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Buh bye.

 
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Sweet. Blue should look nice in your bay.

Cool DIY.

 
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well played sir.

 
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Thanks guys!

 
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in for pics of it installed.

nice diy clint

 
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+1
Nice!

 
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That's cool, but what does it do again?

 
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very nice diy, i like the valve for emptying it. it traps and condenses oil and other contaminants to keep them from going back in the engine.

 
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Thanks guys!

Yup!

 
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wow nice DIY

 
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definetly a nice DIY foos!
i still need to get myself one but i was thinking a little differently?

no breather filter, no valve, etc..?
instead, i was going to use a bottle like yourself, 90degree elbow, straight piece and steel scratch pads (stuffed into the bottle). Only thing different id have to do is empty this bottle once every oil change.

still....i like!

 
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The one that's going in my car doesn't have a filter because I run a closed evac setup and a filter would throw off the car's vacuum level. If you run an outlet off the catch can back to a large vac source (like the IM, turbo inlet, or your exhaust) you shouldn't run a filter. You get a better positive vacuum off the block by running a closed can.

However, if you are just running the PCV hose and breather hose off the VC into it, you should use a breather vent, otherwise you just transfer pressure through the can. Make sense?

There is steel wool stuffed in the bottom of this can, I just didn't take a pic of it. Plus the valve makes it a lot easier to drain the crap in the can. My current can just has a screw-in plug and that thing is damn messy and a pain in the ***.

 
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Guys just to note this, do not pressurize your catch cans/crank cases, ever. Make sure if you run a turbo, the can is either open breather style or tapped into the intake side of the turbo compressor. Any positive pressure in your crank case can ruin things like your turbo oil seals and just plain wreak havok on your whole setup. Positive crank pressure can lead to oiling problems that sometimes start out small with little to no symptoms and progressively get worse. Sometimes by the time you realize there is a problem its too late. Other times the hot side of your turbo will push oil out into the exhaust and cause plumes of grayish smoke. Crank evac is much more a critical factor than most realize.

PS, Clint that catch can is pretty damn creative, thumbs up!

 
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Oh BTW do not try to use the exhaust as a vac source for turbo cars either. We just tried this with the race car and at idle there was enough restriction to cause turbo drainage problems.

 
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Buh bye.

 
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I'd stay away from the exhaust evac route. Reason being that any exhaust that is not wide open has enough back pressure to hold a check valve closed thus allowing a restriction on the crank evac. Even if its minimal it is still harmfull. Maybe it will work for some but not all. The best way to route the can is to the inlet of the turbo. Temporarily use a vac guage tee-d into the catch can. If it creates more than 10-15 in. of vacuum put a needle valve inline with the vaccum source. Its all relative to how much boost you have so less than 10psi of boost wouldnt probably create that much vaccum anyways. Too much vacuum can be just as bad sometimes. Gaskets can suck into the engine, the oil can do some really funky things too.

 
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Hmph. Gonna have to do some measuring on my setup when I get back to the states then. Exhaust setup is going to change anyway so I guess it's not that big of a deal if I have to re-work my evac setup. Thanks Gerry!

Let me know about that fuel rail when you get a chance. The car ships on Wednesday and won't hit port in the states for 45 days.

 
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ok, havent had time for anything lately. Just shoot me an email in a week or so in case I forget.