Thread: 283 pvc question?

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You could block it up and run some rocker covers with PCV breather atachments. But for my buck I would keep the sealed covers, they look way cool, and route that breather back into you closed system. As a note, and i see nobody has mentioned this. If you keep the original PCV exit. The one at the back, you MUST provide a source for air to enter the system. In a stock manifold this is by the oil CAP. Don't change your manifold to the one that does not have the filler in the front of it or you will draw a vacuum on the crankcase. I would suggest you look up PCV on this site and get a good idea of the reason why its all there before you start removing too much.
just my 2c
Andy.

Since I am old enough to remember road draft tubes, I called those memory cells up.....

when you looked at the running car from the front, you could see a little "smoke" coming out from underneath and behind the crossmember

the underside never rusted because of the oil film from the tube exit and back to the rear axle

when you pulled the intake, there was a Valdeze sized tar blob at the back of the lifter galley

the horsehair filter in the road draft system was a bear to clean, you could flush it for a week and still get oil coming out of it

it seems that the end of the tube was cut at an angle and always dripped on your forehead when you were under the car

mike in tucson

Originally Posted by robot

Since I am old enough to remember road draft tubes, I called those memory cells up.....

when you looked at the running car from the front, you could see a little "smoke" coming out from underneath and behind the crossmember

the underside never rusted because of the oil film from the tube exit and back to the rear axle

when you pulled the intake, there was a Valdeze sized tar blob at the back of the lifter galley

the horsehair filter in the road draft system was a bear to clean, you could flush it for a week and still get oil coming out of it

it seems that the end of the tube was cut at an angle and always dripped on your forehead when you were under the car

mike in tucson

Thanks for that trip down memory lane Mike

Shevy_not_heme, if you look closely at the diagram Lt1s10 provided for you, you'll see that the same crankcase gases are available in the valve covers, in the oil pan and in the lifter valley. It wouldn't be any big deal to tap into the oil pan just below where it bolts to the block and run a hose up to the intake manifold with a PCV valve in the hose somewhere along the line. Or, drill all the way through the intake manifold and epoxy a pipe in that will run from the lifter valley up to atmosphere, attach a hose/valve and away you go. Don't be shy just because nobody has done it, either of these methods will work.