I was watching a youtube video of a drag race between a stock XK8 and a lightly modded Z-28. I'm specially curious by what these two commenters said:

Is that true? Yesterday I tried a 0-40 mph acceleration in my car, (S mode, with traction on) and I felt that from 0 - 25 mph she was gutless, but by thirty she really picked up and glued me to the seat.

Also this guy:

What's the best way to launch these Jags for optimum 0-60?

Here's the video I was watching.

 

Both comments have merit.

aode06 is an active member here.

 

So, that oil breather tube cleanup should be regular maintenance?

 

It will take a little observation to determine how often. A really tight engine will not need cleaning very often.

 

I cleaned mine today. I noticed it wasn't clogged. Just a little dirty. Haven't driven yet to determine if there's a noticeable difference with engine response.

 

You should always keep your crankcase breathers clean. But there's a problem with the first commenter's theory.

The passenger (right) side crankcase breather tube enters the intake tube AFTER the MAF. So even if there are more vapors than normal pushed through that breather, it's quite unlikely that the MAF would ever know it or alter a signal because of it.

More vapor through the passenger (right) tube will muck up your throttle body and butterfly more quickly, however.


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I must admit I have recently not bothered connecting the breather to my own polished intake pipes and simply pipe the breather down the side of the engine with a small filter, you can use a catch tank setup as potentially you cold leak oil through the pipe.......

The point is on one customers car who has an XK8 with 140k miles on the clock which I did this to, made 290 BHP on the rolling road and has not dropped one bit of oil and that was 6 months ago