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Originally Posted by Showdown
Day 2...
1.)On the fuel pressure gauge there’s a small hose barb on the right side but the X-Faktory manual makes no mention of what to do with it; leave it, cap it…?
2.)Charcoal canister- Right now the hose from the fuel tank is connected but that’s all. Do I need to connect the hose to the shroud and the other hose to the rain hats? Do I? Do I?
3.)Poll: I purchased both a small filter for the oil breather hose as well as a catch can. Real estate will be tight with the charcoal canister in place but methinks the catch can will keep the engine bay from being oiled up like a coed on spring break… Thoughts? (on the filter vs catch can, not the coed)
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1. The hose barb is a manifold reference. It basically lowers fuel pressure when you let off the throttle, and increases fuel pressure (max is what you've set it to with the reference disconnected) when you mash the throttle.
Whether or not you choose to use it with ITBs is up to you...or your tuner. I've known folks to do both.
2. This IDK about. My fuel tank vent hose is plumbed to a rollover vent valve in the nearside front fender. (behind the headlight) I park my car inside my house and very seldom does it smell of fuel. This has more to do with temp fluctuation than fuel level. But like I mentioned prior, it's very seldom that my garage smells like fuel.
3. I really worried about this a lot when I did my ITBs. Everyone talks about how much oil/vapor moves between the engine and oil tank and I knew I intended to spin this mill as high as I could get away with. I spent several days trying to come up with some sort of clever catch can solution. I then consulted Erik Lind who said, 'just stab a filter on the vent barb on the tank and get on with your life'...or something to that effect.
So that's what I did. It's yet to drip a drop of oil in nearly 20k miles.
Emissions compliant? Hell no.
Messy? Also no.
Simple? Very.
Like you mentioned earlier in the thread, the journey (and tinkering) is half the fun. So if you opt for something simple and it fails, just revisit at that time. If you spend your whole life chasing some idealized/optimized setup, you may never get to really enjoy driving it.