Re: valve cover baffles

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Paul,
Thanks for throwing another curve into my build, buddy! LOL I was planning on using MT covers on my build & didn't even notice that they had no baffles! I'll be reading the posts on this topic, carefully, & will be most eager to learn how your baffles work out. I'm a steelworker and will be able to fab. baffles at work. Do you think that the gaps on each end are small enough to keep spray out of the valve?
Mike
 

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Paul Lennemann <pjlenn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: valve cover baffles
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Received: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 7:08 PM
> A few days ago I posted a question about valve cover baffles
> but didn't 
> get any responses.  So I'm going to try it again. 
> Here's the original 
> post:
> 
> I got my engine back from the machine shop at long last.
> Now to start
> putting the finishing touches on it. One of my first
> projects is to
> solve the problem of it puking oil out of the rear valve
> cover breather.
> My new Holley has a PCV port that I suppose I should use.
> So I'd like
> it not to be sucking oil into the carb.
> The M/T valve cover I'm using has threaded stand offs
> flanking each
> opening giving me a perfect place to anchor a baffle. So I
> made a
> template out of cardboard and will probably use some alum.
> sheet to fab
> the baffles. I'm thinking I should make the baffles fit
> tight to the
> sides with @ a 1/2" gap at either end. Could I use
> some RTV or
> something similar to seal along the edges where it meets
> the cover? The
> main reason being so that it doesn't sag and hit the
> rockers. There
> would only be about 1/4" clearance. Otherwise I
> suppose I could
> probably form a bead into it to make it a little more
> rigid. I know some
> of you have done this mod. What did you do?
> Here's some pictures to illustrate:
> 
> http://s204.photobucket.com/albums/bb1/63mopar/
> 
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> 
> 
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