I have one of those intakes at home... He didn't drill into the runner. The pic is fucked up but the PCV is in the right location and everything should work fine. But I like this post... It make me laugh, so... DUDE WTFuck were you thinking!!! You just royally fucked up your motor. You're just sucking the intake charge out...
HaHAHAHAHAH! No, it's really simple. I put a hole in the crank case, and then stuck a PCV valve in it, and hooked it up to the PCV nipple on the front of the Edelbrock carb. The pictures are probably more concise than the posts I have made. I don't know if you read the other posts on PCV valves, but another guy did exactly what I did and he was hailed as a genius. I'm just following his lead. I think that my flippant presentation is what the root of the problem is. Because I cracked a couple jokes, I am getting percieved as someone who doesn't care and acts without thinking... which is what anyone can expect when they present themselves that way. I just want everyone to know that I really did research this before I did it...
Don't pour oil into your intake. Take a pen light and look inside the hole. If you can see lifters then your're OK. If you see aluminum...that's the floor of the plemum and your PCV won't do anything because there is vacuum on both ends of the system.
on this setup, which I admit is hard to see in this picture, I had no fill tube and no pcv and had no problem with excessive crankcase pressure, messy blowby, or oil fill issues I used four Moon breathers, instead of the multitude of small holes they recomend drilling in the valve covers to vent, I used the gaskets as templates and cut one large hole under each breather to match, then used the foam as a baffle. if I knew I was going to see high rpm's I would put a sock around the breather vent to catch what little oil escaped, minimal because using four breathers for oil fill I would simply pull a cover off a breather pull the foam and pour it right in.
Yea, I checked one also, but it's close! Some other ideas one could use along the same lines; I think you could also have put it right thru on either side of and aft of the thermostat crossover in front of the carb too? and run less plumbing. Some cars have screw-in PCV valves, making a tapped hole in the manifold an option. AND for you guys with the distributor on the wrong end....(Ford, Buick , late Caddy, etc.) His idea will work but you gotta find your own location... When in doubt, pull the manifold and chack what's really on the other side of the spot before drilling. Gaskets are cheaper than a "UH-OHH-SHIT!" I've sometimes wondered if you could put a PCV valve in that bolt hole in front of the fuel pump that was for motor mounts decades ago that just leaks oil if you forget to tighten the short bolt after installing the fuel pump? Might be too much oil flyin around down there huh? Then the pipe for it would just look like it could be a "return line" to the pump.
I've heard of guys using the fuel pump block off plate for a PCV mount location (obviously they're running an electric pump). You can use any hole in the cranckcase, really. Location-wise, I just wanted to hide it behind the carb. I am going to post the results of the PCV test tomorrow, so stay tuned!
This thread is cracking me up. I'll say it in plain terms. What you have done should work just fine. Fresh air in....Moon breather Crank ventilation.....PCV check valve in intake. Good work Now how about that Recirculated Manifold Vacuum Valve Install TECH.
stickylifter. . . you're funny as hell. I can see where that first photo lead everyone astray. . . it does look like were just seeing the plenum in the hole. . . but the jokey tech style cracks me up.
While a traditional magnet will not work, I do know that Aluminum is attracted to pictures of Boyd... Okay now, fellers, I went home last night fully prepared to execute the battery of tests I mentioned before. However, there was a huge Full House marathon on TV, and as anyone who knows me will tell you, I am powerless to resist the allure of John Stamos. I did have time to consult with DIRTY T last night in our top-secret research lab in the parking lot of the Shell gas station on Woodward. I was trying to squeeze a couple more horsepower out of my mill by removing road grime from the cover of my chrome air cleaner. As he looked on, DIRTY imparted to me that the photos I took of the hole in the manifold made it look like the hole was very shallow. So, this morning I devised another test: The Screwdriver Test. I figure that if I can stick a screwdriver in the hole and have it go in more than about 2 inches, then maybe you palookas will get off my back! I put the screwdriver next to my coffee cup so you had an idea of how long it is.
yes folks that is no optical illusion there. the hole is deeper then once was thought. From the picture i thought for sure it was just in the intake runners. So this set up is swell!!!! i plan do the same to mine when i put the new heads on my car.(i dont have the guts to drill the intake on the car but what do i care i just put in a aircleaner on two weeks ago) O yea nice burn out when ya left last night! i would have like to run ya again but i some bsing to get done Im sure that clean air cleaner lid gave ya a few more tenths
It should work like a champ. It must have been an optical illusion. Now you have a bigger hole for the oil funnel.
I know I am slow at times so maybe I am missing something here but it just doesn't seem right to drill a hole completely through the runner. Wont this lean out this particular cylinder. It just doesnt seem that the fuel will flow uninterrupted to the cylinder now. If I am missing something pleases explain. I hope this is just me.
I wanted to increase the pressure in my crankcase so that my PCV would work even better, and the only way to do that was to siphon off some of my manifold air pressure. The hole in the bottom of the runner bleeds off some of the air going to the # 7 cylinder and diverts it onto the lifter valley. As we all know, next to the brake cyliner, the #7 cylinder is the least used cylinder on any car running a Small Block Chevy. Hope this clears things up.
ok how about one last test, could you take the pcv out and replace it with the plug and wire from the #7 cylinder, then fire it up and listen for any difference in the way it it runs? oh, and thanks for the crushing of beer cans against your head idea, it's a pain in the ass gettin' them past the intake valve but the piston flattens them good!
Obvioulsy you have not been PAYING ATTENTION, Mr. TECH EDITOR! There is a SCREWDRIVER in that hole now!
Jesse Kodsopolis is dreamy. But how do we know you didnt put a tiny little screwdriver next to one of those tiny little key chain coffe cups? Nick
First you cut a hole in your intake runner, THEN you shoved a screwdriver in it?!?!?!!?!!! Are you really this fucking stupid?!?!?!?!!!! Think about all the innocent drivers you are putting in harms way with your Rat Rod Idiocy TM.
A little tip for yall: I have found that if you swap out the #7 spark plug with one of the others every 500 miles ("Rotating your plugs", so to speak) you can nearly double the useable life of a set of plugs. You just need to remember to make sure the #7 spark plug wire moves with the ORIGINAL #7 plug!
Is there some place that one can keep track of manifold sales? I'd be curious to see if there's a spike in the next month or so..... A sure sign will be a large amount of "custom modified" manifolds for sale on E-Bay. Cruel I tell ya..... Mutt
Aw that's just an old wive's tale, like filtering your turn signal fluid through an old pair of nylons. This is very dangerous! Signal fluid will eat through the nylons, and then you'll have to go to the store and the cashier will look at you funny (don't ask how I know) when you come up to the register with nylons... at least in Detroit they will... maybe not out in So Cal... or if you're wearing a Ford jacket...
It's not a discussion anymore, just a series of one-liners... I'm installing a POS valve in my sbc this weekend... Sure hope it sucks...
for this setup to work at 100% capacity I did mine on all the runners that way I never had a rough idle, cost a little more money in plumbing and pcv valves but well worth the cost another tip, if you don't want to have a big vacuum log for all the plumbing get yourself a 2 dollar whore to ride in an inconspicuous place and have her suck hard on each hose intermittently to keep crankcase pressures down
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