Dead set easy to make - two types though, depends on whether you have open breathing system with your side draft webers like a Datrally and Lynx manifold or closed style like Warnaford (sp) and Redline. Open system on mine so you don't have to have the canister sealed perfectly as there is very little pressure in the system. This was my first attempt and so was just to see if the concept worked as the literature suggested it does - I search around for a suitable receptacle and found a coffee beans tin, came with a nice metal clamp on lid, it is sealed well enough to keep the coffee beans fresh, so I 'm thinking it's got a good chance to work. Bought a couple of Gardenia sprinkler system 18mm fittings, one straight the other with a 90 degree bend as I located the canister on the passenger side between the strut tower & the firewall. I was a bit concerned about the proximity of the headers but the tin doesn't get hot (& Fergy installed his flash one there). I filled up the tin with all of the scouring pads & steel wool that I could find around the place. Drilled a hole in the lid, fitted the right angle garden connector and attached the original filter that was on the rocker. Drilled another hole in the side of the tin around 1/3 from the top, and fitted the other irrigation fitting. Ran a piece of heater hose from the rocker outlet to the tin and there you have it. Oil stays cleaner, no mist or sulphur smells coming from the filter any more. Looks pretty crap but it works brilliantly.
To use an oil/air separator on a turbo or PCV type sealed system you need to construct the canister out of say 3" exhaust pipe, fill it up with the scouring buds or steel wool and weld the ends on. Then you would use barb fittings for the hoses. The flash G Ready types (around $100 for $10 or so worth of materials) have a sight glass so you know when its time to drain the canister. regards Tel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: surge tank So it really made a noticable difference hey? I never really knew if they would be any good. A mate of mine made one up for a 308 he had, and in the seperator he used one of those green plastic scouring pads as an internal filter to try to knock the mist out of the air, worked like a charm for him. On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 06:19, Terry Rudd wrote: > Nothing wrong with buying a fabricated component Mark if it's what > your after and we've all done it, gives you more time to fix something > else yourself. I recently fabricated an oil/air separator for the > webered L engine and don't those things make a difference. I can use > WOT in any gear up hill & down dale without any signs of detonation. > Must make another one for the FJ. I'd recommend one of these to > anyone, should be an OEM part on any high performance engine. > > regards > Terry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark > Firman > Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: surge tank > > > Thanks for all the input guys, i ended up checking out EFI > technology and they had a nice powdercoated black surge tank > for only $99 so i took the easy option :) > I guess i'm lazy, but this one looks nice too, and with my > welding skills it probably wouldnt have been something to be > proud of! > Thanks, > Mark Firman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Rudd > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:01 PM > Subject: RE: surge tank > > Mark, > > A standard street style surge tank is relatively easy > to construct. Here is a link from a site in the US, > but don't fit the tank in the engine bay as that's > illegal in most part of Oz. > http://www.sdsefi.com/techsurge.htm > > Some well made reasonably priced surge tanks I've seen > are available from Maztek, also Rallyart & they should > both have outlets in Melbourne. > > regards > Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Monday, 10 May 2004 11:28 PM > To: OZ DAT > Subject: surge tank > > > Can anyone suggest somewhere to go to get a > decent priced surge tank (read: cheap) > I am in melbourne eastern suburbs... > I am going to see what EFI hardware in mitcham > have to offer tomorrow but thought i would see > if someone on the list knew of somewhere > better to go.. > Thanks > Mark Firman > --membersozdat------------------------------------ ------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- > > --membersozdat-------------------------------------------- ----------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------- > > --membersozdat---------------------------------------------------- --- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
