OK so I finally got the car home (I even have some tread left on the rear tires!)- I knew buying it that it needs a tune but I found another problem. Under boost it is spewing oil from the passenger side valve cover. AND from the looks of things I can't remove that cover without unbolting the downpipe (poor setup because it looks like there is plenty of room to move the DP over 3/4" so the valve cover could come right out). I am thinking the problem may be that the breather on that side can't sit level as it is hitting the DP- you can see in the attached pic the breather on the passenger side does not sit flush like the one on the drivers side. Should I re-locate the downtube (haven't investigated how difficult this may or may not be yet). I also haven't tried to get that valve cover off- It will be close but I am not sure I can wiggle it out without removing the down tube... Any suggestions? My nephews turbo car was blowing oil on the same breather so he put in an oil catch can.
You know sometimes I overthink things. Started looking at what I would need to buy and decided to see if I could get the valve cover off without moving the down tube- Turns out some idiot didn't properly torque the center bolts for the valve covers (ZZ4 crate motor with center bolt covers as shown above)- the rear one, right by the oil spill- was hardly finger tight. Got a good full turn more for it to be as tight as the center two- I don't believe it to be leaking any more. When I pulled the breather off it did not look like any oil ever blew through it- I think my cover was leaking at the rear corner and not the breather. See how in the pic above the T-bolts are nice and even- the front one was "snug"- the center two "tight" and the rear one "loose - hardly finger tight"- I guess it looked better, if you don't consider the oily mess. LOL.
