[canehdian]

Ok, I've got the "Cobra" valve covers for a carbed 302, with the breather on one side and the pcv on the other...my question is, there is a plate that is bolted onto the inside on the valve cover under each opening (breather and pcv) so my question is, do i leave those plates on? or should i take them off to allow air to flow through better...and also, does it matter which side of the engine the valve covers go on?...i'm thinking the pcv goes on the passenger side but i don't know for sure.

[85gttech]

i dont believe you need to take the plates off, but i do know that the pcv goes on the passenger side, or the right side of the engine, because it connects up right under the front of the carb, and the breather goes on the left side. i learned this the hard way, cause the car would keep stalling out cause i had a vacuum leak the size of a dime!

[canehdian]

excellent thanks very much for the quick reply!

[maxxxxd]

The baffle on the inside of the valve cover can stay. The only reason to grind it off, wold be if your valvetrain hits it inside the head. I have Shalby valve covers and had to grind off the baffle to clear the rocker arms (fuel injected '92)