which filter is this? (for vortech)
07-05-2007, 07:51 PM
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5/8 breather filter, available at any old school speed shop. Direct fit back of left valve cover. I had a catch can hooked up at this point for two weeks. Nothing collected, not one drop. So I took off the can and put the breather on. Vortech sold me a replacement filter without a breather hole. It looked like a big hassle to drill a hole in the filter.
07-06-2007, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by zzerotwosixty
5/8 breather filter, available at any old school speed shop. Direct fit back of left valve cover. I had a catch can hooked up at this point for two weeks. Nothing collected, not one drop. So I took off the can and put the breather on. Vortech sold me a replacement filter without a breather hole. It looked like a big hassle to drill a hole in the filter.
07-06-2007, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MUZZY
actually anyone that is doing this filter swap should install a catch can for the driver side breather hose anyway.
). One thing I could not figure out is where to put the catch can. Where did you put yours?
07-06-2007, 07:26 AM
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I got something like the greddy catch can and im placing it horizontally over the radiator cover right infront of the engine cover. also if you have a small vertical one you can squeez it on the passenger side in the back or next to the washer fluid.
07-06-2007, 07:31 AM
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I here you guys talk about blow by coming out of the vent hose . I vent mine to the air . But Ive never , ever , seen any drips of sludge , puffs of smoke . Even when I had it hooked up to the Original Vortech filter . There wasnt any signs of blow by what so ever . Stock or the built motor.... nothing !
07-06-2007, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jpc350z
I get a lot of oil vapors in the line . Without a slight vac in the can probably won't collect any oil.. In about 300k miles I'll have enough oil to drain.
07-06-2007, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by MUZZY
actually anyone that is doing this filter swap should install a catch can for the driver side breather hose anyway.
That is what im doing, my vortech filter is so gunked up from blow by gasses from that hose.
That is what im doing, my vortech filter is so gunked up from blow by gasses from that hose.
My Vortech filter gunked up pretty fast too. But it wasn't oil, it was rubber dust from my serpentine belt. And if there was oil it wouldn't pass through the filter element. It would be sucked directly into the compressor.
07-06-2007, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by zzerotwosixty
Muzzy,
My Vortech filter gunked up pretty fast too. But it wasn't oil, it was rubber dust from my serpentine belt. And if there was oil it wouldn't pass through the filter element. It would be sucked directly into the compressor.
My Vortech filter gunked up pretty fast too. But it wasn't oil, it was rubber dust from my serpentine belt. And if there was oil it wouldn't pass through the filter element. It would be sucked directly into the compressor.
07-06-2007, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Vash350Z
I dont think that filter will slip right in the front, it looks like he chopped out that air duct quite a bit.
07-07-2007, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Nexx
I cant seem to find a part number for this filter. If it slips completely through the hole then it seems like the perfect filter for us Vortech users, easier to clean and more flow.
