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Yes, manifold vacuum at tank and a big boom if... (archive)
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Posted by Shawn D. on April 22, 2002 at 07:47:49:

In Reply to: They started in '70, so posted by Mike W. on April 22, 2002 at 01:21:56:

... you had a backfire and the flame front traveled through the line! :O

They started in '70, so it wouldn't seem much like an afterthought. And they did some less than optimum things for smog that they changed but they left that one on. So, I doubt it is an afterthought nor do I think it would run better without it. But if you did remove or bypass it, you would not want to run another piece of fuel line, you would just want to blank it off, otherwise you would end up with manifold vacuum at your gas tank.
Mike




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