I'm in the process of getting a new intake and whilst measuring up thought that there was a lot of oil in the intake so thought about fitting a catch can, but before doing this i thought i'd make a catch can to see if its worth it or not, by the amount of oil i'd find in the made one.

So here's the pics

Yes that is a Jean paul gaultier aftershave tin and yes that is a universal cone filter that yes will be rubbish and suffer from heat soak.

But the point of this experiment was to see if it could be done and rather than spend over £150 to find this out i did this test which cost me £4, and that was for the silicone hose which is too big lol. Everything else i had, except the aftershave tin which a mate in work donated and also helped me set it up .

It sounds pretty good you can really hear the charger now and when the turbo spools up it really starts hoovering then lol

So now i know it all works and fits ok, the plan is to get a nice black silicone hose, a K&N apollo intake and maybe a catch can i've not decided yet as nothing is in my made one yet so it may not be worth doing and i might as well re-circulate it back into the intake.

What do people think!

Edited 9 October, 201114 yr by H17YD_L

personally why spend 15k plus on a car then penny pinch on mods, especially cheapo filters that are untested and can potentially cause major problems, but thats just my opinion

good idea. would be better with a high quality intake like k&n etc but you need a cold air feed for that. the filter.wont get any cold air at all where it is at the moment.

I had a chuckle at the JPG tin

Atleast you'll have alot off sound, but for your own sake... open up your standard intake-box, open it up abit (remove the "wall") and open it up in the front .

personally why spend 15k plus on a car then penny pinch on mods, especially cheapo filters that are untested and can potentially cause major problems, but thats just my opinion

Thanks for your input. Why don't you read all the post before u think I'm penny pinching. How is checking something fits and works ok before purchasing the correct one

To everyone else I am getting a decent, tested K&N as stated in my first post. This is a test and a laugh, come on a £10 filter and a JPG tin hahaha

Thanks for your input. Why don't you read all the post before u think I'm penny pinching. How is checking something fits and works ok before purchasing the correct one

i did read the post, but your still running this one even if limit can still cause problems, why not buy one thats desgined and made for the car in first place, would have saved you the tenner on the filter you have brought

I never bought the filter, it's been in the shed for years. What one is designed for the car a forge one? For £190 which is just a carbon cold air one that they stick a forge sticker on and by the silicone pipe and sell it as a specially made kit for the car. I've always had k&n's and they are not bringing out a 57s system till next year so I'm getting an Apollo system and fabricating it myself

might wabt to look at the piper cross viper system. similar to the apollo. its what ive got in my car.

if you want to be really unique get a 70mm T junction coming off the engine then have the apolle run down the side of the engine towards where the cold air inlet normally sits. then the filter you have now bolted onto the other hole on the t junction

twin intake haha. will be noisy as hell! haha.

Haha nice one mate! Used to have a viper on one of my old cars a few years back a C2 VTS. and it was supposed to be one of the best, but last year I had a k&n typhoon system fitted to my MPS an I got talking to lad at k&n and I seen the Apollo and asked if they made one for my car an he said no but they do universal ones, I said I used to have one similar to it a viper and he said they had one when they first came out and tested and it was crap compared to the Apollo because of the design and the way the air flowed, it did make sense when you see the inside of the Apollo but also working for k&n he isn't going to say the pipercross was any good lol. But I liked mine when I had it!

big for having a go mate, we pay too much attention to the guys selling stuff that its better this that and the other when a lot of the time its crap

least you had a go and it saves somebody else some time, we now know how it works

All aftermarket filter are gonna destroy your turbo

Haha what a statement!

Cheers mate, like I said now I know all I need is a decent 70mm silicone tube an a decent filter with a cold air feed

Pardon my ignorance but what's a catch can? Why do you need it?

Pardon my ignorance but what's a catch can? Why do you need it?

I've also installed an oil catch can very recently - this one:

Found it on ebay for something like 20pounds. Quality and accessories that came with it for that money makes it a bargain imo.

Anyway - below some info regarding the need of a catch can. Until I got myself the can every time I was pushing the car hard it was spitting oil making a mess of the engine bay plus you can smell that oil so a catch can was necessary plus the benefits below.

An oil catch can is used in turbo applications, or high-performance race applications where excessive blow-by (leakage past the piston rings) of air and fuel vapor occurs. This creates a positive pressure in the crankcase. Engine manufactures have placed a valve on the engine block which releases this pressure. This valve is known as a PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) valve. During engine operation, blow-by gases, as well as oil mist from the rotating components of the engine, pass through the PCV valve and are routed back into the intake for the engine to burn off. However, some of the oil mist and other products settle along the engine intake and over time form a "gunk." The oil catch can collects the oil mist and condenses the fuel vapors while allowing "cleaner" gases to be passed back into the intake. Typically the blow-by gasses are passed through a wire mesh, which give the vapor droplets something to adhere to. Since the oil catch cans condense the vapor portion of the gasses, they will need to be drained periodically of all the oil, fuel and other contaminants.

So what?

You plug that into your air intake, and the other end from this "Positive Crankcase Vent"?

there often fitted to engine bays because of there shininess rather than any real benefit. basically it keeps your engine bay clean?!