An area napa store has a PCV valve for the 66-67 corvette 327 but the clerk says they list a open and closed version.....do I want the open or closed?
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Re: PCV Open or Closed?
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I don't know of any different "versions" for the PCV. All PCV systems are "closed". However, you want the NAPA part that cross-references to an AC type CV-726C also known as GM #6422721.In Appreciation of John Hinckley -
Re: PCV Open or Closed?
Maybe he was talking about threaded vs. push in. Ask him to show you one of each. Never heard of this before.Comment
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Re: PCV Open or Closed?
Make sure you have a map of the track.
They have revamped a lot of it since I was there last, so I can't tell you a lot about facilities. I never passed up an opportunity to have my car inside a track. You could bring in a lot of stuff instead of carrying it and have a place to go if it rains. You may not need it, but you might get tired of paying the prices of water and soda and a ice chest full of Mejeir's $.30 cans of Coke might look real nice after awhile.
People tend to congregate where they can see the turns. The ones that give good action are Turns 1 -3, 5, 7, 12-13A, and 14. People fill the inside of Turn 5 partly because I think they can see Turn 14 from there and some of the main straight. A friend set an altitude and distance record in a Can Am car at 14. Totalled two Pontiacs in the process and initiated the airlift for injured drivers after his 50 minute ambulance ride. However, the outside of 5 gives a better look at cars coming into 5 at really high speed, coming nearly to a stop, and then accelerating up the hill and under the Corvette (err, whatever it is now) bridge.
The outside of Turn 5 gave better access to the paddock, where you could walk among the cars. However, since they have paved the paddock and done other things, that might be a fenced and closed section now that requires a pass. Life has changed a lot since I remember hitching rides on passing trailers to get from one section to another and walking everywhere around the track.
I'm sure the road there are no better than always, so plan on going early and taking forever to leave. And remember that the highways up there are great for generating revenue for the locals a bit far from the track.
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Nothing like hit the wrong thread somehow. *NM*
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Re: PCV Open or Closed?
Thanks, Checked that part number ...discontinued item.....looks like the Corvette suppliers are my only option. From what I have found napa as well as other auto parts stores list both a closed PCV and a open PCV valve. Their configurations show they have nipples on both sides....in most cases this is a good thing but for my Vette I need threads on one side. I did have one purchased from a Corvette supplier for $25 but opted out of the sale when area auto parts stores said they had em for 3-4 dollars. Now perhaps spending the $25 is the only way to go.Comment
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