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I was doing some cleanup on the front end today, and decided to finally move the vacuum canister from where it’s stock mounted inside the bumper. I was originally going to put it inside the engine bay back on the passenger side corner above the blower motor but that’s where I’m going to route/mount the manifold and whatnot for the OBA. I had the grill off and noticed a good place to stick it behind the grill on the side of the radiator support. It worked out great. I have the small “ball” canister, but it seems that there would be plenty of room to mount the “football” shaped canister in about the same area. Here’s some pics.

 

Jeff

 

Moved from the bumper to here:

 

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Profile….plenty of room:

 

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Routed the hoses thru:

 

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Can’t even see it ;) :

 

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There's plenty of room along the inner fender area behind the coil/relay center, or above the blower (under the pressure bottle for the closed system guys). My OBA system already made a down payment on that piece of real estate :D

 

You can stick it anywhere it'll fit...just run the vac lines to it.

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so they're flexy hoses not plastic lines right? i think mine might be leakin cause it decides to blow out of the right places at random times haha. i might not have hooked em up all the way when i installed the tow hooks though.

 

my OBA is prolly gonna run like my bros, just use the space behind the relays infront of the bottle, beside the head.

(if that makes sense) his setup is nice. who needs a/c anyways?

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The larger main vac line is, but the smaller one is rigid (the one that goes to the heater controls...but nothing you couldn't cut and splice in a piece of regualr rubber vaccuum line into ;)

 

Here's how I'm gonna plumb the OBA....simple, clean, functional:

 

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=905549

 

Jeff

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There's plenty of room along the inner fender area behind the coil/relay center, or above the blower (under the pressure bottle for the closed system guys). My OBA system already made a down payment on that piece of real estate :D

 

You can stick it anywhere it'll fit...just run the vac lines to it.

 

That's where mine is, fits great. Too bad my vacuum system sucks too much to enjoy the placement.

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you see 311 day 06

never been but we went in aug. 05 when they came to atlanta.

 

SOBER mind you. 311 is my favorite band ever i can't imagine going to their concert so messed up (like many people i know that actually did this) that i didnt make it in, or know what was going on.

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