Help with track setup
Originally Posted by WynnS123,Sep 23 2009, 07:45 AM
What happens to the oil if you don't have a catch can? Is it just burned off? I haven't noticed any loss in power or smoke on corner exit, but I'm still on street tires.
On a given track day, I only lose about two X's worth of oil or less on the dipstick.
On a given track day, I only lose about two X's worth of oil or less on the dipstick.
The oil just gets burned and it cause an extreme power loss and pumps out huge plumes of white / blue smoke. Its possible to get blow by on the OEM 16" wheels and street tires. It has more to do with the type of corner (always right hand corners in my experince).
Originally Posted by rob.ok,Sep 23 2009, 09:28 AM
You'll know when it happens....you'll probably think you blew the motor
The oil just gets burned and it cause an extreme power loss and pumps out huge plumes of white / blue smoke. Its possible to get blow by on the OEM 16" wheels and street tires. It has more to do with the type of corner (always right hand corners in my experince).
The oil just gets burned and it cause an extreme power loss and pumps out huge plumes of white / blue smoke. Its possible to get blow by on the OEM 16" wheels and street tires. It has more to do with the type of corner (always right hand corners in my experince).
Just get an AP2 valve cover, problem solved lol. I'm pretty sure this has already been discussed several times in here. Looks as though the vacuum created by the intake to pcv sucks oil from on top of the baffling into the engine. I always wanted to drill my baffling to see if that would help but never got around to it.
Originally Posted by ShocK,Sep 23 2009, 01:55 PM
Just get an AP2 valve cover, problem solved lol.
When it happened the first time I thought I blew my motor like Rob said but luckily I later realized what it was. I doubt it's good for the motor so why risk it for a 12 dollar part and some hose.
Originally Posted by Turn-R-Us,Sep 23 2009, 06:37 AM
I am not sure if all the problem is in the crankcase cover, PCV or the actually setup of venting the PCV into the intake. When you hook up the catch can the way you are supposed to PCV--->catchcan--->intake, you still get alot of oil trapping into the can, enough that I have to empty after every session.
If the distal or the tubing is not connected to the intake and allowed to simply breath, minimal oil if any gets trapped into the can. I just closed off the vent on the intake.
Therefore I dont believe it is all the problem of the cover or the PCV, it is a combo of the whole thing.
If the distal or the tubing is not connected to the intake and allowed to simply breath, minimal oil if any gets trapped into the can. I just closed off the vent on the intake.
Therefore I dont believe it is all the problem of the cover or the PCV, it is a combo of the whole thing.
I think that would be the case because with the crankvents that's what I stopped was flow from the intake to the manifold through the valve cover. There was no longer that flow through but instead both vents were only allowed to pull from the motor which at that point is only blow by and not nearly as much as it just constantly pulling through.
Hope it makes sense. Correct me if my thinking was incorrect, I'm not a 100% certain.
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Just didn't know if it was necessaryto get a catch can since I've never experienced the loss of power and smoke out of the tail pipe.
