The oil catch can arrived i am excited to install it tomorow maybe all depends if i have free time its double baffled. The crap you see on the inside is some lubricant crap that they put on it it honestly smells like cancer i will be using brakekleen on it before installation.

 

Interesting... Looks good

 

I talked with my friend who used to ice race and rally race and he told me it would be most effective installed here. So soon as its above 35° in NY hopefully this weekend i will be installing it, i will not know how well it works tell this spring though, the anticipation is killing me.

 

That's the most logical place. You'll have to get in the habit of draining that can every so often...

 

I am trying to find a place to fit it in the engine bay and i would like to say i honestly have no idea were to mount it maybe on the fire wall? The engine bay is super cramped and i just glanced at it real quick

 

That video link I sent you showed the guy with the Land cruiser and he mounted it on the firewall. No doubt, there's more room in that engine bay, vs. an LS, but if you keep looking you'll find a place. I would keep it below the plane of the PCV valve, however.. Just to keep the fluid flow in the right direction.

 

Since you have the covers off, I wonder if there is any such thing or anything to be gained with a composite intake.....my cousin was doing a starter on a CR-V (lots of parts to remove incl. cooling), and he tossed the intake aside as if it were nothing, and it was composite on a 2005. I guess our cars are 2000 technology...

 

What do you mean composite intake? I have an after market injen ram air with a custom made duct

 

I wonder if anyone makes this in plastic and it if would have any effect....I would expect all the new cars (even a 2005 CR-V) to have the manifold made of a composite material because it's smooth on the inside....

http://www.e-wrench-it.com/intake-ma...-111956-detail

 

Sorry for my ignorance what does a catch can actually do?

 

I believe that if it was plastic it would not be as effective in dispersing heat as the aluminum one, and lexus did it for performance reasons in my opinion.

 

It catches the blow by from your piston rings that get reicurculated into your intake track, in doing this it "cleans" up air that is going back into your intake.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=647s&v=2sx52W9CJug
Awsome video that shows how to install it and explains how it actually effects the car

http://oilcatchcan.com
Is a good sight that will give you in depth information about it

 

Ok so update

Bad news i went to install it today stupid dip***** napa employee gave me 1/2 inch instead of 3/8ths tubing so i wasted $15 and they wont refund cut to length tubing, so out $15.......I should have not been in such a rush and checked to make sure it was the correct tubing.

Good news super easy to install i will post up pictures tomorow of it installed when i get the correct hose, also very cramped in the engine bay hard to find a place to put it i am installing it on the strut tower bar passenger side as well as getting new nuts for it cause the ones supplied by bc for my coilovers were not wide enough and have been sketching me out lol

 

These things happen. Nothing is worse than spending money on parts you can't use. Important thing is, you learned something. If nothing else, keep that as a take away and move on. In a project like this, there's always some wasted money, somewhere..

 

Yah that for sure should i post a diy on it or just install it and show the pics here? I dont know how many people will be installing oil catch cans on there ls430's lol