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has anyone just eliminated this in their corrado.
i will be running no A/C and no heater core so i am not worried about HVAC controls.
someone said you can't remove it because it does something with the brakes. any background on this piece would be greatly appreciated.
just a little background on why i am asking... trying to clean up my engine bay and eliminate as much as possible including using the least amount of vacuum hoses.
 
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Re: vacuum reservoir tank (idRthrBBlwnThnSukd)

First, you will need to give more info about your car, G60 or SLC. Then there isn't a vacuum reservoir in Corrados, so I'm not sure what you are even referring to.
 
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Re: vacuum reservoir tank (Forty-six and 2)

The reservoir is tucked under the front passenger fender. If you remove the fender liner and look up you will see a plastic tank. The green vacuum line goes thru the raintray/firewall and the drain hole.
If you remove or disconnect the reservoir you should at least plug the green vacuum line. Otherwise you will have a vacuum leak which you will feel in the brake pedal (very hard).
 
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Re: vacuum reservoir tank (turbo8vraddo)

It just so happens that I am shaving my bay right now. You should get rid of your carbon canister. I can't find the diagram on how to remove it. I took mine out along time ago, so I don't remeber. You can get rid of the washer fluid tank, and lines. Relocate the battery to the trunk. Take the abs wires off of the strut towers, and hide them. Those are just a few of the simple thing that can be done.
 
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Re: vacuum reservoir tank (Forty-six and 2)

yo, if your ditching all the a/c controls and everything you can tear the resevoir and all hoses right out....just run the vacuum line from the brake servo valve (blue one off the intake manifold) directly to the cluster connection and remove all the hvac hoses from where they t off of the cluster line.
i know that this doesn't effect brake function because the cluster / hvac off shoot is before the valve....the way the brake servo works it that it gets vacuum from the manifold to give softer brake feel. it's valved so that it won't receive boost. obviously when your using the brakes your always in a vacuum situation so you get the enhancement of the booster.
 
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