Confused By Catch Can Setup
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Confused By Catch Can Setup Going with Mighty Mouse Solutions but I'm confused...
Car will eventually be a 383 stroker with potential forced induction etc...
I'm confused by his draft can in the mild setup and his PVC can in the wild setup.
Maybe I'm a noob at the catch can but this is how I figured it, he states the PVC can is the one with all the bells and whistles and it can be used in stock configuration.....
Driver Side Intake Manifold PVC line to dirty (high side of the PVC / Draft Catch Can).
Lower Clean Side of PVC / Draft Catch Can to under the throttle body.
Just placing the catch can in loop of the regular system and if I ever deleted stock PVC system and used breathers this setup would work fine. I just want the end all be all best catch can to support my future goals, kinda buy it once and forget it. I know I'll eventually need bigger rubber lines and fittings but the can itself is where I'm confused.
PVC vs. Draft etc
Thanks In Advance!
Devin
Car will eventually be a 383 stroker with potential forced induction etc...
I'm confused by his draft can in the mild setup and his PVC can in the wild setup.
Maybe I'm a noob at the catch can but this is how I figured it, he states the PVC can is the one with all the bells and whistles and it can be used in stock configuration.....
Driver Side Intake Manifold PVC line to dirty (high side of the PVC / Draft Catch Can).
Lower Clean Side of PVC / Draft Catch Can to under the throttle body.
Just placing the catch can in loop of the regular system and if I ever deleted stock PVC system and used breathers this setup would work fine. I just want the end all be all best catch can to support my future goals, kinda buy it once and forget it. I know I'll eventually need bigger rubber lines and fittings but the can itself is where I'm confused.
PVC vs. Draft etc
Thanks In Advance!
Devin
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Going with Mighty Mouse Solutions but I'm confused...
Car will eventually be a 383 stroker with potential forced induction etc...
I'm confused by his draft can in the mild setup and his PVC can in the wild setup.
Maybe I'm a noob at the catch can but this is how I figured it, he states the PVC can is the one with all the bells and whistles and it can be used in stock configuration.....
Driver Side Intake Manifold PVC line to dirty (high side of the PVC / Draft Catch Can).
Lower Clean Side of PVC / Draft Catch Can to under the throttle body.
Just placing the catch can in loop of the regular system and if I ever deleted stock PVC system and used breathers this setup would work fine. I just want the end all be all best catch can to support my future goals, kinda buy it once and forget it. I know I'll eventually need bigger rubber lines and fittings but the can itself is where I'm confused.
PVC vs. Draft etc
Thanks In Advance!
Devin
Car will eventually be a 383 stroker with potential forced induction etc...
I'm confused by his draft can in the mild setup and his PVC can in the wild setup.
Maybe I'm a noob at the catch can but this is how I figured it, he states the PVC can is the one with all the bells and whistles and it can be used in stock configuration.....
Driver Side Intake Manifold PVC line to dirty (high side of the PVC / Draft Catch Can).
Lower Clean Side of PVC / Draft Catch Can to under the throttle body.
Just placing the catch can in loop of the regular system and if I ever deleted stock PVC system and used breathers this setup would work fine. I just want the end all be all best catch can to support my future goals, kinda buy it once and forget it. I know I'll eventually need bigger rubber lines and fittings but the can itself is where I'm confused.
PVC vs. Draft etc
Thanks In Advance!
Devin
How it gets hooked up is no different than my cheapo Jegs model, the line from the PCV valve goes to the catch can, any oil drips through the filter and the gases left over get sucked into the line in the intake just under the throttle body. You can't miss it!
The draft style is basically a simpler way of doing it with no PCV setup. IE, single plane or non stock intake.
Mine gets vac source from filter prior to turbo and then pulls from one VC and I run a breather in the other. Works just fine, but, requires a filter to run it that way.
Mine gets vac source from filter prior to turbo and then pulls from one VC and I run a breather in the other. Works just fine, but, requires a filter to run it that way.
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I have spent some time looking at the various MM systems -
Draft can has no internal valve other than the breather vent.
PCV can takes the draft can and adds a PCV valve in the clean side outlet port.
Mild system puts a draft can between the factory PCV valve and manifold vacuum connection under the throttle body. Uses factory PCV valve, flowpath, and line sizes.
Wild system replumbs the system using a PCV can and removes the factory PCV valve. Clean side still goes to manifold under the throttle body. The flowpath to the can is different (now from valve cover) to allow a larger inlet hose to the can to handle higher crankcase pressures.
The draft can can also be set up as described for systems with no manifold connection.
Hope this helps -
Jim
Draft can has no internal valve other than the breather vent.
PCV can takes the draft can and adds a PCV valve in the clean side outlet port.
Mild system puts a draft can between the factory PCV valve and manifold vacuum connection under the throttle body. Uses factory PCV valve, flowpath, and line sizes.
Wild system replumbs the system using a PCV can and removes the factory PCV valve. Clean side still goes to manifold under the throttle body. The flowpath to the can is different (now from valve cover) to allow a larger inlet hose to the can to handle higher crankcase pressures.
The draft can can also be set up as described for systems with no manifold connection.
Hope this helps -
Jim
Your breather emits nothing? Clean as a whistle? Spotless? Zero oil film anywhere even close to the breather bung??????
Besides, Richard's giving man-crush a rash of ****. Keep up with the times, cupcake!
Besides, Richard's giving man-crush a rash of ****. Keep up with the times, cupcake!
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