Most baller/rare/sweet Oil Catch Can?

[BlackZenkiS14]

Greddy, and Cusco make nice ones. But whats coolest, most baller Oil Catch can out there?

Pics are a must!

What you rockin'?

[whiterps13]

http://images112.fotki.com/v590/photos/4/47612/3915226/IMG_7608-vi.jpg

That robot looking thing in the bottom right of the frame.

[Black240Ct]

sure why not
i think this is a smax one that i welded the filter top closed and added a cheese grater inspired plate to catch oil

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/62023_570696048806_42501326_33102316_2812682_n.jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/59493_570696033836_42501326_33102315_5011165_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/60467_570695983936_42501326_33102312_5853811_n.jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/57896_570695849206_42501326_33102304_143800_n.jpg

ehh it works

[codyace]

Factory. Works great.

[ixfxi]

Factory. Works great.

totally right.

its funny, i purchased an aftermarket greddy unit like what, 5 years ago. nowadays im like... what the fuck do i have this big piece of shit for, its completely useless. i think i'll just install a stock unit

total waste of time and money

[s13 drifta]

I like my Greddy catch can. It works well and adds bling.


http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9809/s14004.jpg

[jr_ss]

Here's my custom setup, utilizes the factory charcoal canister bracket...

http://emob627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/jr_ss/eh008.jpg?t=1244842512
http://emob627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/jr_ss/10-09012.jpg

[Persona]

Half of the greddy's selling out there are just fakes, but factory all the way unless you are going for the bling factor. If thats the case make your own.

[blueshark123]

All the jdm ones like greddy cusco etc. suck ass in my opinon they barely do shit.

These are real good and priced good- http://www.saikoumichi.com/

[s13 drifta]

All the jdm ones suck ass in my opinon they barely do shit.

Are your opinions based on facts? I have no problems with my Greddy, it does the job of keeping in all my blow by and not releasing into the intake. If you look at it, most catch cans are jdm, even factory.

[blueshark123]

i have own a greddy and it barley did shit and i had it routed correctly.

[dudermagee]

All the jdm ones like greddy cusco etc. suck ass in my opinon they barely do shit.

These are real good and priced good- Saikou Michi Co. Home Page (http://www.saikoumichi.com/)

that is pretty damn cool
thanks

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Here's my favorite:
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/geoff240sx/t1.jpg

Hybrid valve cover. Considering the cost, I would say it's "baller" as well.

[ixfxi]

i have own a greddy and it barley did shit and i had it routed correctly.

he is right

my greddy (authentic) doesnt even have baffles. its a fucking joke.


Here's my favorite:
http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n456/geoff240sx/t1.jpg

Hybrid valve cover. Considering the cost, I would say it's "baller" as well.

yes, but its not a catch can. its just a hybrid valve cover with OE baffles.

what you guys need to look into are air oil separators, canton made a nice one last i recall. i mean, clearly its not science, its the same shit that we're using for air compressors (water trap / filter)

the an fittings are SOOOO excessive. you guys make it seem as if you're running important pressurized fluid through there. fuck man, its crazy how "bling" times have gotten

[BlackZenkiS14]

I didnt necessarily want bling at all, that Sakai one or whatever that was posted is rad as hell. I love 100% function race style stuff. Thats kinda what I'm looking for!

[ILoveMyRHS13]

yes, but its not a catch can. its just a hybrid valve cover with OE baffles.

Yeah but it eliminates the need for an ugly catch can setup.

[s13 drifta]

The Greddy might not have baffles, but I have oil going into one side and clean air going out the other. Bottom line is that it does catch my oil, the job I need it to do.

[Sileighty_85]

I dont see the point in buying an expensive OCC, I have a $30 Circuit Sport OCC on my SR since I cant use the stock one due to the my AM Exhaust manifold.

I also have the same one on the RB, Works great I guess They've never have oil in them though....lol

I mainly just have them as a just incase to keep the turbo and IC piping clean

[BoostSlideWayz]

So from my understanding oil catch cans are to keep the oil from the valve cover to the intake pipe. But on my car i just have a filter on my valve cover and that flange for that hose is just blocked. Why dont people just do that ? cuz you dont really have to have the valve cover connected to the intake pipe do you ? im curious because if i NEED it to be connected then ill get a catch can and install it. other wise i dont see the use for a catch can when you can spend 5 or 10 bucks on a smaller filter and put that on.

[BlackZenkiS14]

Because the vaccuum that the intake creates pulls pressure from the VC/Crankcase, relieving the motor of stress.

Some racers install an electric air pump on the crank case to put it into vaccuum and prevent it from building pressure.

Any way you can lower or decrease positive air pressure in the crankcase, the much better for your motor. Just running a filter and capping of your intake is a terrible idea. it does more harm than good.

[s13 drifta]

So from my understanding oil catch cans are to keep the oil from the valve cover to the intake pipe. But on my car i just have a filter on my valve cover and that flange for that hose is just blocked. Why dont people just do that ? cuz you dont really have to have the valve cover connected to the intake pipe do you ? im curious because if i NEED it to be connected then ill get a catch can and install it. other wise i dont see the use for a catch can when you can spend 5 or 10 bucks on a smaller filter and put that on.

The s13 sr20det are notorious for blow by. If I ran a filter on my valve cover oil would leak through and splatter on exhaust manifold. Nissan used catch cans for a reason. They also make negative crank case pressure when connected to intake.

[C-unit]

If it doesn't have AN fittings..it's not baller/sweet.

I had a cusco one. It works but I think it looks gay with the garden hose.

[Sileighty_85]

So from my understanding oil catch cans are to keep the oil from the valve cover to the intake pipe. But on my car i just have a filter on my valve cover and that flange for that hose is just blocked. Why dont people just do that ? cuz you dont really have to have the valve cover connected to the intake pipe do you ? im curious because if i NEED it to be connected then ill get a catch can and install it. other wise i dont see the use for a catch can when you can spend 5 or 10 bucks on a smaller filter and put that on.

http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/235851-sr-owners-more-hp-easy-mod-catch-can-setup.html

[codyace]

totally right.

its funny, i purchased an aftermarket greddy unit like what, 5 years ago. nowadays im like... what the fuck do i have this big piece of shit for, its completely useless. i think i'll just install a stock unit

total waste of time and money

It's the truth. The setup I run is much like the ones we run on FWD turbo SR's...factory routed setup, and the factory oil/air seperator.

On my personal car, I had put on a a Greddy knockoff one 5 or so years ago (ironically enough) just like you did as that's 'what the rwd sr guys did' (even though FWD guys didn't). I have never gotten anything more than a thin oil mist on the walls...nothing even to drain!

Another thing that has always bothered me...I can understand the concept of the baffles and or the brillo pad stuff in there...but in reality, what difference does it make? I mean if you're sucking up that much oil to need baffles to seperate the air and oil, there is a MUCH bigger issue to attend too.

[BoostSlideWayz]

Because the vaccuum that the intake creates pulls pressure from the VC/Crankcase, relieving the motor of stress.

Some racers install an electric air pump on the crank case to put it into vaccuum and prevent it from building pressure.

Any way you can lower or decrease positive air pressure in the crankcase, the much better for your motor. Just running a filter and capping of your intake is a terrible idea. it does more harm than good.

ahh ok, that makes sense.. Guess ima order a catch can lol.

[BlackZenkiS14]

Or you can just connect the VC to the intake like factory.

[codyace]

Or you can just connect the VC to the intake like factory.

Regardless of catch can or not, this should always be done...that helps create the vacuum you want atop the crankcase.

[BlackZenkiS14]

Regardless of catch can or not, this should always be done...that helps create the vacuum you want atop the crankcase.

Exactly.

Have you or any other drivers on here experimented with running a real vaccuum pump instead of just connecting to the intake?

[codyace]

Exactly.

Have you or any other drivers on here experimented with running a real vaccuum pump instead of just connecting to the intake?

I've personally nevered, but I know of some old head guys that ran them on their drag cars and stuff.

To me it's not worth the cost or fab time.

[KiLLeR2001]

I use a greddy catch can with an extra fitting that connects to the oil return. Instead of the valve cover splitting I cut it into one outlet that goes to the catch can.

http://tehl33tsite.com/240sxdd/black240/IMAG0203.jpg

[BoostSlideWayz]

lol so i was looking around thinking about how i could just make one and thought of this and took step by step photos of one of those shake lights that were laying around. it worked crappy so i tried it. not sure if this will work but ill try it.. its completely air tight no air leaks.

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss342/CustomGundam/Picture210.jpg

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss342/CustomGundam/Picture211.jpg

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http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss342/CustomGundam/Picture215.jpg

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss342/CustomGundam/Picture216.jpg

just needed my lights body and 2 air compressor fittings lol ill try it but wont expect much. considering it was free and just using stuff i found in my room.

[KiLLeR2001]

^ Damn son, money must be tight.

[Okinawandrifter87]

^^ mad props but rofl!!!!!!!

[Om1kron]

If it doesn't have AN fittings..it's not baller/sweet.

I had a cusco one. It works but I think it looks gay with the garden hose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2010-09-28%20-%20valve%20covered/2010-09-28_19-32-44_283.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/om1kron/My%20Cars/1996%20240sx%20Kouki/2010-06-12%20pbm/2010-06-12001.jpg

-8 is fine, -10 fucking overkill.

the word baller is fucking gay. I swear if I had a tomei cam for every thread on zilvia that had BALLER/RARE in it so someone could buy it. I'd be a national distributor for tomei and probably top seller since I get my product based on the falsifiability of the claim a part requires a 6 figure a year income to afford it on zilvia.

Does everyone fucking work at dairy queen part time or something?

[Flicktitty]

I run a JAZ catch can, not JDM at all, no fanboys swing off it's hellajdm name but it seems to work.
http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/large/jzp-605-325-01_w.jpg

[codyace]

air compressor fittings in a flashlight...I've seen it all now.

[msanchez]

-8 is fine, -10 fucking overkill.

the word baller is fucking gay. I swear if I had a tomei cam for every thread on zilvia that had BALLER/RARE in it so someone could buy it. I'd be a national distributor for tomei and probably top seller since I get my product based on the falsifiability of the claim a part requires a 6 figure a year income to afford it on zilvia.

Does everyone fucking work at dairy queen part time or something?

the word falsifiability is gay.

[HouseElf]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/dobbscp/2010-09-22_21-20-56_749.jpg


love how mine came out, it sits right next to the frame rail on the passanger side, and works VERY well. best part is you can even see it in the engine bay.

[josephin510]

I didnt think catch cans work if not OE until i owned a BMW. A freind drives a turboed E30 he has a water oil mix after a day or two of driving. Another freinds supercharged E36 builds a considerable amount of oil in his catch cans yes he has two. He also has 550 whp to.

[AceUp]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/Boostdtsiawd/185909_156588894398144_130458357011198_339333_2372 646_n.jpg
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[josephin510]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/Boostdtsiawd/185909_156588894398144_130458357011198_339333_2372 646_n.jpg
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holy overkill/time wasted

[1quk240]

holy overkill/time wasted

not when Thats what most of your day consists of!

[anton1o]

The 3 in 1 is actually pretty awesome, saves up a bunch of space!

[onehundredoctane]

If it doesn't have AN fittings..it's not baller/sweet.


Quoted for truth.

[sr20drifter1]

My old set up. Custom made Moroso catch can.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa291/sr20drifter1/oliviatein025.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa291/sr20drifter1/112.jpg

This is what I will be running. Thanks to Toby's new project.

http://images112.fotki.com/v590/photos/4/47612/3915226/IMG_7608-vi.jpg

That robot looking thing in the bottom right of the frame.

[smelly240]

i ran the round smax, then the smax for a b series - and now i have a baffled box with just one -10 on each end and a electric air pump off of a VW aeg. catch can and pump are in the trunk.and vent with th ebattery vent tube.

[ixfxi]

The s13 sr20det are notorious for blow by. If I ran a filter on my valve cover oil would leak through and splatter on exhaust manifold. Nissan used catch cans for a reason. They also make negative crank case pressure when connected to intake.

sames goes for the VQ motors that had oil consumption problems. little did people know, both car owners and nissan, that the problem was not the pistons or rings, valves, but too much oil blow-by. idiots.


It's the truth. The setup I run is much like the ones we run on FWD turbo SR's...factory routed setup, and the factory oil/air seperator.

On my personal car, I had put on a a Greddy knockoff one 5 or so years ago (ironically enough) just like you did as that's 'what the rwd sr guys did' (even though FWD guys didn't). I have never gotten anything more than a thin oil mist on the walls...nothing even to drain!

Another thing that has always bothered me...I can understand the concept of the baffles and or the brillo pad stuff in there...but in reality, what difference does it make? I mean if you're sucking up that much oil to need baffles to seperate the air and oil, there is a MUCH bigger issue to attend too.

the fwd crowd has always been smarter than us. probably because of mike kojima. but then again, i wouldnt be cought dead having yellow or pink wheels, let alone driving a sentra or 200sx. fwd? no thanks. its like these guys are just wasting their time.


lol so i was looking around thinking about how i could just make one and thought of this and took step by step photos of one of those shake lights that were laying around. it worked crappy so i tried it. not sure if this will work but ill try it.. its completely air tight no air leaks.just needed my lights body and 2 air compressor fittings lol ill try it but wont expect much. considering it was free and just using stuff i found in my room.

you do realize stock catch cans exist, right? they're probably cheaper than the flashlight and air hose fittings.

[BoostSlideWayz]

^ Damn son, money must be tight.

^^ mad props but rofl!!!!!!!

sames goes for the VQ motors that had oil consumption problems. little did people know, both car owners and nissan, that the problem was not the pistons or rings, valves, but too much oil blow-by. idiots.




the fwd crowd has always been smarter than us. probably because of mike kojima. but then again, i wouldnt be cought dead having yellow or pink wheels, let alone driving a sentra or 200sx. fwd? no thanks. its like these guys are just wasting their time.




you do realize stock catch cans exist, right? they're probably cheaper than the flashlight and air hose fittings.

well thats probably true but i didnt spend a dime.. I literally just looked in my room and saw a flash light that weve have for years and it works shitty so then i also had a couple air compressor fittings laying on my dresser. free. im still considering buying an ebay one like for 18 bucks.

[J ROK]

AC thingy off a GM truck. I cut it open cleaned it out welded it back together, and put some "bungs" on it.

Its so BALLER/RARE
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/akzenki/Jerome3/catchcan.jpg

[VQZ33]

ok someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but let me explain the situation first! (I know Im not wrong by the way) I have a red top and I get no blow by at all when I'm running at the track and blah blah blah which leads me to believe you guys have bad rings in your motors or some bull shit (I cant tell each one of you for certain because there are many other reasons that could cause this) but first of all if you are getting excessive blow by why would you think that your catch can sucks? You have bigger problems that you need to address, and oil catch can is just a band aid to your bigger problems. (if somone stabs you with a knife are you gonna get a band-aid or go to the hospital and get it stiched?) I know you all complain that the red top gets excessive blow by but Im running a circuit sports catch can and have had it on for 4 months or so and several track days and guess what!?!?!? I have not a drop of blow by in there why!?!?!? because I rebuilt my motor and have all of my piston and ring tolerances set to factory spec. And trust me it feels nice!

As far as the VQ goes.... I have a 350z and I don't have any oil consumption problems... again why!?!?!? because all of my tolerances are set to spec and I take care of my engines... if your getting to much blow by address the other issues at hand and stop putting a band-aid on for your bigger issues! The greddy and cusco and circuit sports they all work fine at collecting the oil it's just that your not suppose to have so much blow by.

P.S sorry for typo's gotta jam to work...

[s13 drifta]

ok someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but let me explain the situation first! (I know Im not wrong by the way) I have a red top and I get no blow by at all when I'm running at the track and blah blah blah which leads me to believe you guys have bad rings in your motors or some bull shit (I cant tell each one of you for certain because there are many other reasons that could cause this) but first of all if you are getting excessive blow by why would you think that your catch can sucks? You have bigger problems that you need to address, and oil catch can is just a band aid to your bigger problems. (if somone stabs you with a knife are you gonna get a band-aid or go to the hospital and get it stiched?) I know you all complain that the red top gets excessive blow by but Im running a circuit sports catch can and have had it on for 4 months or so and several track days and guess what!?!?!? I have not a drop of blow by in there why!?!?!? because I rebuilt my motor and have all of my piston and ring tolerances set to factory spec. And trust me it feels nice!

As far as the VQ goes.... I have a 350z and I don't have any oil consumption problems... again why!?!?!? because all of my tolerances are set to spec and I take care of my engines... if your getting to much blow by address the other issues at hand and stop putting a band-aid on for your bigger issues! The greddy and cusco and circuit sports they all work fine at collecting the oil it's just that your not suppose to have so much blow by.

P.S sorry for typo's gotta jam to work...

My compression numbers are great across the board, and I still have blow-by. This is because the s13 valve covers were not designed with the correct baffles. This problem was fixed by introducing the s14/s15 valve covers.
Yes, if you have a excessive amount of blow-by, you might have another issue, cylinder walls scored, piston rings not sealing, etc.

[C-unit]

[IMG]

the word baller is fucking gay. I swear if I had a tomei cam for every thread on zilvia that had BALLER/RARE in it so someone could buy it. I'd be a national distributor for tomei and probably top seller since I get my product based on the falsifiability of the claim a part requires a 6 figure a year income to afford it on zilvia.

Does everyone fucking work at dairy queen part time or something?

http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af109/jm918/u-mad1.jpg

[boyou2]

I use,bear bottle, or Milk tetrabrick,or a bottle that i gat laying around,oil vaps kill them, so I change them everytime ^^

[TheRealSy90]

I have no blowby on my redtop. Running the stock catch can with a little filter on the other side, Should I still run that to the intake?

[1337]

doesnt the stock sr catchcan have a hole right at the bottom which leads to a hose? so of course the catch can its self will be empty

[spooled240]

i have a circuit sports one and i get this weird water/oil substance in there, I see it in my intake pipe also so I think the can isn't doing a very good job. My compression is around 155psi across the board, the same before I re-ringed it when it had less/almost zero blowby. idkwtfthisshitisconfusingyo

[Om1kron]

doesnt the stock sr catchcan have a hole right at the bottom which leads to a hose? so of course the catch can its self will be empty

by design so you're not losing oil it's supposed to catch blowby and go right back into the block.

[29psiHybrid]

ball hair. :fruit:

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2939/1013550.jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6226/1013551.jpg

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[codyace]

Quoted for truth.

Shucks. Mine uses regular hose clamps and oil resilient hose. WOrks just fine.

Don't let baller stand in the way of working well.


the fwd crowd has always been smarter than us. probably because of mike kojima. but then again, i wouldnt be cought dead having yellow or pink wheels, let alone driving a sentra or 200sx. fwd? no thanks. its like these guys are just wasting their time.

Probably because those guys are forced to learn how it all works...unlike most of these drift-tard guys who pay shops to take advantage of them. Then again, some of the initial FWD guys were actually smart dues...

PS: Now now, they are quite fun when setup right.



doesnt the stock sr catchcan have a hole right at the bottom which leads to a hose? so of course the catch can its self will be empty

Yes. Which is where it belongs.

[codyace]

Here's another decent thread: http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/235851-sr-owners-more-hp-easy-mod-catch-can-setup.html

[Drift_This]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/Boostdtsiawd/185909_156588894398144_130458357011198_339333_2372 646_n.jpg
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How do I get me one of these?

[Chrischeezer]

Oil Catch Can explanation (since i know its hard to wrap your mind around it sometimes)

-Helps relieve crankcase pressure: You know when the piston makes pressure on the way up?... well it also makes pressure on the way down! This pressure builds and builds, as RPM's go higher and higher. Without a proper venting system pressure will eventually slow the piston down. By connecting a suction to the crank case/catch can you will greatly assist the removal of pressure under the piston.

-Oil contamination in the air intake system.
I welded up the factory PCV system, to STOP intake manifold contamination, and my can is filled with baffles and drop tubes to avoid any more intake contamination. This "contamination" is oil vapor and will lower octane levels if ingested by the motor.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/ChrisCheezer/Picture201.jpg

[word sux]

make it

msglength

[Project3328]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/ProjectP/5253938621_5a437a8b8c_b.jpg


Top left :) Be creative design your own!!

[yabeet]

ball hair. :fruit:

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2939/1013550.jpg

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1940/1013553.jpg

Maybe Im blind but I dont see a line pulling out crankcase pressure in this setup.

Where the pcv valve used to be, when the engine is under vacuum, the valve is open and pulls out any possible pressure. When under boost the pcv valve closes, preventing boost from entering the cc.

The line is just above the dipstick. The old setup would at all times remove any possible pressure that could build up in the cc by being pulled out by the turbo via the inlet piping. [entrance to compressor piping]

Both of the above are eliminated; resulting in these two lines connecting to a catch can, making it completely useless and an ornament. Also any pressure in the crankcase has nowhere to leave.

If my eyes are missing something please correct me.

[Hoffman5982]

Here's another decent thread: http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/235851-sr-owners-more-hp-easy-mod-catch-can-setup.html

It was extremely hard to read that. I can't imagine that guys grade in English class. I stopped reading after he thought a JZ was an RB

[29psiHybrid]

If my eyes are missing something please correct me.


It's strictly a 'breather' setup using no vacuum. Think of it as trying to blow up a tube with holes in it, you're not going to be able to build any/much pressure.

There's more than one way to skin a cat, this is just the path I picked. It's pretty popular with drag cars and there is no way you can get any oil vapor in the intake tract to lower your effective octane.

I also found the line by the dipstick that goes to the turbo inlet has a TINY restrictor in it from the factory, like 1/8" to 1/16" hole...

[yabeet]

Good to know, thanks :)