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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ReplicaR" data-source="post: 1479348" data-attributes="member: 9209">A few updates again: Just got the car back from the shop. Regarding the fuel pushing past the fuel cap, I was able to change two things about it. First thing was a slight damage to the fuel vapor line that goes from fuel tank to the EVAP canister. I remembered not too long ago that the car slipped off the jack 12 years ago, and I damaged some fuel line, but since it didn't leak and the car ran fine, I put some tape around it to protect it, and called it a day (20 year old logic right there lol). I told my mechanic to look into it, and sure enough, the line was slightly damaged. It still flowed pretty well, but I'm sure that some of the pressure generated by this bend added to the situation.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/Dp9TTgI.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/ntYX5xh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />We also decide to use header wrap, and wrap the tail pipes of the car. Frankly I'm surprised how little heat shielding there is under this car around the fuel tank, but we are talking about 90s American Engineering level, so not that surprising after all. If you look under a contemporary car, there are heat shields absolutely everywhere around the exhaust. I am fairly certain that the excessive heat contributed to this issue as well, because we were sitting in pits for a while, and this car gets really hot underneath. I might actually end up doing more header wrap around the front of the x-pipe to reduce the in-cabin temps some more, but for now the tail pipes are wrapped from the rear tail pipe hanger pretty much to the muffler.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/4OAU9vw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Another fun development is that the composite Moroso oil catch can has cracked at the bottom, and has been leaking oil all over the headers, which made it look like the car is on fire slightly. I thought that it was blow-by coming from the vent at the top of the can, but further examination has shown a pretty large crack at the bottom, so we went back to PVC style routing.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/lKLALIM.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />More to come soon, as I finally hook up the brake cooling ducts and go back to the actual track days, where this car belongs</blockquote>