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Frost plugs and PCV conversion

Posted By scott5560 14 Years Ago
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Prepping my block for 292 build after cleaning.  I bought new steel frost plugs and oil gallery plug kit from Ebay.  Do you need to put any sealer on the frost plugs when driven in?

And I ordered a Holley 94 1" aluminum carb spacer to put a fitting in for PCV conversion.  Does it matter what size the through hole is?  Ie. for affecting idle and vacuum or is that regulated by the PCV valve itself.  I am going to get original steel one for 60's era trucks 292 and drill and tap the block behind the valley pan.

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Just a suggestion - but I think maybe you should find out what size the PCV valve hose nipple is - and make your adapter to match.

The screw-in PCV set-up Dutchie put on here is a first class design and many have adopted it. But............the pipe threads on the usual Y-block truck service part are on the wrong end of the valve, the check valve is operating in the wrong direction. You'll need to find one with the proper orientation - or maybe someone here can give you a part number to do the job.

On my outfit - the Y-block part flowed way too much air into the carb base and made it the prime source of idle air (didn't work well) - so I orficed it to suit. Others have used a smaller PCV - but that would also present some challenges getting the right combination of threads for the block.

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/uploads/images/9ea2bf28-00c4-4772-9ac7-d154.jpg 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona




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