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Besides the smell is there any pros or cons to either?

On my last turbo car, or the one before that one actually, I had one with the check valve and didn't have any issues. It was not vented to atmosphere.
If you run the vent to atmosphere I would gut the PCV since it won’t work with no vacuum applied and will allow the pressure to escape from both sides. If you want to run the closed system then I would do like @daSNAK3 and I did and get the oil filler breather to release the extra pressure. Don’t really think there are any pro’s or cons with either system but that just my knowledge. I actually run neither at the moment… for now that is.
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What's so bad about running it the way ESS tells you to in the instructions with no catch can??
 

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Oil mixed in the air intake, then compressed via the supercharger and brought in the cylinder for combustion effectively lowers the octane rating of the air fuel mixture. When you are running on the ragged edge, every little bit counts.
 

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So this being the case, why would they tell you to do it this way?
 

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Oil mixed in the air intake, then compressed via the supercharger and brought in the cylinder for combustion effectively lowers the octane rating of the air fuel mixture. When you are running on the ragged edge, every little bit counts.
Actually, this is a really old myth. Oil is has an almost infinite octane rating. The only thing having too much oil in your combustion chamber can cause, is potential leaning of the fuel mixture or hydro lock, BUT you’d need FAR more than any occasional vapor mist.
 
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Ok so what's the difference between just opening the PCV and say running the lines into an overflow jug of some sort?
 

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Actually, this is a really old myth. Oil is has an almost infinite octane rating. The only thing having too much oil in your combustion chamber can cause, is potential leaning of the fuel mixture or hydro lock, BUT you’d need FAR more than any occasional vapor mist.
So no need for an oil catch can, other than to keep it from collecting in the intake tract?
 

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So no need for an oil catch can, other than to keep it from collecting in the intake tract?
Pretty much yes. Cleaner overall, and the oil mist has been combusted, so it’s better to keep if from continuing to contaminate.
 

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Finally got it on a dyno. A little lower than I was hoping for.. but the guy said it was acting like it was hitting a limiter at 6900rpm.. I’ve rung it out to 7500 on the street, so not sure what’s up with that… any insight on that? He said it was reading 7lbs of boost.

I forgot my laptop so I didn’t log unfortunately 😡

he showed me another line on the first pull that was up and down, he asked what my plugs were gapped to and I told him .28 and he had said they might need the gap closed a little more, but I’m honestly not sure if that has anything to do with it?..
 

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Finally got it on a dyno. A little lower than I was hoping for.. but the guy said it was acting like it was hitting a limiter at 6900rpm.. I’ve rung it out to 7500 on the street, so not sure what’s up with that… any insight on that? He said it was reading 7lbs of boost.

I forgot my laptop so I didn’t log unfortunately 😡

he showed me another line on the first pull that was up and down, he asked what my plugs were gapped to and I told him .28 and he had said they might need the gap closed a little more, but I’m honestly not sure if that has anything to do with it?..
Possibly hitting your speed limiter? Nothing on that graph suggests spark blow out.
 

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On a side note, is this normal?.. I am guessing not, because I don’t remember hearing this noise before.. when backing up yesterday I noticed a clunking noise and I’ve been hearing it today while starting off from a stop and going to 2nd at slower speeds.. I’m pretty sure this is where I am hearing it from.. nothing else is loose or anything that I can find.. how bad is this? I honestly can’t tell if it’s coming from the axle or differential.

edit: pretty sure it’s from in the differential, anyone else run into this? Is this normal when the car is “broken in”.. Car has 6500 miles.
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