Red Beast's DIY catch can

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03-24-2007, 07:34 AM

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Red Beast's DIY catch can

Many thanks to Matt!

Hey, I'm still looking for a link for a ventui exhaust pipe. I lost my link and after 45 minutes of searching I have given up. Anyway, here is my setup:

http://ww2.lightweightmiata.com:8080...n/catchcan.htm

03-24-2007, 09:06 AM

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hehehe love it.

03-24-2007, 09:35 AM

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nice job Robert- you just need a remote purge "switch" so you can dump when the competition is getting too close a la tom slick

03-24-2007, 10:42 AM

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Looks just like mine, though flat black. Cool that you mounted it in the wheelwell. I hate putting more and more crap in the engine bay.

03-24-2007, 12:27 PM

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You should try a 0.060" restrictor in your oil feed line, I know I had to use one in my 240sx that was running a t25.

Hopefully that will help your smoking problems.

03-24-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S

You should try a 0.060" restrictor in your oil feed line, I know I had to use one in my 240sx that was running a t25.

Hopefully that will help your smoking problems.

That's the plan. I ordered a restrictor before but it turned out to be the wrong one for my turbo. Now that I know I need one (or that I know the oil is coming from the turbo) I'll have to get back on it...

03-24-2007, 01:26 PM

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Nice work! You've been busy lately!!

03-24-2007, 02:37 PM

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looks great!

03-24-2007, 03:02 PM

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I really like it, especially that you're keeping the bay less cluttered and the negligible mass as low as possible. How much did all of this run you?

03-24-2007, 03:20 PM

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nicely done...between, you, y8s, and braineack I have more projects I want to do than I have time or money for.

03-24-2007, 03:41 PM

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When I built mine like his it cost me about $12 because i needed the glue, pipe, fittings, scrubbing pads.

03-24-2007, 03:52 PM

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Quote:

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How much did all of this run you?

??? The car or the DIY catch can? The can cost me about $10. The car, hmm... I paid $6700 for the car on ebay. Sold the JRSC for $1400, paid $350 for the turbo kit, paid $300 for the wheels/tires, already had the Link ECU but you could say $1000 for it, and sold a bunch of parts off the car. I would think I have less than $8K in the car. It has really been a $0 project from the get go since I got my last red Miata totalled. I paid $10,000 for it but the insurance company gave me $8,500 for it and I sold (believe it or not) around $8,000 in parts off it and Beast while I was stripping her. I've gotten pretty lucky on the cost of some stuff. I paid $6500 for my original white Miata and I am probably still spending that same money (also wrecked, made out good on the insurance money and sale of the car).

03-24-2007, 04:24 PM

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Just the catch can, lol.

03-24-2007, 04:31 PM

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Quote:

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Just the catch can, lol.

I wasn't sure, since it lists the cost for the catch can in my write-up.

03-24-2007, 04:34 PM

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i wasn't able to view the link...
cannot display site...

03-24-2007, 04:44 PM

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Quote:

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i wasn't able to view the link...
cannot display site...

Try www.lightweightmiata.com and select catchcan on the left. Let me know if it works. I remember a while back some guys with Firefox had problems but I made a change to my frames and it fixed it.