Confused on PCV system for 360 magnum

I recently built and swapped in a 5.9 Magnum. I also had leaks around the valve covers. I did two things that fixed the problem. 1). I ground all the valve cover bolts to make them shorter. I think they may have been bottoming out.

2). Ran a hose from the breather on the driver's side valve cover to the air filter assembly. Before that, I had a PCV to the carburetor from the passenger side, and just a breather on the driver's side. I found a breather with a nipple to run the hose to the air filter assembly. No more oil leaks.

If you zoom in you'll see the hose leaving the breather.

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Do you have any idea why the set the engine up without a pcv valve in the first place? Thanks everyone for the replies. This is already turning out to be an awesome community. Also, what kind of air filter did you buy that had a vacuum spout? I’m sorry if these questions are silly, I’m very much still learning