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Originally Posted by Bennett
A couple weeks ago I participated in a performance driving school where one of the experiences we had was the skid pad. It was a 360 pad where we made numerous rotations both clockwise and counter clockwise. I made six rotations counterclockwise, changed directions and made two clockwise rotations when my 2013 Camaro SS with L99 started to billow white smoke from both tail pipes. My car is stock except for a cold air intake and Hotchkiss max brace. Was this white smoke caused by oil pooling in the valve cover and then entering the PCV system? Needless to say I stopped the skid pad event and a few minutes later the smoke cleared. I did notice that the oil pressure seemed lower than usual when the smoke started. For perspective sake when I say my car smoked I don't mean a little puff it billowed to the point that bystanders were unable to see my car and it started all at once. Would a catch can have prevented this or is there a defect in the valve cover baffle that allowed so much oil to enter the PCV system. Someone mentioned they had heard LS3/L99 motors are notorious for oil pooling in the valve cover during repetitive high G maneuvering. Looking for suggestions, catch can, manufacturers defect or classic LS3 issue.?
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Bright white smoke is usually coolant, if it have a blue tint it is oil. It could be any number of things but neither is a very good sign and is not something that having a catch can would have prevented. The first thing that I would be concerned about given the extended high-G conditions would be oil starvation.