Gumball
08-08-2014, 10:15 AM
UPDATED 7/19/16 - Today's TTT on the continuing line of old threads that may help someone.
Original post follows.....
My filtered and enclosed valve cover breathers are routed to an original style S/C catch can on the firewall. On the original cars, those were then plumbed back to the oil pan and to a vent canister. Mine isn't connected to an oil pan bung and I'm guessing that not much will make it through those vent/drain lines, so I just wanted something to ensure that I don't drop stuff on the roadway (or track) as a belt/suspenders/safetypins solution.
The vent/drain hoses are routed along the firewall to the top of the passender footbox, so I figured I could mount the catch can on the front of that footbox. I looked for creative solutions and considered some nice aluminum pieces, but ultimately decided to go with something that looked like it would have been fab'd by a privateer at the track - specifically Road America.
That could only point to one place - Milwaukee - about an hour south of the track and a prodigious supplier of cans to the track. Ebay to the rescue and I now have a steel canister with two triangular openings in the top. A little time with some 1/2" aluminum flat stock to make a cage and ... well, you guys be the judge.
More pics when installed - just wanted to test my bracket against a flat surface:
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/IMG_20140806_205715886_HDR_zps4d0e9170.jpg (http://s845.photobucket.com/user/CCRsAC/media/IMG_20140806_205715886_HDR_zps4d0e9170.jpg.html)
Original post follows.....
My filtered and enclosed valve cover breathers are routed to an original style S/C catch can on the firewall. On the original cars, those were then plumbed back to the oil pan and to a vent canister. Mine isn't connected to an oil pan bung and I'm guessing that not much will make it through those vent/drain lines, so I just wanted something to ensure that I don't drop stuff on the roadway (or track) as a belt/suspenders/safetypins solution.
The vent/drain hoses are routed along the firewall to the top of the passender footbox, so I figured I could mount the catch can on the front of that footbox. I looked for creative solutions and considered some nice aluminum pieces, but ultimately decided to go with something that looked like it would have been fab'd by a privateer at the track - specifically Road America.
That could only point to one place - Milwaukee - about an hour south of the track and a prodigious supplier of cans to the track. Ebay to the rescue and I now have a steel canister with two triangular openings in the top. A little time with some 1/2" aluminum flat stock to make a cage and ... well, you guys be the judge.
More pics when installed - just wanted to test my bracket against a flat surface:
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/IMG_20140806_205715886_HDR_zps4d0e9170.jpg (http://s845.photobucket.com/user/CCRsAC/media/IMG_20140806_205715886_HDR_zps4d0e9170.jpg.html)