brake project question, fitting 23mm MC and hard brake lines? Options

[siverson]

Hi,

I'm getting my project closer to being on the road and have two brake questions for you guys:

1) Anyone have experience fitting a 23mm master cylinder? Everything seems to fit ok (i.e. used longer push rod, pedals bolt up nicely) except the steering rack is in the way of where the two plastic lines from the plastic reservoir connect. Do I need to make new lines, or am I doing something wrong?

2) Right now, I have the master cylinder, new calipers (993TT), rotors and just the one single hard brake lines that runs through the center tunnel installed (the car was striped for painting). The hard lines for the stock brakes obvious don't line up with the new calipers. What should I do:

a) Figure out how to bend new hard lines, and mimic what the factory had done. What type of shop can make custom brake lines (I'm in San Diego)?

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Just run -3 braided brake line everywhere? This I know how to do, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Will long braided lines give a weird pedal feel?

c) Anything else?

Thanks for any tips,
Steve