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SRT-4 Engine Upgrade: Oil-Catch Can Show-Car Engine Dress-Up, Part 1 of 4 From "Tricked Out" episode DTRK-306

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	The oil catch can
	The billet aluminum oil dip-stick

Oil Upgrades: Install Chrome Oil Catch Can and Billet Aluminum Dipstick

In this first phase of the engine upgrade, host Andrew and begins the under-the-hood transformation of the engine's appearance by installing a chrome oil catch can and a billet aluminum dipstick.

Materials and tools needed for the first phase of the project:

oil catch can kit
measuring tape
aluminum stock
hacksaw
punch
drill with bits
vice and rubber mallet
wire cutters
sandpaper
pipe thread
silicone hoses
hose clamps
rubbing alcohol and cleaning rag
billet dipstick
file
allen wrench

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	Figure A
	Figure B

Steps:

The new oil catch-can could be mounted anywhere that you have room for it near the intake, but since the project car has already had the battery relocated to the trunk, there's a perfect place right above the battery tray. The can comes with a stock bracket that will not be long enough for this install, so the project begins by creating an L-shaped bracket to hold the can in place.

• To begin, hold the catch can slightly above the battery tray and measure down the back of the can to the tray, and then measure from that point to the bolt in the tray (figure A).

• Take these measurements to a bench and transfer them to a strip of aluminum.

• Put the aluminum in a vice and cut it down to size using a hacksaw (figure B).
  

  	Figure C
  	Figure D

• Next, mark the mounting hole locations onto the aluminum along with the hole for the battery tray bolt (figure C).

• Punch holes to keep the bit from drifting, and drill all three holes out with a five-sixteenths-inch drill bit.

• After the holes are drilled, bend the aluminum to fit your application with a vice and rubber mallet.

• Finish off any rough edges gently with sandpaper.

• Mount the bracket to the back of the can (figure D), and tighten it down.
  

  	Figure E
  	Figure F
  	Figure G
  	Figure H
  	Figure I

• Before you install the can, wrap pipe thread around the elbow fittings that are supplied with the kit, and then screw them into the can tightly (figure E) and take it to the car.

• In the SRT-4 project car, back out the battery tray mounting bolt and use it to mount the can.

• Attach silicone hoses to the elbows on either side of the can and secure them with hose clamps.

• Then fit the can into place and tighten it down with the original battery tray bolt.

• To install the hoses, pull off the original crankcase ventilation hose, then gauge the length to the crankcase and to the air intake and cut the silicone hoses to length.

• Finally, slide the hoses onto both the valve cover and the air intake pipe (figure F).

• Clean off any fingerprints using alcohol and a rag. Your new oil catch can is ready to go.

• To keep the catch can clean on the inside, just check it when you check your oil. This particular one has a gauge to indicate how much oil it has caught (figure G). Clean out the can when it is half full--or after every race.

• Now that the catch can is installed, you can continue the oil system upgrades by installing a billet aluminum dipstick.

• It's critical to make sure your "full" mark lines up. First, line up the stops at the handle end (figure H), and then take a look at the full marks on the sticks.

• In our case, the new mark was about a quarter-inch off, so we cut a quarter inch off the top of the upgraded stick.

• File the end and install the top.

• Double check that the full lines are aligned, and then tighten the top with an Allen wrench and pop it in (figure I).

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