Oil Catch Can? Options

[RolinkHaus]

Wondering if a Oil Catch Can is worth it?

How does it effect the cooling properties? Good possibility I will track the car in the future.

[GregAmy]

Catch cans are required by most racing orgs to keep fluids off the track (you don't want to blow vapors to underneath the car, like the old 40s/50s "Highway Draft" systems...)

I've been known to race cars that had a hose off the valve cover stuck into a used oil bottle. Hey, it works...and it meets the regs.

I don't think you'll find that the various systems provide any performance advantage. Their first and foremost task is to safely collect vapors and liquids.

I'm using Tangerine's system on my historics 914. It takes hoses off each head and the oil tower, merges them together, then has a small hose that allows the collectiion to drip back ito another fitting on the oil tower. That way there's no can to empty.

Expect blowback (har de har) on the concept of allowing the vapors and liquid to go back into the engine. Some (like me) say it's harmless, other believe it's the Devil's drink itself that will destroy your engine. And there may be something to that, given I broke my chankshaft in half last year.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

So, there's really no performance advantage in it, other than performance on a clean track is better than on an oily track.