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Originally Posted by KTL
In racecars that have a forward mounted tank in the trunk's smuggler's box, the crankcase breather hose is typically routed along the roof line (usually strapped to the roll cage tubing) and that helps limit the amount of oil discharge. Even with the high routing, it still spits a bunch of oil into the tank. I've heard racers that use the clear fiber-reinforced hose say they're shocked how much oil they can see going thru that hose.
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This gave me a good chuckle. Back in the late 90s I worked at Cox Motorsports. We did this setup in one of the customer's cars and it messed with his peripheral vision enough that we changed out the clear tubing for black.