I would bet the engineer that spec'ed out a PCV valve for a given engine had a target CFM of fresh air they wanted to pass through the crankcase at idle, so based on idle vacum you varied the calibrated leak through the valve to get that target
plus the inner spring tesion could of been a variable as well to change cut in and out the metered orifice
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