PCV for FE

[lovehamr]

I've been looking around for a rear breather with a PCV valve provision and though I know they exist I can't seem to find one. From Carl's and HP trends I can get a plate with a nipple then use a screw-in type valve. But I've gotta say that this look does nothing for me;



How about you guys? Who's using what for a cleaner look?

Steve

[acmjg]

I've got mine capped off and pcv is in the valve cover.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by acmjg

I've got mine capped off and pcv is in the valve cover.

Me too; that's the worst looking PCV setup I've ever seen.

[lovehamr]

Thanks guys but my VCs aren't set up for it. I've seen pics of a plate w/PCV valve and a short piece of tubing going right to a fitting under the carb and those are the cleanest that I've seen. So that what I'm trying to get done.

Steve

[cobred]

I bought a rear alum. plate from Southern Automotive (I think) that has a grommet in it and a basket underneath it with some type of wire mesh inside the basket. I assume the mesh is to stop the oil from getting sucked into the vacuum hose. The plate says dove on it.
You can get a piece of 3/8 hose with a tight, moulded 90 degree bent in it from chevrolet or possibly a well equipped auto parts store if needed. The moulded hose will not kink if you need a tight bend.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by cobred

I bought a rear alum. plate from Southern Automotive (I think) that has a grommet in it and a basket underneath it with some type of wire mesh inside the basket. I assume the mesh is to stop the oil from getting sucked into the vacuum hose.

DSC Motorsports has the FE Intake PCV Block Plate Kit/Nipple along with the Basket & Mesh (both OEM and Repro). Fabbing a PCV valve to the nipple doesn't strike me as being all that tough. Then just a hose to the carb base.
http://www.dscmotorsport.com/Manifolds/index.htm

[FFR428]

Check with Nick (mickmate) here. www.actoncustom.com I bought mine from him and very pleased with it. .250 aluminum plate with PCV and grommet. You can even polish it for a little extra bling if you like. I did.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by FFR428

Check with Nick (mickmate) here. www.actoncustom.com I bought mine from him and very pleased with it. .250 aluminum plate with PCV and grommet. You can even polish it for a little extra bling if you like. I did.

That sounds like a good idea. Occasionally DSC gets "less than perfect" marks over on the FE forums and supporting "one of our own" is always preferable.

[SoTxButler]

lovehamr,

I know you want to know something about a plate, PCV and a NIPPLE.....can't figure out where this will fit on your avitar....LOL. She is "over the top".

[Woodz428]

I have a couple of the transitional PCV set ups for an FE, between when they adapted them and when they became a standard piece.If you need one PM me.

[lovehamr]

FFR, That's what I was looking for (second from the right.) Thanks.


Russ, you might be confusing "PCV with "PVC".........................

Steve

[RodgerH]

Here's the one I got from George Gessford. It has a machined aluminum basket with a filter mesh under the plate. You can't beat the quality.

http://www.gessford.com/cobra/images/KERN-01444.JPG

There is more info on his website.

Rodger

[lovehamr]

Rodger, that's it to, thanks.

Steve

[RodgerH]

Steve,

Found this pic in your gallery.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/s...=&ppuser=21666

Tell me about the adapters between the valve covers and the breathers. Do the valve cover openings have opposing notches?

Rodger

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by RodgerH

Steve,

Found this pic in your gallery.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/s...=&ppuser=21666

Tell me about the adapters between the valve covers and the breathers. Do the valve cover openings have opposing notches?

Rodger

Rodger,
The each VC has 2 threaded openings (w/baffels) which you can get a couple of different caps for. In the pic you can see one solid and one with the breather. This pic shows them pretty well;

You can get them set up for a PCV as well but I didn't want the hose on top of the VC anyway. I don't know what you mean by "opposing notches."
Steve

[RodgerH]

Originally Posted by lovehamr

I don't know what you mean by "opposing notches."

Steve,

Here's the valve covers I have:
http://www.dscmotorsport.com/asp/Pro...asp?PartID=988

Each has one opening for a "twist-in" breather like this:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FM...2/?image=large

I'm trying to find a straight tube adapter that will twist in the valve cover hole and let me clamp a K&N breather onto the tube:
http://www.knfilters.com/images/l/62-1430.jpg

The installation would appear very similar to the one in your picture.

I've had no luck finding an adapter like this so far, so I may just TIG a short piece of aluminum tubing (1-1/4 or 1-3/8"OD) over the valve cover openings for the appropriate size K&N breathers.

BTW, I have the PCV assembly from Gessford I posted....works great and it's a quality piece.

Rodger

[mickmate]

I have made a couple of the mesh filled baskets to go under them too. I think I used a compressed air muffler under one of them. Also making them in steel with the tube welded on to go with the puke tanks.

[rokndad]

I think this is what you're looking for. I was told this is an earlier Gessford unit.





The plate is a very nice cast piece with the fitting threaded into it. The bracket is for my throttle shaft.

[FFR428]

Just to add HP Trends www.hptrends.com sells a nice billet breather basket that drops in the intake. It's in the Misc parts section and was $50 last time I checked.