Challenger gas tank vent tube questions

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Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« on: October 10, 2004 - 04:22:45 PM »
I have a 1970 Challenger that was originallly a v-6 car.  Some one has made a new trunk floor for it that is just made of flat metal and alot of the other parts on it are not even for this car (or any Dodge).  The car has a large tube that comes up on the passenger side underneath of the fill tube.  I am sure that this is a factory part.  It also has four tubes underneath of the car that are not hooked up.  Are these vents or gas lines?  After looking at some cars at car shows I noticed that all Challengers don't have this tube some of them have small lines instead.  Is this a v-6 only thing?  I was going to redo this car and put in a 440 6bbl but I wondered which style of vent is right and if having the rwrong one will effect anything.  Also some one has put in an aftermarket gas tank and didn't get the one with the hook ups for the four tubes.  They just ran a new fuel line.  Which tank style is right for a 440 6bbl if any? Thanks! ??? ???




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Re: Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2004 - 02:09:30 AM »
there was no V6 engines for the chall
 Olny 71 up Challs that I have seen have the tube in the trunk that you have
 it is just a factory vent tube & there should be 4 lines hooked to the gas tank with a steel sheild covering the lines behind the tire
 with the 440+6 you should have a 3/8" gas line & a vapor separator & return line to the tank 

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Re: Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2004 - 10:23:04 AM »
but all dodge's and plymouth's in 1970 had the emission's vapour recovery system in Calforina with this type of unit. then in 1971 they all had it.

the four vent tubes came from the right side of the tank to four rubber hoses that went to a closed vent tube that resided in the trunk. then one tube which was at the very top of the inside of the tube allowed the gas vapours to be drawn thur another line all the way up to the engine which had a 3 port closed breather cap on the right side valve cap. so two small ports- one from the tank tube and the other from the carb's vent hole port (years before that a small vent that was opened and closed by the linkage on the carb- this allowed the vapours to be open to the air- now a no no!) and a larger port from the breather. then all the unbrunt vapours are drawn from one side to the other to the PVC valve and burnt.

Theory is- all vapours cannot be allowed to escape into the air- so a closed vapour recovery system was invented to keep the epa ? guy's happy. then in 1972 with the lower compression standards the charcol system was introduced.

all other 1970 cars had a single vent tube that came from the tank, up into the trunk and then back down below the trunk floor.

now it is not used- that's ok- 440 4 bbl- what I would do is if that extra steel line for the vent system is still there- I would put a 3 port vapour filter on the car and use the vent line all the way back to the tank to send the vapours back to the tank like the Hemi's did.

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Re: Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2004 - 08:25:37 PM »
I meant that it had a straight six not a v6.  It was a typo!  Also how hard is it to change over to this style of vent.
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Re: Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2004 - 01:20:43 AM »
I would ignore the vent & use a vapor separator & return line

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Re: Challenger gas tank vent tube questions
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2004 - 08:44:59 PM »
All right!  Thanks for the info!