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PCV valve is it needed?
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PCV valve is it needed?
on my 77 i still have the PCV valve in the valve cover. but all other smog stiff is gone down to the egr valve deleted with a performer non egr intake. now is the PCV valve needed or can i remove that to and plug off the hole with a breather cap. and plug the port on the carb off. is there any effects?
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Yeah you need to run one. Mine is basically a race engine driven on the street and I use a PCV, it is necessary to clear the toxic gases out of the bottom of the motor and also keeps the opposite valve cover with the breather clean from oil mist. 
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yes after thinking for a while i thought how dumb this post was. oh well no harm no foul. any suggestions on maybe how to make it look a lil better other then a cheap plastic plug and a black hose lol.
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You can get purdy ones, if it's shiney I got it under my hood, it's about 20 times more expensive than a stock OEM PCV and probably doesn't work a well too 
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wow that one is priceless.
See motorhead yours in on a 427 its in the back a 350 goes over the water neck. i dunno just not a fan of it there looks clutered guess possibly i could turn the valve cover around then plumb it around the carb. and you don't have everything shiny i see you could use a new chrome ALT, water pump, edelbrock endurashine intake,chrome top for the MSD plug cover,chrome cover for the coil pack some more braided hose lol.
I do like the valve covers those are some nice welds on those
where's ya get those and do they come in 350 form?
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Here's an engine i built for a Datsun with $2 worth of pcv. The chrome overshadows the PCV.
I've tried drag racing with just breathers........oil everywhere!
PCV=good
EGR, chokes, air pump=bad
Here's an engine i built for a Datsun with $2 worth of pcv. The chrome overshadows the PCV.
I've tried drag racing with just breathers........oil everywhere!
PCV=good
EGR, chokes, air pump=bad
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Mines a 427ci small block you can put the PCV on either side and toward the front or back, so it can be placed in 4 different locations
