Rear brake and fuel lines

Have decided to fit the rear brake lines and the fuel lines. The manual says to route them under the floor and out the back of the transmission tunnel. As this will be a track car, I have decided not to take the route under the floor as it leaves the pipes open to possible rupture on impact. It seems there is space in the tunnel to route the pipes all the way along, but it will be tight and bending the fuel lines is particularly difficult.

Unfortunately, my first bend of one of the fuel lines kinked the pipe (mistakenly had it in the wrong slot in my pipe bender). Fortunately, I had a roll of fuel line left over from the Austin Healey restoration, so it was no big deal. Am waiting for the brake masters to arrive so I can do the final fixing of fuel and brake lines at the front. Still not holding my breath.

Have decided carbide drills do not like being used at an angle. They are very brittle - have broken all four I bought online (at $10 a pop) so have reverted to cheaper HSS bits. Broke all those also! Back to Home Depot to get some cobalt bits - we will see how those fare, but to be honest I have done most of the difficult holes - the remainder are all straight on so should not have the bit-snapping issue any more.

Spoke to Westfield about the routing of the pipes and they agreed it was feasible to do it the way I am trying.  I asked why the manual gave precise measurements for the length of the fuel lines at the front and he said it was just to ensure that they didn't stick too far out the back - why didn't they just say that in the manual?

Also loosely fitted the main wiring harness - after examination, it became evident that the routing should be the same for a LHD car as a RHD car (something else the manual was not clear on). The harness is the same for both variants, so if you want your right flasher to go on when you indicate right (really useful on the track), it's best to have the wire for the right hand flasher on the right. The downside is some wires will need extending, such as for the brake pressure switch.

I need to label the harness as it is a mass of wires and connectors. Order a new toy from Amazon - a label maker. Will be here on Thursday.