Rx Catch can question

[dmullen]

So after I install the Roto-Fab intake all I will have to cap to use the breather kit is...

"Pic 4 : Stock tube near firewall capped off, drivers side, under the cheap gray back engine cover."

Is that correct?

[ibmrs]

Originally Posted by dmullen

So after I install the Roto-Fab intake all I will have to cap to use the breather kit is...

"Pic 4 : Stock tube near firewall capped off, drivers side, under the cheap gray back engine cover."

Is that correct?

I assume you will have to cap off something on the roto-fab as well, where it would normally attach to the stock tube.

[KFH]

Originally Posted by noisemker

anyone else find that the bolt is not long enough to tighten in properly, maybe I have it in the wrong spot?

Take a look at what I did with mine.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ighlight=catch

[rtcat600man]

Originally Posted by 67 GTO

I used a tapered rubber plug from Lowes with electrical tape to hold it on there and a piece of hose over top.

I think rtcatman just used a bolt to plug the tube.

Yes Indeed, I found a bolt in my bucket of bolts that threaded into the end of the tube.

Originally Posted by 67 GTO

With the Injen installed, I found a nice PVC pipe cap at Lowes that fit perfect.

Again, I think rtcatman used a tapered plug here that works just as well.

Yes Indeed, I bought a rubber plug from the local ACO and plugged the INJEN opening.

Originally Posted by jm251

lol me too.. i think i'm going to splurge and order the injen this week. Thanks for the pictures and that white cap on the injen looks great. still a little nervous about injen install. is the washer bottle easy to relocate

GREAT. Many of us love ours. Can even paint them too.




Easy to install, Not as hard as everyone makes it out to be. I removed the wheel to make things easier.

Originally Posted by SC2150

Depends on the intake used.....the several differnt ones use differnt size tubes/line, etc. and in logging fuel trims were stable but the basic answer is yes, if possible, but it will run correctly w/out it capped on most. It WILL still leave a path for some clean side oil ingestion though if not capped. We state it is not neccessay since so many were confused when we tried to give directions, but these guys have done a FAR better job than I in explaining it and providing pictures as well as where and what to get to cap it. We will add this to the instructions in the future though.

We are here to help.

[SC2150]

Awesome job all!!

[jm251]

Went with the CAI, inc. Will be here early next week. I'm sure it will be pretty self evident in person but I was wondering if anyone using a breather has plugged the clean side of the pcv line using a CAI, inc.? Thanks for the help. BTW, the catch can looks great. Thanks Tracy. Just noticed that my particular can (polished) didn't come with the Rx logo on it. No biggie. Looks great either way.

[SC2150]

Ran out of the logo's and didnt want to delay shipping. We have been slammed.

[dmullen]

Thanks again for these instructions and pics...made everything a lot easier and looks very clean. RF is on hold for a while so this RX catch can installation with the stock intake is perfect for now.

Originally Posted by ibmrs

I went to lowes tonight, found some very good fitting 1/4" Gray plastic plugs in the isle with the long pvc pipe, area of a bunch of gray 1/4,3/4,1", etc fittings of all type 2 x .57 = $1.14.
I removed the long pipe (with the oil catch can for lack of a better description), may as well remove it, so it's not in the way flopping around.
Inserted plug into rubber tube coming off the intake on drivers side.
Inserted other plug into rubber tube on drivers side near the firewall on top of valve cover.
I zip tied it in place, to prevent it from rattling off now that they aren't connected to anything.
No cutting necessary and i can revert back to stock at any time.
There was definately oil in the tube, not much but it was there.
Pic 1 : part no. for plugs. 2 of them.
Pic 2 : Remove unnecessary stock tube and can.
Pic 3 : Stock tube capped off at the stock intake.
Pic 4 : Stock tube near firewall capped off, drivers side, under the cheap gray back engine cover.

Thanks for the clarification SC2150, nice to know this is not a big deal, but i wanted to finish it just the same.

[larryt1026]

Originally Posted by ibmrs

I went to lowes tonight, found some very good fitting 1/4" Gray plastic plugs in the isle with the long pvc pipe, area of a bunch of gray 1/4,3/4,1", etc fittings of all type 2 x .57 = $1.14.
I removed the long pipe (with the oil catch can for lack of a better description), may as well remove it, so it's not in the way flopping around.
Inserted plug into rubber tube coming off the intake on drivers side.
Inserted other plug into rubber tube on drivers side near the firewall on top of valve cover.
I zip tied it in place, to prevent it from rattling off now that they aren't connected to anything.
No cutting necessary and i can revert back to stock at any time.
There was definately oil in the tube, not much but it was there.
Pic 1 : part no. for plugs. 2 of them.
Pic 2 : Remove unnecessary stock tube and can.
Pic 3 : Stock tube capped off at the stock intake.
Pic 4 : Stock tube near firewall capped off, drivers side, under the cheap gray back engine cover.

Thanks for the clarification SC2150, nice to know this is not a big deal, but i wanted to finish it just the same.

That looks great! Very clean indeed. I seem slow to get how an oil catch can works though..even after reading all the great info. If that being capped off..where would all that oil go that usually drips from the that opening(not sure what its called) down the tube and into the catch can?

[ibmrs]

Originally Posted by larryt1026

That looks great! Very clean indeed. I seem slow to get how an oil catch can works though..even after reading all the great info. If that being capped off..where would all that oil go that usually drips from the that opening(not sure what its called) down the tube and into the catch can?

Realize that this is the clean side we are capping off, when used with the RX breather in place of the stock oil cap. There was oil in this clean side tube leading from the valve cover into the intake, so some oil certainly gets into the intake in stock configuration, but not really that much.

The dirty side is the tube that is being rerouted through a catch can, this is where oil ingestion into the intake is problematic, especially at wide open throttle. There are many other threads for install of the catch can itself on here.

[larryt1026]

So I'm changing out my intake for the INJEN longtube..and in the meantime going to switch my RX catch can to driver side. Kind of killing two birds with one stone since I am not 100 percent comfortable where mine is right now. With the injen longtube do you guys cap off the intake? Also..I don't know why I haven't thought of this before..but could me not capping off the intake be the reason for my terrible MPG? I usually drive in the city and I'm getting around 15 mpg...which I don't feel is right. What could other causes be for the MPG? Last time I checked I have 6 cylinders under the hood lol.

[ibmrs]

Rx can on the dirty side is it's own install. Cut the existing dirty side line and install rx can inline with that per instructions from tracy.
The capping done in this thread is for the clean side and can be done if you are running the breather in the oil filler cap. It is optional, but i did see oil in the tube i removed in this post.
If you have the breather cap, and want to do this, yes, cap off the injen.

My mpg is in 16s too. Sux, mostly seems to bw from too much sitting in traffic going nowhere.

[BSR-1]

Originally Posted by ibmrs

Rx can on the dirty side is it's own install. Cut the existing dirty side line and install rx can inline with that per instructions from tracy.
The capping done in this thread is for the clean side and can be done if you are running the breather in the oil filler cap. It is optional, but i did see oil in the tube i removed in this post.
If you have the breather cap, and want to do this, yes, cap off the injen.

My mpg is in 16s too. Sux, mostly seems to bw from too much sitting in traffic going nowhere.

I also had oil in the tube on the clean side before I capped it off.
I get about 19mpg avg but I spend over half my time on the freeway so it sounds like you're right in the range.

[zogster]

How do you guys get such terrible mileage? I get 19mpg just in the city (2LT, MT) and I drive the crap out of the car.

I have the Injen long tube sitting in the garage waiting to be installed. You are only talking about capping it if you have a catch can, correct? I don't have a catch can at the moment, so if I simply follow the Injen instructions I should be fine, correct?