[Land-speed] Radiator Catch Cans...

[Dave Dahlgren]

No vent?? do you have a drill LOL.. Seriously why not pipe the radiator 
overflow into the turbo down pipe after the turbo?? Me thinks it might 
evaporate...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
To: "LSR" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:23 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] Radiator Catch Cans...


>I have a trunk mounted "catch can" right now. The overflow comes in from
> the radiator pressure cap and enters the can (actually a 3 gallon or so
> SS tank, lol). The tank has a over flow tube itself and that dumps
> overboard. Not a likely event because the can holds more that the
> radiator and engine combined. But, I need to replace it with something
> smaller as the space where the tank is curenly located is going to be
> occupied by a water injection system pump and tank. I see that Summit
> has plastic catch cans that hold a qt or so, but it looks like they are
> non vented types. The overflow comes in at the top and there is a drain
> valve at the bottom for clean out. Is this something I want to use or is
> there something better but still reasonable in cost? Seems to me that as
> water or steam comes into the overflow it is going to compress the air
> trapped inside making it not so efficient?  In any case is it even
> necessary? Do all of you other folk have radiator overflow catch cans?
> If so, what are you using that is new and novel or just plain usefull?
>
> mayf, way off and far out in Pahrump where the )(&^%)^^%$( wind
> continues to blow