Oil Breather\Catcher

[Mark0]

Does anyone know a good place in brisi to get one made/fitted

[Guest 90degrees]

hey dude i know a place that gets them made on the goldcoast.

fabtech autostyling i shopped around in brissy and g.c for one and these guys had the best they get them in alluminium or stainless i got the stainless looks pretty trick and does the job give them a call and see how you go.(no. listed below)

fabtech autostyling

(07)55281990

[Jay95R33]

From memory - you can get a Cusco one for around 9800yen (about $150) from http://www.takakaira.com/performance/main.html , but I'm not sure what sort $$$ you'll have to pay for shipping to get it over here.

J

[G0DF4Th3R]

whut do they do anyway?

[Mark0]

correct me if i am wrong but i beleive they are an out let for the oil vapours for when the engine is working hard, the breather is there for the vapours to go into but if it is not the vapours recirculate and can cause pinging as is the case with my car.

thanks heaps for that guys...i will give the guys at GC a call...have you got any pics of yours ?? and did they fit it or did you do it yourself ?

[Mark0]

hey 90degrees

did u notice any diff after having it on..did u try to run more timing or boost ?

[Guest 90degrees]

na dude i havent played with it yet in fact i havent even serviced my car since (shame) im sure they can fit it for you there they also have the filters for them to (i looked everywhere for one before they got them) i fitted it myself.it does idle better with it and runs smoother...

[Mark0]

i called them yesterday just awaiting a reply

[adam 32]

it wont give any power increases but should be used when running high-ish boost as there will be increased blow by.

[Mark0]

thanks mate

[Steve]

The catch can also prevents your coola getting coated in oil. I recently got a FMIC and the old one had a black residue on the inlet side:( Which reduces efficiency of the coola. This was running only about 9psi boost. As adam says, on higher boost the problem is worse. A catch can will trap the residue (hopefully) before recirculating the gasses through the induction system. A breather will just allow the gasses to vent to atmo, which I believe is illegal (emissions), please correct me if I am wrong

[adam 32]

its not illegal if you have a small filter on it (i dont think)

my catch can just has a few holes drilled in it to provide ventilation which i believe would be illegal however no-one has ever said anything to me about it...

[Robo]

They are illegal......

With or with out the little filter, if it vents to atmo. it's illegal.

Any ways, if you are getting oil in the I/C pipes from the rocker covers spilling oil and fit an Catch can, you would get a performance gain.

If you don't have much oil then the you would not notice anything.

I my self had oil in the I/C pipes and recently fitted an oil/air seperator, made a big difference (only running about 9psi)...

My 2 cent's worth.

Cheers

Rob

[Silver-Arrowz]

If you plumb it back, it's legal.

[Robo]

I know it's illegal if you have it going to atmo. but not too sure about plumb back..

[lowlux]

is a oil catchcan just a empty can/whatever witch the oil just feeds into,and just put a little nipple on it to fit one of those little filters cause i rekon u could make 1 for like 50bucks tops of out ally

is there anything special inside it?

if i make 1 for me post some pics ya rekon ppl would buy any?

[Mark0]

yer make one and post it up

[Steve]

Yes there is usually stuff inside it, they are not hard to make, just stuff it full of wire wool scourer, the course type made from stainless (sell from woolies 3 for a few bucks) are 'supposed' to be the best, although if its in an oil catch can, I wouldnt think any type of steel wool will rust? Anyone confirm this????

[adam 32]

yeh there simple to make, just need a welder/know how to weld

[Duncan]

There was an article in autospeed recently about fabricating these:

http://www.autospeed.com/A_0338/page1.html