will the charcaol cannister work laying on its side or does it have to be upright to work properly AND WHERE THE HECK DOES THE CRUISE CONTROL MOUNT ON A FIREBIRD TRYING TO SWAP SIDES FOR MY BATTERY MAY BE ISHOULD PUT THE BATTERY IN THE TRUNK AND SAVE MYSELF SOME GRIEF THANKS TO ANYONE THAT CAN HELP

 

For the cruise control, i believe my 84T/A had it mounted to a bracket on the drivers side frame rail just in front of the wheel well. In my 88 parts car, it was mounted right next to the washer fluid bottle on the drivers side fender.

 

Yeh if I remember right the cruise on a tpi engine was by the washer bottle you need a special bottle and bracket. I might have the bracket somewhere powdercoted gray but no washer bottle or cable. and I'm pretty sure the canister does have to be mounted upright as I've never seen a factory can mounted sidways in that style. But I could be wrong.

 

do you even need the charcole and does it really do anything

 

well no you don't need it for the engine to run but yes if you need to pass emisions you need it. It deals with the fuel vapors that evaporate from the fuel in the tank.

 

i live in a county where you must pass emmisions although if the car is more than 20 years old your exempt i think may be i'll try putting it on its side with the vacumm lines pointing up but hanks for allyour help

 

yea me too, and i think you have to get a special tag like historic, classic or antique or something along those lines

 

may be i'll just move 5 miles down the road to adifferent county

 

It needs to be upright. Liquid fuel collects in the bottom and the vapor is filtered through the charcoal.

 

s**t I GUESS I'LL FIND ANOTHER LOCATION,THANKS THOUGH

 

may i ask why you want to move the battery to the other side of the car? i'd just put it in the cockpit behind the passenger's seat or next to the firewall on the passenger side.

 

Batteries in the passenger compartment must be sealed and vented to the outside

Both of those places would be a terrible idea

 

car is still instock condition don;t want to or won't fit inthose locations i'm biulding acold air intake andthe plumbing works best over there. i've already relocated everything neccasary and i'm working on the filter box now.car was wrecked and the factory air box was damaged up to the maf sensor. i figured why not try to get a few extra hp while i was at it.

 

Just thought I would mention if you check out the technical articals section. there are a couple of cold air intake know hows that people just unbolt the canister and push it as far as posible to a corner and still have room for a cold air intake.