- Dec 6, 2004
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Ok, I ran my line from the bottle to the engine bay today, but I am not so satisfied with it.
I ran it from the passenger side of the trunk, out the weather seal plugged hole, into the rear subframe. I the popped it out near the end of the rear subframe, and zip-tied it to the fuel lines to the front of the car.
Now, I tried to snake it up with the fuel lines into the engine bay, but it just wont go. I didn't pull the entire wheel liner out (had to go to work), but even if I did run it up that way, I realized I probably wouldn't have enough room to bring the line over to the drivers side, where the solenoids are mounted.
So, what I did was run the line up against the side of the transmission, and poked it up behind the motor against the firewall. This seems fine, EXCEPT the fact that at the closest point, the nitrous line is only 2-3" away from the X-pipe as it is coming off the exhaust manifold on the passenger side.
I don't know how much heat that line can take, and I am worried that the zip tie could break and the line will touch the X-pipe and bad stuff will happen.
I would have ran it the same way along the drivers side, but, there is nothing to attach the line to, and that is just BEGGING for trouble having it hang low under the car.
So what is the BEST way to run it? I need to have enough length to run it to the drivers side of the engine bay if the best way is through the passenger side. I have my bottle mounted on the drivers side, directly behind the rear seat so I can open/close the bottle from my seat, and read the PSI gauge.
I assume that running it through the interior of the car is a big no-no in case the line breaks?
I ran it from the passenger side of the trunk, out the weather seal plugged hole, into the rear subframe. I the popped it out near the end of the rear subframe, and zip-tied it to the fuel lines to the front of the car.
Now, I tried to snake it up with the fuel lines into the engine bay, but it just wont go. I didn't pull the entire wheel liner out (had to go to work), but even if I did run it up that way, I realized I probably wouldn't have enough room to bring the line over to the drivers side, where the solenoids are mounted.
So, what I did was run the line up against the side of the transmission, and poked it up behind the motor against the firewall. This seems fine, EXCEPT the fact that at the closest point, the nitrous line is only 2-3" away from the X-pipe as it is coming off the exhaust manifold on the passenger side.
I don't know how much heat that line can take, and I am worried that the zip tie could break and the line will touch the X-pipe and bad stuff will happen.
I would have ran it the same way along the drivers side, but, there is nothing to attach the line to, and that is just BEGGING for trouble having it hang low under the car.
So what is the BEST way to run it? I need to have enough length to run it to the drivers side of the engine bay if the best way is through the passenger side. I have my bottle mounted on the drivers side, directly behind the rear seat so I can open/close the bottle from my seat, and read the PSI gauge.
I assume that running it through the interior of the car is a big no-no in case the line breaks?