line kit for $40 for my Regal (Right Stuff #ATC8601) and it is supposed to fit Regal, Olds Cutlass and GN but I don't know what the two short trans lines are for are they GN specific or thrown in for some other non Gbody model?
By the way these lines look pretty nice and locally I could only find straight black line for almost $10 a piece so this seems like a deal for pre-bent.

 

[ssn696]

Trans cooler?

 

[565bbchevy]

Trans cooler?

That was my first thought, I was only expecting two lines to show up not four and figured the GN would be the only one with something extra.

 

[V8 Rumble]

That was my first thought, I was only expecting two lines to show up not four and figured the GN would be the only one with something extra.

I found this on a turbo buick site. When you look at the diagram it looks like the front of the radiator where the lines normally go to go towards the front of the engine. In thinking these go to the hydro boost that the gn's have.

http://gnttype.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3199&d=1389279596

 

[ssn696]

Nice find, Joe! That diagram's going to be helpful when swearing them into place...

 

[565bbchevy]

Thanks for the info V8rumble and that lead me to search some more and I just went on the Right Stuff Detailing @ getdiscbrakes.com (In my searches I didn't realize it was the same company)
and the part number I bought list those lines for only the GN 81'-87' and for some reason when you hit application it brings up 86'-87' Cutlass but not sure why those would be included.

 

[jiho]

GN has a half-baked oil cooler in the radiator, along with the transmission cooler, both in passenger end. Those two short lines probably have something to do with the difference in that setup.

 

[565bbchevy]

Well, I went out an compared these lines to the Regal 307 lines and these are definitely GN specific lines, not a single bend matches.
Back to my original plan of bending my own lines.

 

[ssn696]

With luck you can resell them on the Forum.
Consider Inline Tube in Michigan. I used a Monte Carlo kit on my wagon when I put in the 200-4R, and other than a little massaging, they slid right in with a minimum of profanity. They offer kit BKT8101 - Buick V8/TH350/200-4R.
http://www.inlinetube.com/#!1973-87-centurygsregalgn-preformed-lines/c1ihf

 

[565bbchevy]

I will send them back to Summit on their dime since it was missing the shortest line when I received them so I was questioning what the extra one was for and then I read it was a four piece kit so I started investigating more.
I have no issues bending my own lines and had no plans of buying a pre-bent line I just stumbled across it while on Summits site and it seemed like a good deal so I added it to my order.