Breather to PCV

70DusterBob said
From the sounds of that article, I don't really need to have a breather, or can use one that just vents the crank case on the passenger side of the engine. Am I right? I thought the engine needed to vent the blow-by to prevent damaging seals and such??

Seems to me that the breather to breather vent is a constant one while the PCV is variable.

I get my car back tomorrow. It has 30 miles on the engine. It is a high performance 408. I don't want to damage it, but if the breather doesn't "NEED" to go into the air filter breather, please someone let me know! I have tried Edelbrock, Summit, Ebay, Year One, Classic Industries, and Jegs. No one has the right elbow for mopar SB.

Thanks
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True you need to have a breather in one valve cover and a PCV in the opposite valve cover.
No the breather does not have to be directly connected to the air cleaner as long is it free flowing and unobstructed.
It does help to have it connected to the air cleaner as it can only draw filtered air into the crankcase to vent out thru the PCV.