+1 All you need is oil fill and one fresh air tube (or fitting for it) on the passenger side.
LS6 valvecovers
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LS6 valvecovers
Other than the oil fill cap, do the LS6 valvecovers have any other ports/fittings on them?
I'm just going by memory (since my car is in storage and not here at the moment) that the only ports on each of the LS1 valvecovers are both for PCV, correct?.
I'm converting to the LS6 PCV system/valley cover, and having some custom valvecovers made....just want to make sure I don't need provisions for anything other than the oil fill.
I'm just going by memory (since my car is in storage and not here at the moment) that the only ports on each of the LS1 valvecovers are both for PCV, correct?.
I'm converting to the LS6 PCV system/valley cover, and having some custom valvecovers made....just want to make sure I don't need provisions for anything other than the oil fill.
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I am doing the same swap in the spring. There is a vent on the back of the driver's side, but it comes with a cap and isn't used. The passenger side still has the single pipe for connecting to the throttle body for filtered inlet air for the PCV system.
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Thanks for the responses.
This is the 90* tube that comes out the top of the valve cover, correct?
Would there be any potential issues in moving the location of this outlet fitting, or possibly tapping it off the side of the oil filler tube? (If I even put the filler tube there, I may relocate it as well).
The valve covers are being machined out of solid blocks of aluminum, I have the freedom to make them anyway I'd like....just trying to keep everything as clean looking as possible.
This is the 90* tube that comes out the top of the valve cover, correct?
Would there be any potential issues in moving the location of this outlet fitting, or possibly tapping it off the side of the oil filler tube? (If I even put the filler tube there, I may relocate it as well).
The valve covers are being machined out of solid blocks of aluminum, I have the freedom to make them anyway I'd like....just trying to keep everything as clean looking as possible.
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Thanks for the responses.
This is the 90* tube that comes out the top of the valve cover, correct?
Would there be any potential issues in moving the location of this outlet fitting, or possibly tapping it off the side of the oil filler tube? (If I even put the filler tube there, I may relocate it as well).
The valve covers are being machined out of solid blocks of aluminum, I have the freedom to make them anyway I'd like....just trying to keep everything as clean looking as possible.
This is the 90* tube that comes out the top of the valve cover, correct?
Would there be any potential issues in moving the location of this outlet fitting, or possibly tapping it off the side of the oil filler tube? (If I even put the filler tube there, I may relocate it as well).
The valve covers are being machined out of solid blocks of aluminum, I have the freedom to make them anyway I'd like....just trying to keep everything as clean looking as possible.
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I was just told that the 90mm LS2 TB doesn't have a provision for this supply line into the valvecover. Is that correct?
Vettenuts, I know you are running a 90mm FAST setup.. how do you get metered air into the engine for the PCV system if this line no longer connects to the TB?
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on the LS1, there's an oil spash plate on the underneath side drivers cover, and two small splash boxes on the underneath side of the passengers. So no; you don't want to just randomly drill a hole and place a fitting there.
pics here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1595822
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on the LS1, there's a spash plate on the drivers side cover, and two small splash boxes on the passengers side. So no; you don't want to just randomly drill a hole and place a fitting there.
ref: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1595822
ref: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1595822
I'm now wondering if I can just tap a fresh air feed from the airbridge directly into the valley cover, and skip valve cover fittings entirely.
Otherwise, tapping off the side of the oil fill tube would also function the same as baffling inside the cover. It's not like the oil is under pressure at that point anyways, it's just being splashed around. Take your oil cap off with the engine running, see how much oil comes up the tube?
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This answered my questions...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1657403
Cliff notes; If running a MAF, you'd want to tap into either the airbridge, or the coupler for this feed line into the valve cover to prevent any un-metered air eventually entering the intake.
If running OLSD, then just a simple breather filter would work too.
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