Thoughts on this diff breather setup?

[Jezza]

I made a quick bracket for the core support bars. I actually kinda like it better than the firewall mount. It also gets it as high as possible, without mounting it on the rollbar or something silly.

 

[Jezza]

I cut a prototype today. Turned out pretty good I think. I'm going to make a few small changes, one of which is going to 4 ports from 5. The fit is better and I don't really know why I did 5 in the first place.

 

[NskLJ]

I cut a prototype today. Turned out pretty good I think. I'm going to make a few small changes, one of which is going to 4 ports from 5. The fit is better and I don't really know why I did 5 in the first place.

View attachment 315823On the 5 ports were you thinking of front & rear axle, transmission, transfer case and the 5 one for a filter?

 

[pagrey]

Those 90 degree fittings aren't going to work, I just noticed but you wont be able to spin them. Funny what you miss when you do shit like this.

Edit: I just made a custom air manifold and ran into the same deal that's why I noticed...

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Those 90 degree fittings aren't going to work, I just noticed but you wont be able to spin them. Funny what you miss when you do shit like this.

Edit: I just made a custom air manifold and ran into the same deal that's why I noticed...

Can’t you get those 90’s where the plastic 90 degree piece pivots in the nipple?

 

[pagrey]

Can’t you get those 90’s where the plastic 90 degree piece pivots in the nipple?

Plenty of ways to skin that cat, that's probably what's pictured in the original prototype? I just was observing what's there isn't going to work well.

 

[Jezza]

Those 90 degree fittings aren't going to work, I just noticed but you wont be able to spin them. Funny what you miss when you do shit like this.

Edit: I just made a custom air manifold and ran into the same deal that's why I noticed...

That's why I went to a 4 port design. I would have worked that out in the earlier design, but I didn't have the fitting yet and I couldn't find any info regarding the nut size online.

 

[Jezza]

Can’t you get those 90’s where the plastic 90 degree piece pivots in the nipple?

These do, but the nuts are too big and the points hit.

 

[Jezza]

I cut another prototype today. Reduced the ports down to 4 and made a bar mount plate as well. Seems to fit pretty nicely. Definitely mounted up about as high as possible in the engine bay. It also doesn't use up precious firewall real estate. Thanks to @pagrey for the core support bar mount suggestion.

 

[pagrey]

I like how you put the clamp screws on the fitting side. It looks really clean that way. I was thinking of milling slots for zip ties, funny how "hack" my mind works by default.

 

[NashvilleTJ]

Very cool.

 

[NskLJ]

That is really nice.

 

[Fouledplugs]

could you build a set that is firewall mountable and accepts -8AN fittings?