I am have been looking to get a cooling catch can, and was curious if anyone on here have any, and if so pictures?

 

Yeah, I bought a summit one. I mounted it infront of the core support beside the headlight. Sure cleans up the engine bay.

I dont have any pics, but I will be taking pics soon.

 

which can from summit did you get?

 

Summit Catch Can

Part # Sum-G1476 although that one is blue. They come in red, white, black and blue.

I just make a mounting bracket out of aluminum and used exsisting bolts.

 

cool, i have been looking at there hex can...SUM-300100

 

yeah, thats a nice one. I just wanted something light and cheap. I hate the stock ones. Takes up too much space.

 

Is it possible to make the above type catch cans Recirculating? As Per the summit info it says that it is not Recirculating.

Would it be possible to put the elbow on the bottom and run the over flow hose to that and put the petcock on the top and just crack it a bit so that air can flow in.

This way when excess fluid expands when hot it will fill can, and when it cools down the vacuum created in the radiator will pull the extra coolent that is in the can back into the radiator.

Also, Could this be mounted below the top cap of the radiator?

Has someone succusfully done this?

 

A surge tank would be a more ideal method of recirculation.

A catch can, or expansion tank, merely offers a place for fluid to go when it gets too hot, and would boil over. You obviusly open the pet **** then to drain it. Good design for what its job is. I don't think I would mess with making it a recirc. system.

A surge tank plumbs inline in the highest point in the cooling system. It offers a place for air to go (as well as some fluid). By being the highest point in the cooling system, it offers a place for air to gather where it does not hurt the performance of the cooling system. Air bubbles find their way up, and to the surge tank where they gather at the top. Fluid will make its way with the air, so it seperates the air from the fluid. There is a fitting at the bottom of the tank that leads down to the inlet side of the water pump (I am plumbing mine inline to the hose, via a metal tube with a fitting welded in).

Edit: now that I look at the particular one listed, I don't see why one couldn't hook it up as you said, with the petcock on top.

 

I have a small 1.5 q parts store plastic jug. Bought it at advance for $7. It comes with the jug, some clear hose, mounting bracket, screws, etc. They have a bigger one too (2.5 q) but I didnt like that one.

I threw the hose away and bought alot longer lenght of rubber hose.

Mounted the jug on the driver's side fender, around where the horn is.

It's out of the way. Light, and cheap.

It has 3 closed nipples for your hose, you cut the nipple you want to use. 2 on top, 1 on bottom.

If you use the bottom one, it works as a Recirculating jug. When hot water goes out of rad into jug, when it cools off water is sucked out of jug back into rad.

 

I had thought about doing this also. I can try it and see if it works.

 

I made a recirculating can to replace the big jug on the fenderwell. I used PVC, i know it sounds ******* but it's done well. I'll post pics of is tomorrow. I used a short section of 2.5" with a cap on each end. One end is tapped with a brass compression fitting through which a section of brake line goes through all the way to hte bottom where it can pull the fluid back into the radiator and there is a petcock if I need to drain it.

 

AMW makes some nice ones.


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