Steel isnt the same as copper or copper alloys. It is why at the start of the Iron age, the guys with the work hardened bronze swords could still make mincemeat of the guys with soft iron swords... until somebody started quenching them in oil and roasting using animal skins to add carbon and nitride them...
Been using 8 mm copper since I bought the bus 16 year's ago not had no problems with it Sent from my SM-J600FN using Tapatalk
I was "thinking aloud" picking up some doubters, or at least tales of them not lasting that long after all .... and if we're moving towards having to use fuels with more ethanol in them .....?
... so it's ALREADY work hardened? (bad for coping with vibrations) in the way that copper would BECOME work hardened because of the vibrations?
Only if they're Bad Vibrations. Good Vibrations are much better. The Beach Boys wrote a song about them.
Back to basics now knife crime is very depressing, but at least we haven't the gun laws of the States.
my mgb has copper brake pipes with rubber hoses of course, and copper fuel lines from tank to electric pump and copper from pump to engine bay, then rubber hoses to the carbs to accommodate the engine movements. Copper is good and no corrosion or other issues in the 15 years I have owned the car.
Copper was used on most of the old bikes and people still run them, (lots of vibrations there) with no issues.