Anybody using a Mighty Mouse catch can?

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Man I’d be you a drink if you were
Local lol. Ima do just that, ima install the cam and will add a catch can. Replace the seal with oem and go with that.
 

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Man I’d be you a drink if you were
Local lol. Ima do just that, ima install the cam and will add a catch can. Replace the seal with oem and go with that.

LOL no worries.
If this is you're first cam swap on a Hemi,it's definitely worth reading Kurtis's article a couple times.He covers the Hemi cam swap pretty good in his article.Even includes the sizes of sockets/wrenches needed,lol

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/how-to-4th-gen-hemi-cam-installation.82531/#post-1253246
 
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On boosted motors the PCV system needs a check valve on the vacuum side, that will close once boost/positive pressure is seen. Then the other side which should be a vented/filtered catch can will allow any positive pressure that gets past the rings to vent out without causing positive crankcase pressure. I'm not sure if the mightmouse has a check valve but if you don't have the check valve put one in. I do this on my boosted LS builds and never have an issue. I get the check valve from McMaster Carr.

Pass side valve cover vent to catch can with filter (this is your fresh air inlet into the engine if the PCV system is working). The driver valve cover has a PCV valve in the valve cover and lets just say its hooked up to the intake for vacuum. You put a check valve between the intake and the PCV valve which is open when the intake sucks from the valve cover, but closes if you apply pressure on the intake side. THis is so boost can't go back into the valve cover/crank case and blow out seals. The pass side breather now switches from a fresh air inlet to a pressure outlet and the catch can catches all the oil that tries to come out with it and collects it for you to drain.

I bet if you fixed the PCV system your leak will probably stop and its worth a try before freaking out over the cover seal. I haven't done that much work on a Hemi before so not aware of how things go together but front seals are usually cheap and easy to replace if you have it all out for a cam swap. I would replace at that time with a quality seal just to be safe.
 

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On boosted motors the PCV system needs a check valve on the vacuum side, that will close once boost/positive pressure is seen. Then the other side which should be a vented/filtered catch can will allow any positive pressure that gets past the rings to vent out without causing positive crankcase pressure. I'm not sure if the mightmouse has a check valve but if you don't have the check valve put one in. I do this on my boosted LS builds and never have an issue. I get the check valve from McMaster Carr.

Pass side valve cover vent to catch can with filter (this is your fresh air inlet into the engine if the PCV system is working). The driver valve cover has a PCV valve in the valve cover and lets just say its hooked up to the intake for vacuum. You put a check valve between the intake and the PCV valve which is open when the intake sucks from the valve cover, but closes if you apply pressure on the intake side. THis is so boost can't go back into the valve cover/crank case and blow out seals. The pass side breather now switches from a fresh air inlet to a pressure outlet and the catch can catches all the oil that tries to come out with it and collects it for you to drain.

I bet if you fixed the PCV system your leak will probably stop and its worth a try before freaking out over the cover seal. I haven't done that much work on a Hemi before so not aware of how things go together but front seals are usually cheap and easy to replace if you have it all out for a cam swap. I would replace at that time with a quality seal just to be safe.

The Mighty Mouse PCV setups come with check valve in them. Always good to have on a boosted setup especially a procharger style. For the whipple/magnusson style etc. It depends where the PCV inlet is located. On the whipple setup the PCV inlet is in the blower inlet before the rotors so you wouldn’t get boost there anyway, but it’s still a good idea to have the check valve.
 
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Thanks for everybody’s help. I am taking with Mighty Mouse and trying to get a kit spec’d out for my build.
 
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