Heavy Breathing (No, not that)

[dzorde]

OK, lets see:

>Coupla questions:
>
>How much oil are we talking here?  Are you dumping quarts out the valve covers?

No, its not that bad.  I would guess similar amount as to when you are
refilling and miss the filler hole for that split second.  It just means
that I have to regularly wipe the covers around the breather caps. 

>What kind of racing?  Straight ahead or left hand turns only?

Real racing, left and right turns, on and off the accelerator, hard on and
off the brakes.

>What kind of vehicle?

ehh, its a HQ Monaro.  I would guess similar to a 1973 Camaro in size and
weight, except its a 4 door.

>What kind of compression?

Not sure, I did a compression test and it came out between 225-240PSI on the
cylinders, I think someone worked that out to be around 12.5:1 from just
basic specs.  But I would think its quite high since it will only run well
on 100 octane fuel.

>solid lifters or hydraulic?

Hydraulic.

>quick reply is that you're getting blowby past your rings
>some circle track racers plug the LH valve cover vent hole, and duct the RH
vent
>to a homemade venturi in the exhaust.  I've seen a coulpe of drag racers duct
>both valve covers to the exhaust.

Dan     dzorde at geocities.com