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Old 08-05-2006, 09:43 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #414 427 s/o w. Shelby Aluminum heads, Edelbrock Performer RPM Intake, Mighty Demon 750, Tremec TKO 600
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Default Here's my PCV setup

The cap on the front of the passenger side cover has a PCV valve inside it. Have one of those rubber baffled gromets installed. The -6 AN braided line is connected to the vacum port in the carb base.

The cap on the rear of the driver side has the PCV removed and the inside has a foam sponge filter in it. I've connected it to the turkey pan as a source of air. The rear gooseneck breather is still functional at this point, and that's where I'm getting lots of oil out of. I'm going to seal it off, but then worried that I won't have enough venting and will get blowby somewhere else - likely around the grommets holding the breather caps. Based on Carnut's posts, I'm still wondering how much of the oil coming out of that breather is blow-by vs "throw-by" from the hydraulic lifters slinging oil all over the place.

I've got a block off plate on order to seal off that rear breather, and some of the breather cap fasteners that give a better seal than just the rubber grommets. I guess it's just a matter of experimenting until hitting on the combination that works.

Engine has about 250 miles on it since rebuild - can I assume that the rings are fully seated and the blow-by isn't likely to decrease at this point?
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