Here's the question in reverse, todays cars with idiot oil change indicators can run 10,000 miles between algorithm'd changes. These cars run twin mini turbos with same oil return to intake breather lines. The motors outlast the cars at 100's of thousands of miles. Oil in your car over the winter collects moisture with nonuse. Are you not going to change it seasonally?
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Here's the question in reverse, todays cars with idiot oil change indicators can run 10,000 miles between algorithm'd changes. These cars run twin mini turbos with same oil return to intake breather lines. The motors outlast the cars at 100's of thousands of miles. Oil in your car over the winter collects moisture with nonuse. Are you not going to change it seasonally?
You reminded me of a thought I was having. My girlfriend's Focus ST has over 20 psi of boost being shoved into the cylinders. That's from the factory, so I'm curious what Ford did with that engine to handle those boost levels while keeping the car emissions compliant. I may be comparing apples to oranges, but I'm still curious.
I'll probably be changing the oil on the car twice a year.
I'll probably be changing the oil on the car twice a year.
I'm also curious about a lack of exhaust velocity at idle, especially in a 3.5" downpipe. But then again that single pipe is doing the job for the entire engine, so the exhaust speed may be high enough to do something. It's only purpose will be for idle and cruise because exhaust backpressure will probably be too high at larger engine loads and the check valve will kick in. That's where the open breathers would do their job.
eco-boost, single turbo, twin turbo - Score one for EPA mpg guidelines, we get fun quick cars with boost as a side benefit 
One of the guys who built my car got a 2015 boosted Focus, dang quick car and fun too.
Twice a year should be plenty I'd think
One of the guys who built my car got a 2015 boosted Focus, dang quick car and fun too.
Twice a year should be plenty I'd think
You're right. It costs me $25 to change the oil with a filter. I know I can't expect a high performance setup like this to go 10k between oil changes, I just wanted to make sure I'm not causing long term reliability issues. I should probably just stop over thinking it and plug the lower intake and call it a day.
I don't drive mine enough to do oil changes by mileage. I change the oil when I pickle it and un-pickle it. It's been pickled for for a while.
There are a lot of options here, @Sharad is the resident expert on this one
Here is a link to get an idea of what I'm talkin bout
Aerospace Racing Billet Oil Catch Can Universal Mount
Here is a link to get an idea of what I'm talkin bout
Aerospace Racing Billet Oil Catch Can Universal Mount
@Noobz347 Ask and ye shall receive...
View: https://youtu.be/C7hiA-nQG5o
If you couldn't tell, I opened the exhaust cutout slightly when I reached under the dash. It really wakes the car up. Does the same to the neighbors too, especially when it's open all the way. Hah!
View: https://youtu.be/C7hiA-nQG5o
If you couldn't tell, I opened the exhaust cutout slightly when I reached under the dash. It really wakes the car up. Does the same to the neighbors too, especially when it's open all the way. Hah!
That thing sound like a Transformer.That BOV must be loud as hell from outside of the car. lol
It is. There no hiding that this car has some boooooost under the hood.
Car is teh sex !
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Why aren't you in the video? Why can't we see the road rushing at us? Why don't we get to see the tach and speedo? What kinda noob would post this amateur video anyway?
My take on the above:
1. It's not you doing the driving. The car scares you, so you have your " boy" row the gears for you at any speed other than " Going to the Walmart".
2. You don't want us to get car sick.
3. You're not sure that your analog gauges will display properly on digital monitors.
You don't fool nobody.
Oh Mike. There's just no pleasing you! Once I get a better roll bar camera mount that can hold my DSLR camera without it falling forward over bumps, I'll have some better videos for you. Well, my racecar driver will have videos for you. Unless you just want to see me cruising to the Walmart?
Yea, I didn't get much higher that 4500 at any point that day. Too much damn traffic around. I'll get a video of a 4th gear highway pull on a Sunday evening eventually.
I blew the turbo manifold gasket yesterday. The car suddenly sounded like a jet plane. That what I get for not checking the manifold bolts.
Also, the breather is still huffing at hot idle with just the lines from each valve cover. It's definitely better with the third line removed, but it still annoys me. I need to make some changes to the setup. I think it has to do with not only the tank itself, but also the location. The firewall area stays very hot. Vapor needs a chance to cool so it can turn to liquid, and that's not going to happen where the breather is now. I think it may be best to get a breather like Nick recommended and also locate it in the fender. The longer lines and a cooler location should really help.
The idea of removing the existing breather haunts me. I think I need to pull part of the dash to get to the top bolt. Talk about poor planning!
I blew the turbo manifold gasket yesterday. The car suddenly sounded like a jet plane. That what I get for not checking the manifold bolts.
Also, the breather is still huffing at hot idle with just the lines from each valve cover. It's definitely better with the third line removed, but it still annoys me. I need to make some changes to the setup. I think it has to do with not only the tank itself, but also the location. The firewall area stays very hot. Vapor needs a chance to cool so it can turn to liquid, and that's not going to happen where the breather is now. I think it may be best to get a breather like Nick recommended and also locate it in the fender. The longer lines and a cooler location should really help.
The idea of removing the existing breather haunts me. I think I need to pull part of the dash to get to the top bolt. Talk about poor planning!
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Hopefully this works. Video of the idle huffing. I'm convinced it's because of the short lines and can location. I should have paid more attention to thermodynamics classes in college before I decided to make this setup.
View: https://vimeo.com/137946672
View: https://vimeo.com/137946672
Man your car in unbeleavable, I came across it on IG, and followed your link over here.
I spent the last 2 days reading all 125 pages, and I'm totally blown away! Congrats on everything!!
I just finally got my car back from paint last week, and am now starting the pain stacking process of putting it back together, theres a lot of things Im definetly "borrowing" from your build.
Just in case no one has said it, thanks for taking the time to post all the information, and pics for us guys to get ideas/motivation from, it mean a lot.
Todd
I spent the last 2 days reading all 125 pages, and I'm totally blown away! Congrats on everything!!
I just finally got my car back from paint last week, and am now starting the pain stacking process of putting it back together, theres a lot of things Im definetly "borrowing" from your build.
Just in case no one has said it, thanks for taking the time to post all the information, and pics for us guys to get ideas/motivation from, it mean a lot.
Todd
Had to dig around for this. What would you say was the max temp you recorded under the hood?Hot stuff!
This was after a 15 minute drive without much hard acceleration, so things aren't as hot as they can be. The back side of the mufflers were into the 200 degree range. The tails were pretty hot as well. I definitely need to get the lines away from the mufflers and I may look into some stick on reflective sheets to help insulate the tank near the tail pipes. The IRS pipes aren't super close to the tank but they do surround it.
