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Fox Valve Cover Issues.

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James V

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In the process of installing my 2.0 Kenne Bell supercharger. The oil filler tube from the stock valve covers is getting in my way just a bit so I was thinking of buying new valve covers. The only problem is most of them I see say they arent for EFI equipped cars. Why is that the case? also i was thinking of instead of the big filler tube, i was going to just install the push in valve breathers. Does anyone have any advice about using those, is it a good idea? Thanks guys
 

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The efi valve covers usually have a cast in fill neck with the little nipple to attach a hose to the throttle body or intake. Carb style vcs usually have 2 holes for breathers/fill cap/pcv.

Either can be made work with carb or efi, just may take a little more effort than just slapping them on.
 
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96pushrod said:
The efi valve covers usually have a cast in fill neck with the little nipple to attach a hose to the throttle body or intake. Carb style vcs usually have 2 holes for breathers/fill cap/pcv.

Either can be made work with carb or efi, just may take a little more effort than just slapping them on.
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Ok that makes sense now. Will it work if I ditch the fill neck and just do 1 breather and plug the other hole?
 

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Get the valve covers with pre made and baffled oil holes...like trickflow. Use a mid 90s dodge truck breather. Run 5/8 hose from the valve cover to a cheap catch can mounted behind right front fender. Trickflow no longer has the ones I have in my car. Only the passenger side has a baffled hole.

This is the breather



Here's the breather tank



My systemax intake covers the drivers side valve cover. It's best to run two truck breathers ( one from each cover ) to the breather can. One breather and functioning pcv, through an oil catch can, works on my turbo car.
 
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90sickfox said:
Get the valve covers with pre made and baffled oil holes...like trickflow. Use a mid 90s dodge truck breather. Run 5/8 hose from the valve cover to a cheap catch can mounted behind right front fender. Trickflow no longer has the ones I have in my car. Only the passenger side has a baffled hole.

This is the breather



Here's the breather tank



My systemax intake covers the drivers side valve cover. It's best to run two truck breathers ( one from each cover ) to the breather can. One breather and functioning pcv, through an oil catch can, works on my turbo car.
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Thanks for the info. I'll be going this route, seems easy enough!
 
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I like the Trick Flows with the Trick Flow filler neck. You drill a hole anywhere in the valve cover for it, and it comes with a cap and a hole run a breather line.

Kurt
 
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