I used to have an '86 240, and now I have an '89 (built in 12/88 though), with the second style of flame trap system.

I'd like to know who thought taking the flame trap from being buried under the manifold, and instead placing it upon some flimsy little s-shaped tube and ramming it up between the 3-4 manifold runners and under the freakin fuel rail was going to make it that much easier to replace. It's completely surrounded by intake manifold and fuel rail! Ridiculous! I've broken 2 of the plastic nipples so far trying to get the damn hoses apart on this thing. Ugh.

Today I was replacing the entire flame trap system, from the oilbox gasket to the last hose that runs to the intake, and everything in between, and again I broke one of those flimsy plastic nipples (stupid Scan-Tech for making cheap plastic and stupid me and my big yeti-hands)

So, my plan is to shitcan that stupid s-hose (looks like 5/8 ID to me) and just replace it with a length of straight hose that I can run up to some point either ABOVE the fuel rail or ALONGSIDE the intake manifold (or just to some place I find where the hose isn't bent and the flame trap isn't a PITA to reach)...

Good idea/bad idea? I notice that IPD sells a kit for the pre-'88 cars that looks like it would do exactly what I need...did they just decide that the '88-93 location was good enough? It's not, imo.