MR. SNOW

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I decided to make a catch can for a person on a budget. That would be me right now. I am unhappy with the can I have because it is about 10” x 3.5” and it weighs about 3 lbs. I wrote a previous post but I changed the setup because I feel this one is better. I designed this can to function properly. With the can hooked up with out the mod the oiled air will be sucked right back into the car with out it being condensed and collected. With my new mod your oil will be forced to condense into the baffle than sucked into the hose, filter and than clean air into the car.

So here goes, my can involves two cans one attached to each side of the head.

The first side is the turbo intake side, the second is the intake manifold side.

All I can say if there are two hoses off the head there should be two cans.

This is a cheap but great mod and should last for a good long time. If you like it all the parts are replaceable if you damage any of them.

Picture # 1 parts I got from my hardware store and Walmart.

So here we go:

1) Campbell Hausfeld Mini General Purpose Filter #MP5138 11.97x2
2) Stainless Steel wool--Chore boy—Will not rust or break apart easy. 2.29
3) Plug Raccord Connector I/M 1/4" MP2468 1.94x2
4) One clear flex tube 5/8 OD 6"long and 0.50

MR. SNOW

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You can see all the parts in the project laid out. This is a fast ten minute job.

1st) Take the can apart to look at the contents. You will see that on the top of the blue can there are two holes for you to attach a bracket into. This bracket can go to any hole near the intake manifold or battery side of the head. Re-assemble only the top of the filter housing.

2nd) Push the 5/8ths clear tube over the white filter at the top of the can. The Black filter diffuser will keep the hose in place. If you look closely at it you will see it has a channeled vortex cut into it, to spiral the air down into the bottom of the can.

3rd) While we have the can apart. It is time to Stuff the 5/8ths clear tube and the plastic bowl with stainless steel wool for a filter baffle.

4th) It is now time to re assemble the can. At this point you can put the 1/4" Plug connectors on.

5th) Install into the car with the arrow on the can always facing away from the head.

Enjoy the post, pictures on the car will come tomorrow.

Noogles

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make sure you remove the filter media, it'll soak the oil and pass it back into the intake tract

MR. SNOW

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I believe the filter media won't soak the oil, because the oil is forced to pass through the baffle first. It is the last point of contact of any oil, if it happens at all.

MR. SNOW

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Bump installed pictures soon

Noogles

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I use to run the setup on my C5 and tranfered it over to the evo, it will soak oil

AmSFighter

Are those cutco shears? cutco rules!! Thanks for the write up...maybe a cheaper and faster solution than waiting for the saikou dc2...

C6C6CH3vo

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C6C6CH3vo

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Dude, I've been using the same part (air dryer) on my PVCCV side for 4 months. Works great. I put a small hole in the air element though, and air flows out it into the bottom where it catches.

When used on the intake (pre-turbo) side of PVC, allthough more messy, instead of using steel wool use some glass strands (fiberglass). The steel wool will conduct surrounding heat and will send the oil vapors into the track instead of catching and condensing them.

Anything conductive, like stainless, will do this - the trick is to cool the oil vapor and collect instead of reheat and send back off.

MR. SNOW

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So you ran this exact set up? I mean you are saying I copied your idea exactly...

Isolating the exit with a control tube in 5/8ths clear vinal tube and you also stuffed the control tube and bottom of the can with SSteal wool?

I am going to stuff some cotton ***** in the exit to examine and see if I am getting vapors blow by. My car has been sittin for a while since I have lots of mods for it and I have driving a mustang covertable, Life is good the chicks love that car.

BTW, C6C6CH3vo might be on to somthing with a fiberglass fill. I was thinking now a subbox type of fill in the control tube, mixed with the SSwool. Also, my VW VR6 used a SS Wool to concentrate the oil vapors comming off the head.

---J

C6C6CH3vo

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Whatever is used a surface area o collect the oil, just make sure it can't get sucked back in to the intake track. The fiberglass might clog ports and whatnot. Maybe the best bet would be to locate the device in the coolest area in the bay