Extending valve cover baffle. Thoughs?
if you want to make it more complicated, you could remote mount the breather on the firewall with a 1/2" line from the breather hole to a "T". breather on top, catch can below
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hey johnny, do you run a PCV ?
I thought about a separator, or catch can. And those may be my next step. We'll see what happens with this minor modification.
I want to be clear, that this is my personal engine. These aren't tactics that BluePrint Uses, or issues that our street engines even have.
This is a race engine with very little vacuum. ( No PCV )
The pooling of the oil at the rear of the head, in my opinion, isn't a free flowing fountain of oil, but rather a gathering spot due to inertia, and gravity. The spraying out the breather i get on this one side in my opinion, is because that breather hole is exactly above this spot, inline with the rockers, and some splash/sling travels directly out that hole. (On my cheapo ebay fabbed valve covers, which we also don't use in house)
I don't want to get defensive, just want to make sure people aren't picturing me back in R&D with a mad scientist hat, and a tube of RTV...lol This car/engine aren't even in the same state as BPE at the moment. but anways! hopefully we're all laughing now!
I could run a catch can, or Evac headers, or a vacuum pump, but my "spray" isn't a terrible amount. Its enough to annoy me. so I figured i'd try this baffle extension first.
Maybe it'll work. Maybe the engine needs a $500 Evac pump... time will tell! another rainy day in Ohio, so probably a good week out from the next track opportunity.
