What size catchcan do you suggest I get?

 

It was due to water freezing in the catchcan entrance tube since it was hooked up incorrectly.
He posted his problem here.
The fix is here.

 

so the catch can doesn't solve the oil coming from the BOV? So do I need a catch can?

 

You don't really NEED a catchcan. It's just a safety measure.
If you hook it up wrong and the temperature outside drops to below freezing, the water can freeze inside the hose and then you'll experience what philo did.

Also, you can get one from thew at rx8garage.net for $100. Get the 9mm hose, the 15mm hose is too big , although you can get it to fit.

 

adrain-1 what do you think the oil comeing through the BOV is from ??? its all over the intake and underneath the hood ???

 

so what's it's purpose? will oil shoot out my BOV if I don't have one?

 

I do not know. With a catchcan, oil shouldn't be able to reach the intake/ intake pipe.

check this thread.

 

Cool, thanks Adrian-1, I am going to order mine tonight.

 

Yea horse i got my catch can at new freedom performance for 75 shipped and it was next day ...

 

are the stock tubes that came with the greddy catchcan the right diameter or should i chage out?

 

Yea but you have to get the 9mm hoses they are the right ones .... I also figured out why my CEL blinks under boost .... It is said to be b/c the mazda CPU is trying to override the greddy CPU but it cant so it thinks there is something major wrong but its not and it cant over ride the piggy back system .... THey said not to worry about it ....

 

anyone know why i may be getting oil spraying out of my BOV everyonce in awhile ???? its seems odd it doesnt happen all the time and its just a little . Wondering if anyone had the same problem . Also i have 100 miles on the car now with the greddy turbo when iget into iti can smell the exhaust alot normal ???

Shane

 

i wouldn't worry about it my car isn't turbo and i think i am smelling my exhaust or something else a lot too lol.

 

Shane, I am beginning to wonder if you have a new problem because you had to mess with the exhaust lately; have you checked to see that your exhaust system is/was not leaking? I am thinking that with the boost issues you had and the problem you now mention that the turbo, where it mounts on the manifold, may be leaking.

Just a thought.

CRH

 

is there anyone out there running a hi flow cat with the greddy turbo, successfully?
mine was basically "undriveable" until i put my stock cat back on.
is there a different map you can use that will help the turbo run better with the hi flow cat?

 

Current opinion seems to be that a high flow cat is not compatible with the default greddy map. You have to tune the map and that requires an unlocked version and tuning knowledge.
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MAGIC FLIGHT

 

At first i had no cat straight pipe and it ran great . But i was pulling alot of boost so ... I decided to go with High-flow cat and it runs great and still same amount of boost ... So i will just leave it alone
Shane

 

which map are you runniing on?

 

well i have been super zoom zoomed for two days and all i can say is wow. so i stoped to get gas cause i only got 180 mile to a tank and when pulling into the statiopn i go over the area where the tanks are in the graound and the lid pops out and rips the right exhaust guard off the car.. but ne way for thoes that have the greddy when crusing do you guys hear a rumble like sound b4 the blowoff valve releases... any help would be great..

 

check the adjustment on your bov

 

The orignal map .. i ahve the 2nd batch though ....

 

thanks...ive decided to remove mine and go modified stock again...anyone want a turbo with less than 1k miles?

 

Wow. That was quick. How much do you want for the complete setup?

 

I am interested as well. What all are you selling? Just the Greddy kit? PM or email me.

 

I'm sure everyone wants to know why...