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Originally Posted by Blown353
One thing to keep in mind about the raingear wipers... do they offer recessed park?
Most 68-72 Chevelles had recessed park wipers, which hides the wipers under the hood line and down on the stainless cowl trim when they're shut off. When they're running they move up out of the parked position and stay up on the glass until you shut them off, then they drop below the hood line and park on the stainless cowl/windshield trim.
DSE used to offer a recessed park wiper motor option for Chevelles but discontinued it years ago. Haven't seen anything other than a rebuilt original factory motor offer recessed park since then.
If the raingear wipers don't have recessed park, they're going to sit a few inches higher up on the glass even when they're off and won't be hidden below the hoodline compared to a recessed park OE wiper motor.
Something else to consider regarding the catch can and breather setup... with the breather tank now connected at the rear of the valve cover it might want to push a bunch of oil up into the catch can at high RPM / WOT when there will be the most oil in the valve covers and it's going to be pushed to the rear under acceleration, and any blowby is going to try and push it up the hose into the catch can. Gravity is on your side as the hose runs uphill from the valve cover to the catch can, but make sure the hole in the valve cover is baffled very well or you might have a real mess on your hands after a few WOT pulls. Been there, done that, have the bottle of simple green and a hose to clean it up...
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Good point on the wipers, sent an email to them and they do not have recessed park. Will have to decide how big a deal for me that is. Have had wiper arms that show on almost all the cars I've had over the years and it never bothered me, but when looking at 70 Chevelles nearly all have the hidden wipers.
Now you've also got me looking at baffled vacuum pump valve cover fittings. Seems like if it was at the front of the valve cover and if it can go in a lower oil flow area it'd be much better.