Mediamab Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) Slowly trying to learn and understand the engine in my new v8 to ensure it’s setup properly as am finding a few strange things and I’m not sure if they’re correct or not! So maybe a dumb question but I’m struggling to find details around what I assume are breather pipes? Picture below shows the two pipes coming from each rocker cover and connected with a T piece. Is this correct and how it should be? Many thanks!! Edited December 17, 2023 by Mediamab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Breathers have been done various ways over there years so it's hard to get a definitive answer, I think with that sort of setup you'd usually have flame traps on the breathers. Not sure about the carbed versions - yours is not an original carb setup so all bets are off. The EFI ones have a little filter open to the air on one side with a pinhole aperture, then the other side goes through a flame trap into the plenum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediamab Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Yeah I think that’s why I’m struggling to work out if it’s meant to be attached to anything or not. I read about flame traps so wasn’t sure if one is meant to be where that T section is. It’s looks clean and relatively new though…? (only had truck a few weeks so still learning about it all and trying to workout a bunch of connections and why there and not there ha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Edelbrock carb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediamab Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Find the large port that enters the throttle body above the throttle blades and connect it a pipe there. Connect it to one of the rocker covers. On the other rocker cover fit a small filter. Then the engine only breathes the ending fumes when you have the throttle open (so not at idle). Run it like that for a while and see how it goes, it should be fine, and prevent too much oil build up in intake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediamab Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bowie69 said: Find the large port that enters the throttle body above the throttle blades and connect it a pipe there. Connect it to one of the rocker covers. On the other rocker cover fit a small filter. Then the engine only breathes the ending fumes when you have the throttle open (so not at idle). Run it like that for a while and see how it goes, it should be fine, and prevent too much oil build up in intake. Ah I see so the fact the 2 rocker covers are attached directly like they are now with that T piece isn’t right then? and so it doesn’t matter which rocker cover I connect the pipe to above the throttle body? filter on the other, is that like one of those small mushroom filters? many thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Yeah, no point connecting both, the whole idea is to draw clean air through the crankcase, either one is fine, whichever gives neater hoses. And yup, a small mushroom / pod style filter will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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