PCV followup
Well, my parts guy did not come up with anything with a 90 degree elbow for a 350 ish motor. He did show me a PCV for a high performance 351C, but it did not have the nipple extension I wanted. So I ended up getting the Standard v112, which is the equivalent to the Fram 112 that Duke already found. BTW my parts guy said the one for the high performance 351C are getting very hard to find. There were like only two more in the entire midwest. If you want one and can find it, don't pass up a chance to get one. He is keeping the one he showed me for his Pantera.
Let me explain why I am fixated on that bottom extension to the PCV. Many of you may know Jerry Christopherson. I know Buck does. There was a discussion on the Tiger List about motors burning oil when people had the LAT valve covers without a PCV baffle installed because of roller rockers. Jerry solved the problem for himself with a creative solution.
Jerry made a cylinder out of a beverage can, poked a lot of holes in it and JB welded it to the bottom side of the PCV hole in the valve cover. Now I am one of those folks who have not had a lot luck with JB Weld. I really do not want to trust it to hold something that otherwise could come loose and fall into the valve train area. With this PCV valve and its extension botton tip, there has got to be a way to pop rivet, or otherwise mechanically attach a tube to do the same thing functionally that Jerry has done.
It could be that the extra length that currently exists gets the opening down below the splashing of the adjacent rocker arms enough to materially cut oil consumption. If not, a longer snout mechanically attached ought to do the trick. And given the configuration, everything should slide down through the grommet hole from the outside quite nicely.
I for one am not inclined to add an air -oil separator to the PCV - manifold line after the valve if I do not have to. Given the relatively inexpensive cost of the 112 valve and even with a little ingenuity modification time and expense, it is to me worth a try, first.
Duke, my motor is still not finished so I cannot post any results. If you try any of this and it works meaningfully for you, please let us know. BTW, I loved your response about bling's relevance to performance.
Gene