Re: Camshaft Vent Question

[Dana Loomis <dloomis@domain.elided>]

In AD V8 #1096 Philip L. A. Hahn wrote:

>...the pipe leading from the cam box went directly
>into the old air plenum, and did not go through a separator of any kind...
>just directly into the airbox. 

That's how the cars were assembled.  A rubber hose connected the stack on
the right side of the cam cover to a nipple on the airbox.  There was no
oil separator like on the SPICA-injected cars.  I don't know why it was
thought to be necessary on the injected cars and not on the carbureted ones. 

> The other hose I was talking about leads directly from the intake manifold,
>the rightmost part closest to the radiator, and headed into the old air
>plenum. I might be wrong, but I don't think it has anything to do with the
>camshaft cover....

This one is to balance the vacuum takeoff for the brake booster at the rear
of the manifold. 

Dana Loomis
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