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BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member
Username: Bretm
Post Number: 1535
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 4:29 pm: | |
Nick's just vents out into the atmosphere. On the end of the valve the bolts into the head there is a just a tube (maybe 12") so you can route them out wherever you want. |
Steve (Steve)
New member
Username: Steve
Post Number: 91
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 7:58 am: | |
I've read a little about this but can someone tell me where you vent the hoses coming out of each one of the crank vents? On the standard set up it goes into the air cleaner with an oil seperator that goes into the oil pan. How is this system hooked up. I'm looking at it for a 77 carb. 308.If I look in my 76-77 parts book it shows the European version with the dry sump oil tank . In this version the cam covers vent into the oil tank and the oil tank vents into the air cleaner. So how does the "crank vent" kit work? Steve |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
New member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 156
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2002 - 7:54 am: | |
Thought this had posted yesterday, I'll try again. The Krank Vent system allows the gases normally trapped in the area around the crankshaft, rods and under the pistons to escape out into the atmosphere or back through the engine via the intake. This reduces power loss through trying to compress those gases every time a piston goes down, they are formed via some loss of compression past the piston rings. On race engines I actually have a pump removing those gas pressures. |
Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2002 - 9:44 am: | |
I've read about the "krank vent" and was considering installing it on my 348 Spider. First, will it work on a 348 ? Second, does reducing the bottom end engine pressure affect the flow of oil in any way ? I had always thought that the pressure in an engines's bottom end assisted the oil pump in pushing oil through the engine. Nick, what say you ? |