In competition there is a blue book requirement buried in there somewhere that requires the oil catch tank. You cannot have the breather system fed back in to the base of a carb for examle. With the bigger engines we run I would go for the 1 litre size as that rings a bell with me too.
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Malcolm
Can I run one rocker cover to the inlet manifold and the other to the catch tank, or should I run just one/both sides to a catch tank? Any Ideas?
Done a load of work today and got most of the aircon system in, just need to get all the pipe work clipped into place and at a later date get all the pipes crimped.
Regards Martin.
Can I run one rocker cover to the inlet manifold and the other to the catch tank, or should I run just one/both sides to a catch tank? Any Ideas?
Done a load of work today and got most of the aircon system in, just need to get all the pipe work clipped into place and at a later date get all the pipes crimped.
Regards Martin.
No both rocker covers need to go to the catch tank. Some run separate pipes to the catch tank although I run one rocker cover pipe to a T connector by the other rocker cover and from there down to the catch tank. I doubt how well that would work in practice if you had a major oil explosion but for breathing it works fine and it has passed scrutineering for about 15 years. You could legitimately run a catch tank each side of the engine with one rocker to one tank.
Cheers Malcolm.
Need some more fittings then!
Martin.
Need some more fittings then!
Martin.
Martin, MINIMUM size pipes to tank from each cover should be -10, preferable -12, to custom made tank
Martin, both individually to a tank ( we make a custom shaped tank for this car )
Well, Malcolm,
It mightn't work any better, but the custom tank may be cheaper!!! You know how guys tend to rack their prices up for this 'desirable' type stuff! Most of the stuff on my car is 'custom', made by me (or Lim) and costs bugger all!
It mightn't work any better, but the custom tank may be cheaper!!! You know how guys tend to rack their prices up for this 'desirable' type stuff! Most of the stuff on my car is 'custom', made by me (or Lim) and costs bugger all!
I have a couple of tanks that I bought while in the states last year that will take both breather pipes from the rocker covers and also the gearbox breather. It has a sight tube up the side which should be useful and only cost $15.00.
Malcolm
Had a play in the garage today and sorted the catch tank with fittings and mounts. I plan to feed each rocker cover to it separately using -10 fittings and a separate tank for the gearbox using -4.
Blue book does say the tank needs to be 1L in size.
How's your car coming on Malcolm?
Regards Martin.
Had a play in the garage today and sorted the catch tank with fittings and mounts. I plan to feed each rocker cover to it separately using -10 fittings and a separate tank for the gearbox using -4.
Blue book does say the tank needs to be 1L in size.
How's your car coming on Malcolm?
Regards Martin.
Martin, and any others that intend to CIRCUIT RACE their cars,
for any engine over 2 litres the catch tank must be of 3(three) litres capacity.
MSA appendix G 115 -118
I have regularly been checked for this by scrutineers, who will also expect it to be empty at scrutineering.
Hill climbing and sprints are not so demanding and do only require 1 ltr, which is what you say you have.
Graham.
Graham
Thanks for your reply and the information. I will only be using the car for hill climb's,sprints and the odd track day to start but you know where things end up and I can see me being coaxed into circuit racing.
Regards Martin.
Thanks for your reply and the information. I will only be using the car for hill climb's,sprints and the odd track day to start but you know where things end up and I can see me being coaxed into circuit racing.
Regards Martin.
Brett James-McCall
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Martin,
Who made you compressor bracket please.
Ta
Brett
Who made you compressor bracket please.
Ta
Brett
Hi Brett.
Mick Sollis made the bracket. It has been chopped by me in an attempt to fit the compressor and all the belts but I got it slightly wrong first time around. Having then got the water pump and crank pulleys from Mick it all fitted. I will get the bracket welded on tuesday to remove the washer which are only temporary.
Regards Martin
Mick Sollis made the bracket. It has been chopped by me in an attempt to fit the compressor and all the belts but I got it slightly wrong first time around. Having then got the water pump and crank pulleys from Mick it all fitted. I will get the bracket welded on tuesday to remove the washer which are only temporary.
Regards Martin
Martin,
Most of the brackets for the compressors are just fabed to accommodate the type of compressor/enginefront etc. that you have. It is just a matter of using the small amount of space you have with the alignment of the pieces.If you neeed ideas for some I have a collection of photos of the various types. If you would like some inspiration for doing your own, go to
Pictures by Billmusarra - Photobucket
and browse the various albumns. I have lots that I have garnered from the forum.
Bill
Most of the brackets for the compressors are just fabed to accommodate the type of compressor/enginefront etc. that you have. It is just a matter of using the small amount of space you have with the alignment of the pieces.If you neeed ideas for some I have a collection of photos of the various types. If you would like some inspiration for doing your own, go to
Pictures by Billmusarra - Photobucket
and browse the various albumns. I have lots that I have garnered from the forum.
Bill
