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  1. 06-06-2007, 11:59 AM #1
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    Period Correct Catch Can?

    I'm installing K&N air filters on my MFI equiped '70E, and need to devise a catch can system for the oil tank, as I'm not wild about the idea of oil in the air filters or on top of the motor. I understand that the way to do this is to vent the oil tank to the catch can with a large hose, and to provide a small hose from the can to the air cleaner. In this way, fluid ends up in the can and vapor ends up being ingested by the motor. This seems like the right thing to do.

    SO, how do I do this in a period-correct fashion? I know that 911Rs use a windshield washer bottle for the job, and something similar was done on STs? Anyone have any good photos of original race cars or systems more recently created that adhere to the spirit of the original solution?

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  2. 06-06-2007, 02:57 PM #2
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    Scott,

    Hope these help, they are from an ST.
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  3. 06-06-2007, 03:26 PM #3
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    Scott, did you have to trim the bases of the K&N filter housings?
    boba, how does the strap connect? Do you have part numbers for any of those pieces, or can you tell me where I could get them?
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  4. 06-06-2007, 04:13 PM #4
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    Thanks for posting those. Anyone know what that tank is?

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    I am modifying the left base plate so that it and the filter element clear the barometric cell. The left assembly needs to move 1/4" to the left. The right fits without modification, except that I had to make recesses in the stack to clear the heads of the bolts that fasten the studs securing the filter top to the base plate. If you are considering doing the same, let me know as I learned, as usual, a few lessons the hard way.
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  5. 06-20-2007, 06:39 AM #5
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    I ran across this in a Stoddard ad in a '95 issue of Excellence. I have seen many different bottles used, and can't identify any of them!
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  6. 06-20-2007, 11:52 AM #6
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    I'm pretty sure they are early 911 (SWB) window washer tanks.
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    That looks exactly like the one in the ad 9901 107 083 00). Is that what a SWB washer bottle looks like, or is what we are seeing made to be a catch can?

    It looks to me like the one photographed in the ST above may be a standard '69-'73 washer tank. Stoddards lists the part number mentioned above as "out of stock," and a price of $54.
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    This is a '73 RSR:
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    This is a '73 RS lightweight - not sure if it's factory or not:
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