Author Topic: best place to mount catch can?  (Read 3101 times)

Offline rench

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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #10 on: 01 February 2012, 21:10 »


this is mine at the min, need to order some proper elbows and better clips to tidy it all up,also will the hose ive done from dv in 19mm silicone be ok?

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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #11 on: 01 February 2012, 21:17 »
Yea dv hose will b ok mines silicone thats a boost hose anyways.have you left the hockey puck valve inline where it goes into the tip?
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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #13 on: 01 February 2012, 21:34 »
Yea would think it would b ok mate,seems a good price to.i left the hockey puck inline on mine was advised by r tech to so left it on.
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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #14 on: 01 February 2012, 21:38 »
that stuff will be a little flexi aswell wont it?

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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #15 on: 01 February 2012, 21:44 »
Dunno mate mines prob got bout a 4 mm wall thickness and id say pretty ridged stuff.not used the stuff in ur link before tbh.
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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #16 on: 01 February 2012, 22:18 »
Here's where I mounted mine, figured the cooler area will help the vapours condense

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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #17 on: 01 February 2012, 22:26 »
 :drool: love that bay  :drool:  :drool:  :drool:


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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #18 on: 02 February 2012, 01:30 »
Wherever it will fit  :grin:

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Re: best place to mount catch can?
« Reply #19 on: 02 February 2012, 06:49 »
Its a cusco one mate, nice can but it doesent have 19mm outlets I had to make my own.



Did that for one side and vented the other.