Gone very far to the Dark Side

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No work this week was at the shore with the family. Son in law I took to the performance center delivery gave me this picture of the track prepared M5. Very very fast car.

8-27-2014

Lots of boring wiring stuff this week with quite a bit more to go. One of the nice things about building a replica in NC is that its registered in the year of the original regardless of what engine is used. That said this brought an evil smile to be able to do a little something in the face of overwhelming government control of our lives.

So my 1965/67 is not required to have an annual general state inspection or emissions testing. The engine can be set up one of two ways from Ford Racing – strict emissions or ‘relaxed’ emissions.

So relaxed it is. The twin PVC valves in the valve covers get canned then replace by hose fittings & 1/2” hose (yellow). The two hoses are joined with a T fitting then routed under the chassis where they vent directly to the atmosphere. No running blow by gases pack into the intake tract.

Oh the humanity!!! we are all going to choke to death.

Its a logical suggestion. I installed an inline oil catch can to replace the PCV system on my 33

5iswhich tended to coke up the back sides of the intake valves. It would pick up a few table spoons of oil every 4-5 months when I opened it up to clean it. The Cobra will not get the use that the daily drivers get.

Engines with breathers, road draft tube type blow by control can sludge up over time, generally with non synthetic oil, but again its the type of use. Prolonged idling, stop & go traffic etc reduce the effectiveness of the road draft type systems. They typically need air movement over the end of the tube to create a low pressure area to draw out the blow by gases.

The catch can was the only liquid oil trap on the 335. The Cobra has oil separators internally before the tubing I put on so it may actually be cleaner than the BMW was. That said you are correct some will get out.

Engines with breathers, road draft tube type blow by control can sludge up over time, generally with non synthetic oil, but again its the type of use. Prolonged idling, stop & go traffic etc reduce the effectiveness of the road draft type systems.

They typically need air movement over the end of the tube to create a low pressure area to draw out the blow by gases.

Thing to think about here is these are not DD type engines, but are for 'off road' use. The computers & wiring harness from Ford Racing will not run in a Mustang BOSS because of abbreviated or dropped out functions.

Its just a loophole with the NCDMV that lets me run this engine. If I was back in Jersey I could not register it for street use the way I built it. No front license plates either in NC WOO-HOO