Really Nice Cans
 

I saw these catch cans posted on the VWvortex.
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This is one of the nicest cans I have seen. Phillips showed me another one today that is pretty sick(sicker than these even) but I don't really want to wait for them. These are usually around 90 raw or 100 colored but I shot out some emails and we could get em for $75 raw or $80 colored if you guys wanted to jump in.

i thought i was gonna see BOOBIES!

wow, those r really nice. i would b in for one @ $80. ne other colors or just those ?

Come on man... you know this is a Miata forum were not into those type of things ;)

Those are slick alright, and I was just thinking I wanted one. Got Dimensions?

2"x7"

They look nice.

those cans suck ;)

ok so, those are nice cans;)

You guys don't think that 2" is too big of diameter? The valve cover port is only like 1/2" ;)

meh.... how could I hook one up???? I have filter on turbo......no intake tract...

You could use a filter on one port of the can instead of routing it back to the intake.

Have you guys never heard of PVC?!

Sheesh :D

I think he's talking about making one out of pvc and watching as hot oil melts it slowly.

Oops. Reading owned me.
Sorry Kyle.

I am gonna edit my post.

You could make one out of PVC and the hot oil will not melt it because once it gets through a nice long hose it will have cooled enough for the pvc to handle.

There are lots of other ways to DIY this too, (an air compressor oil separator works great) but the price is low and nothing I make would be that nice.

Wideopen, I will take a look tomarow and see it I have a good place to put something that size.

where would you find the vertical mounting space for that in a miata? certainly not in my miata. that said, they are pretty slick.

I had one mounted just in front of the crank case, plenty of room there.

yeah but just putting a breather on one side of it kind of defeats the purpose of having a catch can hooked up to pull those vapors/oil out and shit.... might as well not spend the money and let my cool beans breather filter just sit on the valvecover as it is now

bOObs?!

whats a catch can do other then catch oil? From where the turbo or something?

Routed between the crankcase breather and intake tube.

Prevents oil from being sucked out of the crankcase and into the intake path. obviously.

Am I the only one who thinks this can and bracket look uneccesarily heavy? The bracket is 3 times thicker than needed and the can looks like it was machined from billet with a really thick wall... why all the weight?

I bet it weighs very little being aluminum. These are mostly marketed at the Supra and boosted G35/350Z guys so they are already SOL when it comes to wieght. Whats another ounce or so? :)

I agree that its best to utilize this to allow a slight vacuum to be pulled on the crankcase just like factory. The air filter on the valve cover works ok minus smelling the vapors and the very light oily film you sometimes end up with on some things on the passenger side.

Aluminum is light.. yes. But, that doesn't change the fact those things appear to weigh about 2-3X more than is required for what they do. They look nice, and I'd probably put one on my street car. But, lately I've been doing more and more race car stuff where an ounce here or there is way too much to sacrifice.

Yeah. Its not marketed as a "racecar" part just like most the pieces we install on our cars. I see what you are saying though. Most people involved in such competetive racing where ounces matter are probably utilizing thinks such as titanium fasteners and a lot of carbon fiber or aluminum so they probably have a part fabricated that fits their needs over installing a universal unit anyways.

I know this is off topic but have you guys seen the Cusco catch cans? The build quality is bloody hideous!

how are these cans better than the cheap ones on ebay

Dang, I think too much. It looks like it will fit nicely either next to the turbo, by the upper shock mount (begi/fm manifold), or using those two useless bolts on the front of the vave cover.

Now I am just thinking, how hard will it be to drain? Since neither position allows decent acess to the drain on the bottom.

How does it secure into the bracket? Is it just a friction fit, or does the bracket clamp down with a screw I can't see in the pictures or something like that?

This can is actually somewhat baffled and will assist in removing larger drops of oil from the crank case vapors.

I am going to order a pair of cans ;) today. Anyone else want in?

can anyone post a few pics of there catch can installation?

I ordered a couple of these badboys tonight. If anyone else wants one just let me know.