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Ford Focus ST Catch Can Kit 2013+

  1. Keep Your Intake Clean! Ford Focus ST Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Bracket Fabrication and Final Design

    Keep Your Intake Clean! Ford Focus ST Catch Can R&D, Part 2: Bracket Fabrication and Final Design

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    Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Baffled Oil Catch Can Kit

    After making mockups for our initial setup and evaluating short-term testing data, our team came to a few conclusions. First, we would be incorporating our catch can into the PCV line only. Our brief accumulation test showed that we had substantial fluid accumulation with the PCV line, while the CCV can ended up dry. Second, our mounting location was really subtle and created a factory-like fitment with no visible lines. Last, the ST produces quite a lot of contaminants even in a short period of time, so a catch can is going to be a great upgrade in terms of preventive maintenance.

    Bracket Fabrication

    Next on our to-do list was final bracket fabrication. Something more stout and aesthetically pleasing were our targets. We would also

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  2. Keep your intake clean! Ford Focus ST Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Initial Prototype and Project Direction

    Keep your intake clean! Ford Focus ST Catch Can R&D, Part 1: Initial Prototype and Project Direction

    Interested in picking up this awesome catch can system? Check out our product page for more details.

    Mishimoto Ford Focus ST Baffled Oil Catch Can Kit

    Ford Focus ST test vehicle
    Ford Focus ST test vehicle

    As you may be aware, our engineering team has been wrenching away on this Focus ST to develop a slew of awesome products for the community. Our oil cooler development is underway, and alongside this project we began to experiment with a direct-fit oil catch can system. Now, you may be wondering exactly how necessary such a product is.

    Discussions around the community have covered the impact of oil within the intake system and its effect on valve buildup. In short, the

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