Just a quick question all Was wondering if there would be any negative effects of running two PCV valves on the Comet... I just noticed that, with both PCV valves, the car stutters a bit when its cold at about 1/3 throttle but other than that, the car seems to idle and run as normal when I had one PCV valve and a breather once it warms up though. Probably unrelated, but the car stopped leaking coolant from the water pump as well(probably just clogged up passages LOL although the car runs at 200 no matter the temperature) If you're all wondering why I put two PCV valves well I was tired of blow by from the breather getting on my spark plug wires and driver side valve cover(breather was on the driver side) and having to clean up all the time.. I'm 50 percent sure my blow by is a bit excessive(yes I am saving up to rebuild!) Once again, thank you for all your help guys, I really appreciate it and I hope to be able to contribute at least as much as I take
First question is why are you running two of them? You need a breather to um BREATH! A PCV is a check valve which only allows air to be sucked out not in. Do your valve covers have baffles in them? If not that may be the reason why you were getting oil in the breather by the actual splashing of the oil. A compression test would determine if its actually bad rings and not just splashing of the oil. I`ve ran valve covers without the baffles in them, but to compensate i used the breather that had a built in baffle/foam and i had no leak issues. When you run without a breather you are not getting any fresh air so all the blowby vapors will just contribute to more sludge build up.
You know what... It's been a few years since I've seen the underside of my valve covers that I forgot LOL My reasoning for running one on each side was to eliminate any oily mess on my valve covers/spark plug wires by sucking that all back through the manifold to be burned instead of splattered on my engine.. I have the cheap Spectre breather with the foam element and baffle in it.. But I still have the problem.. I figured it was blow by because of these facts, plus I figure the engine is a old and tired so blow by was my first guess. The breather itself gets quite oily after about a month.
True, another benefit is that they usually look pretty cool haha.. Maybe I'm just not thinking straight because I haven't had enough sleep... BAM! Thanks for the info though, I think it's time for me to go to sleep now.. I'm starting to think about what a Maverick would look like with 13" Daytons.
We live in the same time zone. So I have no clue why Im also up at 2am. And Daytons belong on lowriders sir.
lmao Would be great for the comic effect though.. Might piss of some of the "purists" which is even more fun.
Well we do tend to think out of the box out here in Cali. And the purists Should thank us for it. Since this is the birthplace of HotRodding. And muscle cars were basically factory hot rods consisting of mainly Pony cars. Which technically our cars are apart of (long hood, short deck). So if it wasnt for California there wouldnt be any Mavericks. There i said it ......wait untill the east coast guys wake up and see this hahaha.
Ah yes. California. Arguably responsible for the birth and the death of the musclecar, and the reason we have words like "smog" in our dictionary. It's weird to me how CA has such a strong car culture, and yet their government has a history of making it as difficult as possible for Californians to pursue the hobby.
That camaro makes me want to rip out my eyeballs and throw them across the street (theres nothing over there but woods!)
Calm down, it's 'shopped. The reality of that picture is much more benign. The horrific tribal dragon on the door isn't real, and it appears the wheels have been stolen. The car's sitting on the ground. Note the lugnuts on the pavement and the collapsed scissor jack in front of the car. A far better fate than actually having those wheels installed.
And yet I dont have to smog my maverick But you cant codemn the death of the muscle car to California. Did it have a part in it? Yes. I wont argue with that. But the fuel shortages(or the scare of it) was the ultimate demise of the muscle cars. There were also culture aspects that affected it. Cars are generally made for the masses not us car guys. So they made them to comply with their needs, smaller and more efficient. Like the cars coming from Japan and europe. Those cars also had a HUGE part in the decay. As for the car culture here we have to thank SEMA alot. They keep all the laws in check to wear both parties are happy. As for making it difficult for up to modify classic cars, that is not true at all. We dont even have visual inspections here at all. The police will never stop you to see if you have anything illegal under the hood. There too busy chasing after the imports. Police officers arent even trained to spot things in older vehicles. Also if it was difficult to build hot rods here I dont think PHR and Car Craft would pick it as their headquarters. On a last note the rise of the emissions testing was also good for horsepower. When does an engine produce less emissions? When its most efficient which is also when it makes more power. Heck now a days family sedans with little four cylinder engines are making as much power as some of the top muscle cars back in the day. Plus they get four times the millage. Thats having your cake and eating it too my friend. Although it did take the auto industry about 20+ years to finally make decent emission systems. But they managed to do it
It was a joke, mostly meant to get a reaction, and it sure did. I harbor no ill will toward California. Have visited the Sacramento area many times and love it, for the most part. But, about half the Mississippi-bred vehicles I have owned would not be legal there. I think on the old cars there's some leniency, but say my carbed '91 Bravada with the '72 SBC and no cats or other emissions equipment. They'd have a problem with that I think. Or the carbed '91 Camaro with the '85 engine and no cat. Or the TPI '91 Trans-Am with no A.I.R. system and no cat. '81 280ZX, carbed, no cat. '78 280Z... I'm not sure it ever had a cat, but I really doubt it would pass an emissions test.
Where theres a will theres a way. We have a way to pass tests here. Although its illegal which i dont advocate and ill never admit to doing it, because we all know big brother is always watching haha. But yeah basically you have it made if you have a pre 76 car. Which is what i mostly have. I think its a good thing for me though its the reason why my 95 Tbird is stock. Modifying has its ups but also downs. I can use Justin as an example for that but i wont
My point. I think the old car culture is alive and well in CA in large part due to the fact that the old ones are the only cars you can do whatever you want with. Eventually those cars will get scarce. Your kids will find it harder to pursue this hobby, your grandkids may find it impossible. Meanwhile my kid will be driving whatever abomination his money and imagination can come up with. I think there's something deeply wrong with having to become a criminal just to do an engine swap.
