CCV relocation

Dieselboy. · Oct 22, 2011

Anyone every move it to another location ?

Its such a tight squeeze with a 5" intake and I was thinking of switching it to the other side or to the front of the motor somehow ?

Anyway to do this or make it more of a sleek design to give up a bit more room.

Tonka350 · Oct 23, 2011

you can't actually move the housing for it. why are you running a 5" intake? my CCV works perfect with the custom 4" intake I have, so I don't really see the need to run 5" intake.

Chad

Dieselboy. · Oct 23, 2011

My compressor inlet is 5" and so is my air filter. Why neck down. 5" flows more potentially

Why can't you move it ? I was thinking of flipping the valve covers around and just having to pull the air intake pipe to do an oil change isn't a big deal, its one clamp

Dmstrucks02 · Oct 23, 2011

No help here, but where is yours routed right now?

Dieselboy. · Oct 23, 2011

The routing is not the problem. I routed the house to atmo. But its the doghouse I wanna relocate for a little more room

Dmstrucks02 · Oct 23, 2011

Dieselboy. said:
The routing is not the problem. I routed the house to atmo. But its the doghouse I wanna relocate for a little more room

I know what you mean, I was asking for myself. I guess it doesn't matter which valve cover is vented?

Cat_rebel · Oct 23, 2011

Don't see why you couldn't get a pass side valve cover & have a bung welded/braised on there for your CCV.

Dieselboy. · Oct 23, 2011

I believe the VCs are reversible. So I would just swap them and chop the filler neck off. The heads are not left or right designated so as long as you have vent I don't think the location is relevant. I assume the stock location is due to turbocharger re circulating the fumes.

Tom S · Oct 23, 2011

Cat_rebel said:
Don't see why you couldn't get a pass side valve cover & have a bung welded/braised on there for your CCV.

What about the baffles under the valve cover.

Cat_rebel · Oct 23, 2011

Tom S said:
What about the baffles under the valve cover.

That crossed my mind after I posted that, I'm sure if you were good at fabrication you could rig something up.

Wackerjr · Oct 23, 2011

hint: you can turn the ccv around on the cover.... or you can take a look at van valvecovers

Derek@Vision Diesel · Oct 23, 2011

Van valve covers are an option, got a set sitting in the shop now.

Yes you can just flip flop it, might be nice to have it on the passenger side actually, more room over there!

Dieselboy. · Oct 23, 2011

That's what I was getting at, cat and tom if I just switch the VCs to opposite sides there is no need for fabrication other than shortening the oil filler neck.

Wacker my question is if I were to swap the driver side VC to the passenger. So now the ccv is passenger front it would still do exactly the same job ? When I had my motor torn down I looked over it and I can't see any reason why it can't be moved, I just want to be sure and see if anyone has done it for a bit more room for a large chargers intake.

Stroker do you have a pic of the van VCs ? I'm not familiar with them

Smokyred · Oct 23, 2011

My valvecovers are swapped side to side for that very reason, my 5" intake wouldn't clear. Remove the oil fill stand pipe and put an OBS oil fill cap in it's place. It works fine and I have a piece of push-lok hose running down the side of the engine as a road draft tube.

Dave