Mounting question

Something like this?

High on the firewall!

Here's mine, no expertise assumed. Mounted high up on the firewall.

Art

Anything higher than the oil filler cap is fine.  Towards the top of the of the fan shroud is fine.  It doesn't have to be as high as possible.  As long as it drains downhill into the case it will work.

As always, you guys are the best. Thank you!!!!

Here's my soon to be installed this coming week by Carey Hines, high up on the firewall.

One comment here- The box Rich showed near the top of the page (and Art had a pic of a couple posts later) is a little small, and a higher revving engine (especially if it's somewhat larger) can overload it. It will work on a mild engine, but will really benefit from larger hoses being used, as they will add volume to the system and slow down the air/oil mist travelling to the breather box. This will promote some of the oil falling out of suspension before it ever hits the box.

 

Rich- What are the dimensions of your box?

I went with this box and verdict is still out (road test0 but seems to work throughout RPM range .

 

I cut a piece of wood and took the angle from the body so the mounting surface would be parallel to the fan should. The wood was epoxied to the body and I used stainless screws to mount the box to the wood as mounting to the firewall was out as my fuel pressure regulator is mounted there.

 

The hoses run down to the valve covers and also to the oil filler neck.

Mike.

I love the contrast of the different colors in your engine compartment.  Very clean!

ALB...see dialogue.

 

This is a simple but kind of expensive setup. It's a CSP breather that mounts on the fill tube. No worries about where to mount it and it keeps the lines short and neat. I also took a couple of shots of the deck prop pin. It bugged me rattling around on the firewall so I used a quick release pin and a quarter inch billet brake line clamp I had left over from another project. I thought it looked a little more sorted.

Fpcopo, great minds think alike.

 

 

Good stuff! Again, thanks for all the info. 

 

On a side note, I have practice on the Charles river tomorrow morning a year after the mess. We're expecting heavy police activity which is good of course. A year ago, my HS kids from Boston were isolated in their homes, the lawn of our boathouse across from Watertown (where they finally caught him) was filled with ruts from all the military and police vehicles. After it all came to a close my girls showed up for practice -walking in ready to work through all the ruts. As their coach, I couldn't help but wonder what was going through their minds.

 

Anyway, we live for today gentlemen. A safe and happy year to all!

Ron, what's interesting is I see that you also plugged the top bung in the breather box off and are using the side ones.  When I got my engine, the air filter hose went in the top bung and I couldn't close the deck lid because it hit the fitting!  Rerouted to the side and now everything fits great.

I had the same problem, and more.  I had to do some grinding on the inside of the engine lid to clear the CSP air box.

i have a similar breather.  the top is not sealed, so i would not recommend mounting it sideways.  it will drip oil.

A little slow to respond, sorry.  It seems there are different ways to plumb this.  Some have hoses from the breather box to the airfilters, some not.  Can someone explain to me, the differences, and pros / cons?

 

Thanks, Art

If you're using the Empi breather box, take out the foam; it can become oil saturated and choke off air flow.  Substitute stainless steel scrubbie pads as oil traps in place of the foam.