Engine Drivetrain 2nd Gen S Placement of the BSH Oil Catch Can with DDMWorks Street CAI and Forge Turbo Hose

I have a 2008 MCCS with a BSH Oil Catch Can and a DDMWorks Street cold air intake (CAI). I had this OCC plumbed when I had the factory turbo inlet hose. Recently, I have replaced the factory hose (it was leaking) with a Forge Turbo Inlet Hose. The Forge hose is nice, but instead of having the valve cover to turbo inlet hose connection hose (i.e., factory setup), Forge places the valve cover connection at the top of the hose which puts it directly inline with the valve cover connection.

Since I have the DDMWorks Street CAI, I have little space to mount the OCC. It is currently mounted to the firewall near the alarm switch. While I could connect on the OCC hoses to the valve cover connection (once the small Forge hose is disconnected) the other OCC hose has got to connect to the turbo inlet hose at this smaller hose connection point.

Has anyone seen this setup? Is there an option that keeps me from having OCC hose coiling across the top of my halve cover? Thanks.

 

Clint,

Here are some images.

Manufacturer photo:



Overall Photo:



You can see the one OCC hose zip tied out of the way. It will ultimately go into the halve cover connection while the open port on the OCC will connect to the turbo inlet tube.



Note, this shows that the factory MINI sensor that normally vents to the bottom of the factory inlet hose is reused here. The outer diameter of the hose is 35mm. The inner diameter is the same as the factor sensor in the photo. If you don't have on in shop, I could disassemble and measure it.



Your idea of a hose elbow of some kind is a good one, otherwise the stiff and not easily bent OCC hose would have to curl out over the engine. If possible, I would like to direct the hose under the brace.