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Is there anything that the majority of people usually safety wire? I was wondering how reliable those ford fuel connectors are? Do most people secure those?

What we use it for or what we admit to using it for?

Are you saying there is some sort of go fast trick dealing with safety wire? Never heard of that one. How about being super safe by adding 50 lbs of safety wire to the front end. Don't want those front radiator nuts coming loose and use depleted uranium for the best wire.

No, just a lot of go lazy tricks.

So do people safety wire the fuel connectors or no? Are they pretty good as is?

I haven't seen anyone do this. I have had the spring break on one, though. (Assuming you are talking about the ones on the fuel rail). But never had a problem with any just coming off on their own.

Seriously, I haven't seen much use of safety wire in the "Engineer to Win" sense...

Thanks Dave, yeah I am mostly worried about trying to not start fires, have car fall apart on track, etc...

I have seen it used - and used it - on the oil line fittings with the blue hose. But I think it was just a reason to use the cool safety wire pliers; don't know of anyone ever having these come off.
the only other place is on the steering rack mount bolts, which sorta makes sense, cause you rarely see those things nor check them.

adambrouillard wrote:Thanks Dave, yeah I am mostly worried about trying to not start fires, have car fall apart on track, etc...

Our rule of thumb is lock nuts or lock washers on everything.

Steve's K. idea would apply if we were using the original Escort push-on hose fittings. OTOH, what about a hose clamp?

The usage I have the biggest love / hate relationship with is as a CV boot clamp substitute.

Dave

I lost one of the fittings during a Pro race and was lucky that all I ended up was a trail of fuel behind me (broken spring). Problem is usually caused by people using screwdrivers instead of a proper tool to pull out the fitting from the fuel rail, damaging the spring. Never had a problem since, although I did find safety clips when scavenging for parts at a local pic-a-part (from an Escort or a Taurus) that snapped around that fitting to ensure it would pull out if the spring broke, which I used for quite a while (not sure they're still on the car.) I wouldn't bother with safety wiring (a lot more will fall off the car before that fitting!)