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FINALLY got around to buying bolts that fit the Throttle Body spacer. It was a huge PITA ... all local store only carried 60mm or 70mm bolts, 65mm was the length I needed. Amazon ... FTW. For anyone considering doing this ... know that shifting the throttle body does mess with the mounting location of the oem air box ... be warned.

(why didnt I cut it? I cant locate my dremel, its lost in a sea of moving boxes)

 

ALSO .... while I was in there and my hands already nice and dirty ... I went ahead and installed an air compressor inline moisture seperator. (AKA, oil catch can)








installed at 30k. def a noticeable amount of fluid in there after only 1 day (30 ish miles) of driving

 

 

 

Got a link for that catch can? I like that it's more compact than other versions posted on here and the fact that it's glass like you posted in another thread.

 

NOPE! not at all .... maybe a TINY bit more response at low end... but.... i wouldnt go out and tell all my friends "go buy yourselves a throttle body spacer, its great"

this is the exact one i bought:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGINE-OIL-...itleDesc=0%7C0

I did notice, there are others out there that look the same and cheaper .... like this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ENGINE-OIL-...itleDesc=0%7C0

 

Thanks I appreciate it!

 

minor update .... had some fun with the hood, hood garnish/trim, and some VViViD Tech Art Gloss Carbon Fiber wrap


washed then clay'd the hood:


2-3 ish hours later:


pics from outside/in the sun:




parked next to "THE CAVE STORE", highly recommended spot for anyone visiting san diego/la jolla cove

 

Nice!

Off topic but what turn signal / DRL bulbs are you running? They don't look amber.

 

I did not touch those, they're still oem

(if anything, maybe the prev owner changed something?)

 

Wrapped hood and trim look good!

 

 

thanks for the kind words guys. red emblems..... I'm actually kickin around the idea of blue ones .... time will tell =)




SO.... after 339 miles ... here is how much oil my "catch can" has collected, roughly 5ml:




oil catch can installed at 32000, temporarily removed at 32339:


for those who wonder, this is the oil I use. I went with the "high mileage" formula, I hear it has conditioners for the rings.... *shrug*



The day of the oil catch can install, I also installed the TB spacer. for the past week or so, I did notice my car has lost a decent amount of top end power. I'm wondering if its the catch can? Could it possibly be that the design of this moisture trap/moisture separator is somehow restricting flow?

For the next week or 2, I'm gonna experiment by removing the oil catch can, and seeing if it restores any of my top end. If I dont see any diff, I'll do the opposite and remove the TB spacer and reinstall the oil catch can and re observe. As always, I'll report back soon ish

 

Why would you put a catch can on a street car that doesn't actively consume oil? That seems like it has zero benefit & only room for harm.

 

Because it's actually catching oil, which means that oil isn't making it to the intake manifold and slobbering our intake valves.

 

 

That's a fair bit of oil for less than 400 miles...

 

5ml per 400 miles isnt THAT bad. Times that by 10 ... every 4000 miles driven should come out to 50ml of oil loss. Assuming I'm a thug and do oil changes every 8000 miles, that comes out to 100ml of oil loss.

100ml = 3.38oz
Oil Change Interval = 3.5 QT = 112oz

That comes out to roughly 3% oil loss, I think its fair to say, its within the realm of "safe"

 

Sure, not THAT bad, but better if it isn't baked on to the back of your valves