What's the straight dope on SS brake lines?

["Ben Channard" <zeroid@hotmail.com>]

     I had bought the party line that metal braided brake lines give a 
firmer pedal but if the construction of the SS brake lines is like our fuel 
lines, it seems that there is plenty of space for expansion of the encased 
rubber line.  Does the braiding limit the expansion of the brake line?  Can 
you see the rubber line completely fill up the braided portion if you step 
on the pedal?  If not, a plain rubber line isn't going to expand any more 
than a SS line.

     Another reason for my doubting Thomas mode is that I'm assuming that 
when someone installs SS brake lines, they will be replacing possibly 
decades old rubber lines which have gotten soft and spongy with age and 
ozone as well as putting in fresh fluid and doing a careful bleeding.  On 
top of this, new pads and rotors may factor in.  So how much of the reported 
increase in pedal feel is actually due to the braiding and not due to a 
general freshening of the brake system or even worse, a placebo effect?  If 
anyone can set me straight on this, please fire away.  benton-----

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