valve cover breather

us51gts · February 27th, 2008, 05:07 PM

Can you guys help once again?

I saw a DC performance car with AN-12 breather setup on a Gen2

I can get the 90 deegree elbows over here but I cant seem to find the bulkhead fitting to go through the valve cover

Any help please and possible pics would help

Cheers

carl

**Jerome** · February 27th, 2008, 05:18 PM

Did you try looking at Jegs or Summit?

Or do you need a close up pic of the system itself?

JEGS AN Flare Bulkhead Fittings - JEGS

**Jerome** · February 27th, 2008, 05:23 PM

Would this style work better for you?

us51gts · February 27th, 2008, 05:26 PM

always nervous ebout the nut falling off into the valve train

was wondering if anyone did a flange type fitting where the nut wound be on the top???

carl

**Jerome** · February 27th, 2008, 05:28 PM

How about threading in a fitting to the valvecover?

There are a few ways to do this, it all goes to what you want.

us51gts · February 27th, 2008, 05:32 PM

i think the cover is too thin to thread really?

carl

**Jerome** · February 27th, 2008, 05:34 PM

That could be true. I guess find the location that you want it at and see about getting a thickness reading on it.

This should be an easy thing to do, that is if I had a valvecover and was at work with all my fittings at hand.

Good luck with this Carl.

westcoast · February 27th, 2008, 06:28 PM

kevin @ Exotic engine has a complete breather kit for sale that has manifold's that bolt to the valve...call him!

F8L SNK · February 27th, 2008, 06:32 PM

Red Loctite is your friend, I just did a conversion of the breather on my Gen 3 both valve covers with a 12 AN bluk head fitting with a radius end inside the valve cover. The baffles on the Gen 3 would hold the nut from falling into the valve train anyway, but used red loctite just in case.

Not sure if the Gen 2 has the baffeling that would prevent this as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by us51gts

always nervous ebout the nut falling off into the valve train

was wondering if anyone did a flange type fitting where the nut wound be on the top???

carl

GRCFORCE327 · February 27th, 2008, 07:05 PM

Carl,I have two of these black breathers that won't fit my Gen I.

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triblk6spd · February 28th, 2008, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRCFORCE327

Carl,I have two of these black breathers that won't fit my Gen I.

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Dayum those are NICE.

phunk · February 28th, 2008, 03:38 AM

if youre that worried about the nut falling in, you could always get a weld on fitting... or pick up some billet aluminum covers and weld aluminum fittings on those. or you could position the breather so that if the nut did actually fall off, it would only fall into the baffles of the valvecover and not into the rocker arms.

davem_f1 · February 28th, 2008, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerome

Did you try looking at Jegs or Summit?

Or do you need a close up pic of the system itself?

JEGS AN Flare Bulkhead Fittings - JEGS

This one will work I think. You put the long side toward the outside of the valve cover and put the nut on top. There is still room for the AN fitting to bolt to it. Thus you have a nut and AN fitting holding it from falling into the valvetrain.
-Dave.