Catch Cans

[simontibbett]

So, I have a Dasani water bottle, what do you all have? I may upgrade to a large RedBull can. Anyone tried these?

[RotorNutFD3S]

Thread cleared and reopened. Stay on topic please.

[MeFryRice]

Eric, you should have just deleted this thread.

[simontibbett]

Why?........

[MeFryRice]

Do I even have to explain? This thread is a joke. If your serious then maybe you should ask on IA. I think you'll get a lot better of a response.

[simontibbett]

No it's not a joke, what's wrong with using bottles as catch cans? Of course I won't ask that on IA lol then you WILL be flamed.

Why buy a expensive unit when you can use a bottle?

[GraffitiPanda]

heinikin keg can = PERFECT

[simontibbett]

Really? I'd think it'd be TOO big lol.

At least someone can have fun.

[GraffitiPanda]

my friend swears by how thick the aluminum is, its perfect

[metalman]

I swear by these....

http://images.asia.ru/img/alibaba/photo/51292108/45L_Sub_Warhead_Trash_Can.jpg

Also good for useless threads too. :lol:

[simontibbett]

Oh look, another useless post by an old man.

Continue on people.

[wildfire0310]

i remember back in the day people would use small 20 oz gatorade bottles for catch cans. Mostly on s13 and s14.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Honestly, I use a $5 air/water separator that I got at Home Depot. Works great and is easily hidden because it is no larger than a "D" cell battery.

[simontibbett]

^Is that the big thing people were writing DIY's on a couple years ago? If so it looked good.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Yeah, I think it was. I used the same one on my boosted Saturn, that's where I got the idea in the first place. Saturn owners are notorious for finding the cheap mods. :lol:

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z104/RotorNutFD3S/EngineMods/DSC01112.jpg

If you look below the inlet tube (the gold one) there is a hose, connected to that hose and strapped to the cold-air box is the separator. It's black, so it's hard to see. I'm going to put it somewhere else when I put it all back together again, no one ever noticed it there, but I don't want lines everywhere.

[redrumracer]

what ever came factory

[mustangtomiata]

i have a driveway.

[deerock]

im with simon, i might do this, i was looking online at catchcans and 50 bucks shipped...thats a bit much for something i could make...

im gonna make my own now. out of an old spraypaint can. its trash, but not trashy.

what i like to call; classy trash :D

now let the hating commense. lol

[simontibbett]

Yeah main

[jesseealexander]

i dont even know wtf a catch can does or why you would need it. lol

do i have one?

[simontibbett]

No lol. Make one, USE NOS.

[MeFryRice]

i dont even know wtf a catch can does or why you would need it. lol

do i have one?

Oil catch can collect the oil, moisture and blow-by gas that causes carbon and sludge build-up in the intake system and engine to keep them clean.

[jesseealexander]

OH now i remember. i read some stuff about these a looooooong time ago.

[deerock]

No lol. Make one, USE NOS.


simon if we used nos we might gain power. think straight main!

[simontibbett]

That's the point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ben91]

PVC pipe with caps and fittings also works great and costs next to nothing.
Pretty good pictorial
http://www.miataturbo.net/forum/t25275/

[FE3tMX5]

^that's what I did. But if you guys need a catch can on a normally aspirated Miata, you've got big problems. That's way to much blow-by pressure given the excellent vent chambers Mazda build into the cam covers.

[Doppelgänger]

Using a plastic drink bottle is straight up rice. That's about as good as going to raid construction sites for some wood and nails to make a wing too...

[simontibbett]

Using a plastic drink bottle is straight up rice. That's about as good as going to raid construction sites for some wood and nails to make a wing too...

I got the idea from an ALMS team....LOL....******* RICERS.

[Doppelgänger]

post pics of said ALMS team with plastic Coke bottle next to engine?

[simontibbett]

It wasn't Coke, it was Dasani. Are you serious? Ever worked for a team or looked at cars? lol. I don't have a pic of that one but I have a pic of an SCCA car I will get it.

[simontibbett]

I lied, it wasn't Dasani

[Doppelgänger]

whatever works for an improvised fix.