Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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62 Bird nz
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Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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Hello,

I have a 1962 Ford Thunderbird and am trying to find some information on the easiest way to convert from the current Road draft tube to a PCV set up.
Engine in currently running a 600 Holley carb with the factory slant spacer without the hole for the PCV return. Is there any other options / suggestions on how i can fit this or am i better to look for a spacer with the hole in it for the return?
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Re: Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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The road draft tube fitting is pressed into the rear of the intake manifold for a 4-barrel car. Personally, I'd do it the way the factory did - get ahold of the T-bird parts houses, people who may be parting out T-birds on your little island or your neighbors on the bigger island to the west of you, or scour the for-sale ads for the parts to add the factory PCV (fitting in manifold, bracket for PCV valve, PCV valve, hoses/clamps, bent steel tube, carb base with inlet hole for vacuum to pull crankcase vapors into intake). The setup was used on '62-'64 full-size Fords/Mercurys with 390s, so it shouldn't be hard to source.
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Re: Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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62 Bird nz wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:48 pm Hello,

I have a 1962 Ford Thunderbird and am trying to find some information on the easiest way to convert from the current Road draft tube to a PCV set up.
Engine in currently running a 600 Holley carb with the factory slant spacer without the hole for the PCV return. Is there any other options / suggestions on how i can fit this or am i better to look for a spacer with the hole in it for the return?
This may answer some of the parts and installation questions for you:

http://www.tbirdgarage.com/Site_2/Techn ... ystem.html
Jim W, VTCI 1961-1963 Technical Editor
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Re: Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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If you go to Thunderbird Ranch site , he has a complete conversion kit he sells , to convert a road draft set-up . (Remember Not All Birds Fly South)
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Re: Conversion from Road Draft Tube to PCV on 62 TBird

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If you go to Thunderbird Ranch site , he has a complete conversion kit he sells , to convert a road draft set-up . (Remember Not All Birds Fly South)
That what I used, and it worked out quite well.
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