- Aug 25, 2006
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For a long time there has been discussion regarding crankcase oil separators and whether such a need for them exist as well as options for those that feel it is.
There is no doubt that the current design of the engines requires a close crankcase system for emission reasons and then add to this the vacuum created during this close crankcase system also promotes much better sealing of the piston rings when compared to “days gone past” when we simply free aired the crankcase systems.
I have been asked many times if I feel that such a system is required for the Ford GT and my quick response has always been; no. This based largely on the fact that in my experience the amount of vapor related oil that was being drawn into the rear of the supercharger was minimal and even though it had to pass through the intercooler core the net cooling caused by this degradation was minimal.
Now there have been many cool ways presented on this Forum for those that wanted to incorporate such a device; in fact one of the leader in this arena was STORMCAT aka Brian and even when for many an issue was not evidenced the act of incorporating such a device created “peace of mind”.
Recently I had the opportunity to remove the intake from a gal with 25K miles and to my surprise the residual oil that had collected on and within the intercooler core was IMO extreme as such my thoughts have changed.
Initially I was going to create my own crankcase oil separator device however because I have worked with Evan Guyett several years on numerous projects I decided to chat with him first about the product that he and his team created. It was as the result of this conversation that I decided to incorporate his product into this gal.
The product IMO presents and integrates as if OEM, has a wonderful internal baffling system, a sight glass that appears as those on the other OEM degas tanks, is easy to drain if needed, and as a plug and play kit is reasonably priced at approximately $500.00.
With this gal having been exercised for nearly 1000 miles since it was incorporated I can attest to the fact that it works as designed and is a system and in this case a product worthy of your consideration.
Here are a couple pictures; sadly they do not show much which IMO is part of the coolness because it appears as if it could have been there since day one.
Takes care
Shadowman
There is no doubt that the current design of the engines requires a close crankcase system for emission reasons and then add to this the vacuum created during this close crankcase system also promotes much better sealing of the piston rings when compared to “days gone past” when we simply free aired the crankcase systems.
I have been asked many times if I feel that such a system is required for the Ford GT and my quick response has always been; no. This based largely on the fact that in my experience the amount of vapor related oil that was being drawn into the rear of the supercharger was minimal and even though it had to pass through the intercooler core the net cooling caused by this degradation was minimal.
Now there have been many cool ways presented on this Forum for those that wanted to incorporate such a device; in fact one of the leader in this arena was STORMCAT aka Brian and even when for many an issue was not evidenced the act of incorporating such a device created “peace of mind”.
Recently I had the opportunity to remove the intake from a gal with 25K miles and to my surprise the residual oil that had collected on and within the intercooler core was IMO extreme as such my thoughts have changed.
Initially I was going to create my own crankcase oil separator device however because I have worked with Evan Guyett several years on numerous projects I decided to chat with him first about the product that he and his team created. It was as the result of this conversation that I decided to incorporate his product into this gal.
The product IMO presents and integrates as if OEM, has a wonderful internal baffling system, a sight glass that appears as those on the other OEM degas tanks, is easy to drain if needed, and as a plug and play kit is reasonably priced at approximately $500.00.
With this gal having been exercised for nearly 1000 miles since it was incorporated I can attest to the fact that it works as designed and is a system and in this case a product worthy of your consideration.
Here are a couple pictures; sadly they do not show much which IMO is part of the coolness because it appears as if it could have been there since day one.
Takes care
Shadowman
