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So I'm thinking of doing a couple small mods this year to clean up my engine compartment, one of which is to fabricate my own PCV setup.
As most of you CFI owners most likely know, the CFI doesn't have a conventional PCV system. It has a baffle and filter setup that doubles as a crank breather and PCV. I'd like to hook up a separate breather on the valve cover first. I'm thinking up using the larger diameter hose fitting on the back of the valve cover that the "PCV" system uses to pull crankcase fumes out as a port for an aftermarket breather filter. I then thought of drilling a hole in the valve cover (yes, while it is OFF the engine!) and fitting a rubber grommet in the hole with a conventional metal or plastic PCV valve.
My problem comes in routing the vacuum lines. Can I just plug the end of the line that goes to manifold vacuum that the baffle was using? It's a diameter much smaller than a PCV valve requires. And what is the best place to get new vacuum to the PCV?
Anyone every attempted this? Seems like it would be more efficient, and would get rid of that messy plastic baffle/filter setup.
As most of you CFI owners most likely know, the CFI doesn't have a conventional PCV system. It has a baffle and filter setup that doubles as a crank breather and PCV. I'd like to hook up a separate breather on the valve cover first. I'm thinking up using the larger diameter hose fitting on the back of the valve cover that the "PCV" system uses to pull crankcase fumes out as a port for an aftermarket breather filter. I then thought of drilling a hole in the valve cover (yes, while it is OFF the engine!) and fitting a rubber grommet in the hole with a conventional metal or plastic PCV valve.
My problem comes in routing the vacuum lines. Can I just plug the end of the line that goes to manifold vacuum that the baffle was using? It's a diameter much smaller than a PCV valve requires. And what is the best place to get new vacuum to the PCV?
Anyone every attempted this? Seems like it would be more efficient, and would get rid of that messy plastic baffle/filter setup.