[TPR] plugs/intake/goodnews/pcvtest

[B Hower]

1 k rpm = vac 10/13  oil pressure 37    water temp at 200
 
1.5       =       15/16                                                200 
 
2.        =         17.5/18               65                         200
 
2.5      =         19.5                                                200 
 
3.        =         20                       70                        200
 
Bud #3400

--- On Mon, 7/25/11, asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:


From: asajay at asajay.com <asajay at asajay.com>
Subject: Re: [TPR] plugs/intake/goodnews/pcvtest
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Date: Monday, July 25, 2011, 11:00 PM


20 inches of vacuum is some pretty serious suck on an engine.
(sorry Russ, just had to)  :)
Then again, that was at 3,000 rpm.  I wonder what it gets at idle.


Asa Jay
<itching to build my next engine... aiming for a stroker>

Quoting steve at donegan.org:

> Well, I have never seen a situation where 20 inches of manifold   
> vacuum  could possibly translate into pistons, valves, cam, etc not   
> working correctly at any pressure altitude. Now if the valve cover   
> with the PCV attached had no baffle and enough oil pressure I can   
> easily see it sucking up oil although frankly why anyone wants to   
> use a PCV on a 70's car where smog isn't a factor is beyond me. Me   
> I'd use a couple as tall as fits breather tubes with filters on   
> them. Bud - what does the oil pressure read? And while I'm not a pro  
>  like Russ I have built and run engines for myself all my life so   
> while I could easily be wrong...
>
>
> ____________
> Steven Donegan
> SSCC/NORC Car #86
> www.sscc.us
>


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