[Shotimes] Intake Goo

[van Oss]

Routing PCV fumes to a tank should not affect performance.  It's easiest to do this when you have the intake off.  Remove the stock
PCV tube (runs from the center top of the engine, over to the throttle body, I think it's 5/8 ID like heater hose).  Replace with a
longer section of hose, and locate the vented bottle wherever you can.  I placed my bottle in the space that was freed up when I
replaced the stock air box with a snorkel. That's on my 92.

There is another option that Paul Nimz and I have been experimenting with (maybe others)?  There is some performance benefit to
creating a vacuum in the crankcase.  So on my 91 SHO, I have the stock PCV outlet tube, but the inlet tube is clamped shut.  (The
inlet tube is the one that runs from the trottle body to the front cam cover.)  Yes, you still gradually get goo in your intake,
though perhaps not as much since air is not pushed through the crankcase.  I only have butt-dyno results, but it seems to help
performance a bit.  Paul wonders if maybe vacuum in the crankcase might also help reduce oil leaks, but I don't thnk we have any
firm information about that yet.

Joseph van Oss


----- Original Message -----
DETAILS!!!!   How do I do this?  On my 87 Escort....(years ago) I managed to
do a similar thing but this is a bit more complex.  Does it effect
performance?  Why haven't more people done this?

-----Original Message-----
A few of us, wanting to keep the intake clean, have devised systems to
re-route the outlet PCV tube into a vented tank.
Joseph