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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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What the hell do these do???? Sorry for the Newbie question but I never knew what they were for.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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For the oil that the PCV systems likes to use up. I am not quite sure exactly how they work, but they help keep your oil in your car, and so you don't burn so much oil inbetween oil changes. There is someone around here that took a picture of his tb, and there was oil just sitting there around the plate and just chillin at the bottom of it.
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Huh well do you think I would need to add one because I just installed a Fast 92/92 set up????
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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Did you change your PCV? Was there a lot of oil in your tb when you did the swap? Have you checked your oil, and did you lose an excessive amount (like 2 quarts in 3-5k miles)? If no, then I wouldn't worry about it. Hopefully some more people will come in here with some suggestions. Honestly, if you arn't losing a lot of oil, I wouldn't worry about it.
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Did you change your PCV? Was there a lot of oil in your tb when you did the swap? Have you checked your oil, and did you lose an excessive amount (like 2 quarts in 3-5k miles)? If no, then I wouldn't worry about it. Hopefully some more people will come in here with some suggestions. Honestly, if you arn't losing a lot of oil, I wouldn't worry about it.
There us was no oil in my TB when I did the swap. But I can't really say yet because I haven't really drove it yet.
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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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i would do it on any lsx motor I used just the large https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...211&highlight=
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i would do it on any lsx motor I used just the large https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...211&highlight=
Thanks bro and what should I put in the search for the Catch Can on Ebay???
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your pcv system routes crankcase pressure into your intake. you hook the pcv line into the catch can and then run another line from the catch can to your intake so the can catches the oil before it enters your intake.
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^^^thank you. I was hoping someone could explain it a little better.
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no problem, man. there's other things you can do with your pcv system besides catch cans that you may want to look into as well.
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your pcv system routes crankcase pressure into your intake. you hook the pcv line into the catch can and then run another line from the catch can to your intake so the can catches the oil before it enters your intake.
Well that made it very easy to understand LOL. Thanks bud for the help
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^^^thank you. I was hoping someone could explain it a little better.
It's cool bro and thanks for the help!!
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no problem, man. there's other things you can do with your pcv system besides catch cans that you may want to look into as well.
What else do you recommand????
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the best way to do it would be to get an ls6 pcv conversion kit from thunder racing. if you go to ls1howto.com it shows how to install it and how it works. for the money, just a catch can is a good way to go it's just the ls6 pcv conversion is probably the BEST way, if you know what i mean.
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the best way to do it would be to get an ls6 pcv conversion kit from thunder racing. if you go to ls1howto.com it shows how to install it and how it works. for the money, just a catch can is a good way to go it's just the ls6 pcv conversion is probably the BEST way, if you know what i mean.
Yeah that is true. Thanks for the advice bro and I will have to see what I am going to go with. Got to check the fund's from the Wife LOL because I know she is going to give me **** after I just spent $1200 on the Fast Set up and all the other money spent this summer She love's me and doesn't tell me no

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I have never heard of the ls6 pcv conversion. Would you say cheaper or just more effective then the catch can?
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I have never heard of the ls6 pcv conversion. Would you say cheaper or just more effective then the catch can?
the ls6 conversion defenately isn't cheaper, it's $160 for the kit haha. it's because you have to swap to an ls6 valley cover. and some people run a can with the kit as well. so knowing that, it's not worth it to a lot of people unless they're really having problems with their stock pcv. just throwing out some options for ya.
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Yeah that is true. Thanks for the advice bro and I will have to see what I am going to go with. Got to check the fund's from the Wife LOL because I know she is going to give me **** after I just spent $1200 on the Fast Set up and all the other money spent this summer She love's me and doesn't tell me know
i know what you mean about the funds, i'm always temped to buy stuff but i know i have to make the car payment, so that's what's holding me back haha
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i know what you mean about the funds, i'm always temped to buy stuff but i know i have to make the car payment, so that's what's holding me back haha
I recommand that you find a sugar mama Then you won't have to worry about the car payment LOL
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Originally Posted by 1FASTBIRD
I recommand that you find a sugar mama Then you won't have to worry about the car payment LOL
i'm working on it, but nobody wanna gimme no muhney
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