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Old May 13, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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I have a few question that I need some help with my dd.

1) I took my lid and maf off and ran finger on the inside of the TB and I hae all kinds of oil onthe inside. So should I put a catchcan on it or what would be the best thing to do. I heard the LS6 PCV can actually make more power is this true? I don't know anything about these things so anything helps.

2) I put on the LS6 intake and block off the EGR and was thinking about do the same with the air. Will this add horse power or is it just a weight reduction? If you can send some links or pictures that would be great.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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Yes you should, here ya go. Tell Tracy that blanco sent you


https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...+revxtreme+pcv
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Old May 13, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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I 2nd that! My revextreme catch can should be here tomorrow or thursday!
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Old May 13, 2008 | 11:42 PM
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I installed a ls6 valley cover...it helped alot and cleaned up the engine bay a little because you ditch all the stock pcv lines from the valve covers
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Old May 14, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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The LS6 pcv took care of my problem on my old Z28. I have never been a fan of adding more stuff under the hood.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:52 AM
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I'll be going with the ls6 pcv too.
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I went with the lS6 setup in my 347 and it didnt stop the oil from getting into the intake and so I ran a catch can as well. Lot more work to the ls6 v
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:16 AM
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I have added a catchcan and two inline seperators after. I don't get any notable oil now ;D
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I use a catch can and love it.
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I was using a filter on the oil filler cap and PCV delete but got tired of the oil dripping down on to my headers. I just installed my REV extreme can and it is a bit larger than I expected but seems to do a great job.

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Originally Posted by KILLERARMY
Love my RevXtreme catch can.
It is an excellent product, I'm going to be carrying them as well now. SO now you can either get a hold of Tracy at RevXtreme of contact myself to get one of these great catch cans.
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Is there any other way for oil to enter the intake other than the PCV line at the TB?
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valve cover has a vent line going to back of tb, labeled vent tube in this picture

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Originally Posted by sappertodd
I have a few question that I need some help with my dd.

1) I took my lid and maf off and ran finger on the inside of the TB and I hae all kinds of oil onthe inside. So should I put a catchcan on it or what would be the best thing to do. I heard the LS6 PCV can actually make more power is this true? I don't know anything about these things so anything helps.

2) I put on the LS6 intake and block off the EGR and was thinking about do the same with the air. Will this add horse power or is it just a weight reduction? If you can send some links or pictures that would be great.
Have you tried running the redesigned PCV valve? I believe it's a 12562717, it may be 1257xxxx. Anyway it is pretty much a flow through design that was made to fix the oil consumption problem on the 6.0L's. I'm running it on a 408 with 11.1, and a crankcase breather with no blow by.
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