MX-Brad

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I bought this Steeda catch can on the advise of a few Mustang guys who have them on their cars.
I don't have a lot of room to mount this on the DS firewall as the instructions indicate, so was wondering if a few extra feet of hose would have any adverse effect on the PCV valve operation so I could mount it on the pass side by the fuse box. My washer bottle is being relocated.
Loving this car.

Brad

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Doesn't really matter where it goes. But it should be lower than the engine ports, so all oil drains into the canister.

MiataDoug

Brad
Are you having oil sucked into your intake too? I had oil dripping out of my throttle body onto my valve cover after some hard runs. It was coming through the PCV tube. Right now I have installed catch cans on both the valve cover hose and PCV valve hoses and capped the vacuum sources and it rums fine. Seems like from what I read, the long term solution is to add more venting for the crank case by adding a second flow path from the drivers side valve cover. I was looking at one of those air/oil separators also, since I am not ready to take the drivers valve cover off yet.
I have the exact same engine that is in my monster, in my 67 mustang except it is carbureted. I have a vented cap on both valve covers and no PCV at all and no problems.

MX-Brad

I'm doing this more as a preventative measure. After I freshened this engine (bearings, rings, gaskets etc) and the car running and on the road I noticed a bit of oil consumption...it was also the first few thousand miles. So I guess a little consumption is normal. Anyways, I've run 3 tanks of gas through the car so far this spring and oil level is staying put. I also had a very slight oil leak last year that seems to have mysteriously disappeared.
Through reading online about the oil consumption, I ended up reading a fair bit about blowby and using catch cans. A couple Mustang buddies say that even brand new engine could use catch cans as any chance to eliminate oil going through the intake is a good thing.
Side note: since I have 1.7 roller rockers I had to modify the little oil vent cover under the passenger side VC. Most guys just ditch them but I was afraid of oil getting sucked into the TB. To monitor that I also put in a clear fuel filter in that line. So far it has stayed clean, so my VC clearancing seems to be effective.

MX-Brad

Got the can installed tonight. Totally simple job. I ended up making a small bracket and mounted to the drivers side close to the brake booster.
Will get a chance to see how it works after I make a small clutch adjustment- getting a crunch going into 1st.

RYNO

Could you post a pic? I just bought the same one

MX-Brad

Sorry, I don't think I have any shots of the can, and the car is away for the winter.
The bracket I made was just out of a piece of aluminum strip that I bent and mounted near the DS fender. There was an existing hole that I used. Pretty staightforward.