The port on the evap in question originally went to the factory airbox above the air filter(filtered air no vacuum) so you could probably just add a filter to it since you don't have an air box. You can see in my pic the metal tube (factory Tacoma) that crosses over the radiator shroud connects it to the air box. The plug that is taped to the MAS sensor looks taped from factory and probably is not used. I'll check mine later but I think it's the same way. You definitely want to remove that "T" from the power steer idle up loop as it may be(most likely is) keeping it from working properly. Before you change/upgrade the steering setup, make sure your steering belt is tight and the steering "idle up" is functioning.
Already removed the t and replaced that hose. I'll look into a filter for the evap port. Going to try flushing the power steering fluid and replacing it with atf. Belts are tight.
