Just putting this out there. When I had my valve covers off, I did notice a "plate" seperAting the pcv valve from the rest of the heads. In other words, if you take the pcv valve out, poke a screwdriver down the hole, you will hit this plate, not the cams. The plAte is screwed to the top, on the inside of the covers.
Don't know what that all means, but it's something that's there, and I thought it WAS a baffel.