$20 Oil catch can

[jcmGT]

hmmm.... that looks pretty good. While I'm not keen on dropping a Franklin on a catch can, the air compressor filter didn't seem to aesthetically fit well in the engine bay (to me). I've been giving consideration to the CC, as I suspect it's a long term payback. Had been leaning to saving coin and go for the max function one...but the DIY works, perhaps not the best but good enough and looks ok.

[BigRed585Lbs]

Mike Norris Motorsports will take some semoleons off your hand for a nice product that may please your eye more. The 'Vette folks sure seem to like them. Colors, too!

[reek]

I have one of the ebay catch cans with a removable top. Came as an empty can with an inlet/outlet. Put a piece of galvanized steel window screen shaped to stay put between the in and out dividing the chamber in half. Put a small amount of steel wool/pot scrubber on the inlet side. Not packed in though. Didn't know if flow resistance would be an issue. Tried blowing through the inlet before and after my home mod. didn't seem like any increased resistance.

Seems to be working on my Tundra. I broke down and ordered a Billetprototype for my G8. Of course, haven't heard from them in weeks and no reply to my emails. May file with paypal and get a refund, do the ebay thing again.

REEK

[JoshHefnerX]

I have one of the ebay catch cans with a removable top. Came as an empty can with an inlet/outlet. Put a piece of galvanized steel window screen shaped to stay put between the in and out dividing the chamber in half. Put a small amount of steel wool/pot scrubber on the inlet side. Not packed in though. Didn't know if flow resistance would be an issue. Tried blowing through the inlet before and after my home mod. didn't seem like any increased resistance.

Seems to be working on my Tundra. I broke down and ordered a Billetprototype for my G8. Of course, haven't heard from them in weeks and no reply to my emails. May file with paypal and get a refund, do the ebay thing again.

REEK

I've seen steel wool break apart into little fibers. I don't know that I would want those getting sucked into the engine. The screen is a good idea though.

Josh

[reek]

I've seen steel wool break apart into little fibers. I don't know that I would want those getting sucked into the engine. The screen is a good idea though.

Josh

Any recs on what to use as a condensor?

[JoshHefnerX]

Just leave the screen in w/o any steel wool.

Josh

[BigRed585Lbs]

^^I'm trying that now, but getting a lot of bugs in the house.

[JoshHefnerX]

^^

[gavine]

So I decided to give the $20 eBay catch can a try. It's not a bad unit. The quality looks pretty good. The internals are empty though. There is no mesh in there. The inlet has a longer "tube" than the outlet...that's about it. Also, I needed an allen wrench to remove the inlet/outlets to install the provided gaskets.

I installed it in a different spot than the Billet Prototypes install. I also used the factory PCV hose instead of replacing it which made the install easier and I didn't need to buy additional hoses because the one that came with the can did the trick.

The only extra piece I needed was a 4-inch mending plate to attached the provided "L" bracket to the stock airbox bolt.

Note: I had to loosen the "+" battery terminal mount in order to get the mending plate under it. Once I got the mounting plate on the airbox bolt, I then was able to fully tighten the terminal mount again.

Here are the pictures (sorry for the poor cell phone quality). Let me know if you have any questions ->

[JoshHefnerX]

Can see the pics...

Josh