Thanks, Good info! You racers can teach us a few tricks.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Tranny Breathers
> Just a quick one about breathers...
>
> If you do decide to vent your tranny (or differential) it's best that
you
> vent it to a tank to catch the spills. Make sure that the centerline
of
> the tank is above the fill line of the tranny (or diff) so that you
don't
> create a siphon effect.
>
> It's better still to use a nifty catch tank with an air filter on it
so
> you don't suck bugs and other cruft into your expensive tranny or
diff.
>
> It turns out that most of the racer houses sell nice catch tanks with
> vents for under $75 - and they look really kool. Too bad you wind up
> putting them under the bonnet or in the boot (or even under the car!).
>
> About the only gotcha is that to do a really good job of venting, you
need
> to run an AN6 size hose (about 3/8 inch dia.) that is unobstructed.
That
> means that the AN adapter to the case needs to be a minimum of 3/8
NPT -
> the 1/8 NPT ones are too small.
>
> This has been my experience trying to vent my differential on my race
car.
>
> C ya,
> rml
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