You are not going to believe this. But I sat the Valve cover on the bench and got distracted and then ended up cutting the hole in the WRONG END! So, the only way would be to plug it or have it at the back of the drivers side or the front of the pass side. I agree with you 100%, but it would have required tighter bends in the fittings. As it is I think the gentle bends and ease of installation are slightly better. But look like crap. But if you think about it, when it's installed in the car it will not be as big an issue with the bathtub for the air cleaner etc.

I put a full size baffle under that breather and it has 2 layers of the stringy material inside as well. I hope to provide the "dry air" to the vacuum pump as required.

Below is a pic of the current setp to compare.