If you want you catch can to be out of the way and not bling as some say you can install it in the battery/fuse compartment, what I did and it works great there and it does catch oil even with the breather I put in place of the oil cap to further assist in keeping oil where it belongs out of the intake

 

As an FYI, I measured the temperature in the battery compartment area as 132 degrees during a 20 minute drive home. Unfortunately, particulate filters such as the one shown almost always carry a warning sticker that lists maximum operating temperature as 125 degrees F. What can happen when temps exceed this number is that the polycarbonate bowl can expand enough to compromise the seal between it and the upper metal part of the filter. Also, from my article....

" Particulate filters: In a compressed air system, these filters are typically installed before aerosol-trapping (coalescing) filters. Particulate filters are designed to trap solid particle contaminants down to 5 microns and the separation of bulk liquids. The key work here is “bulk”. This type of filter, which is often found in home supply stores as a general purpose filter for compressed air systems, removes liquid water and oil.
It does NOT effectively remove air-born oil (aerosols), which is very likely to be flowing past the PCV valve and into the engine intake. The other thing I can’t mention enough is the fact that any filter that has a clear, polycarbonate bowl is a bad choice as an oil catch can for 2 reasons:

1. The typical clear bowl – equipped filter has maximum operating temperature of 120 or 125° F. An LS1 engine bay can reach temperatures beyond 140° F, quite easily, potentially causing the seal between the bowl and the inlet/outlet component to leak."

In addition, many of these types of filters specify that they should not be used with synthetic oils.

For these reasons, a metal bowl is absolutely necessary when it comes to filters that are installed under the hood.

Dave

 

First off, thanks to everyone for the replies. A lot of good information here that I was unable to find using search! Any idea where I can see this photo, or one like it?

 

Consider yourself flamed. Gotta go do some work, man.

Ed