BBC fab valve covers

[Alan Roehrich]

I don't care for the fabricated valve covers. You simply pay a ton of money to look like the Pro Stock guys. Half of them hold oil in the rail and make a mess when you take them off. We have a set on the Super Stock engine, I get the urge to find a trash can for them every time I pull them off.

I'd just as soon have a decent set of die cast aluminum valve covers, they don't warp, and they don't leak. The only draw back, if it is one, is a couple of pounds of weight. If weight is a problem, stamped steel or stamped aluminum, with load spreaders, is the way to go. Just throw the load spreaders away every year or so, because they make them out of cheap steel, and then when they chrome them, they bake the heat treat right out of them, so they end up soft. It'd be great is some one would make some load spreaders out of spring steel or cold rolled steel, and just coat them, cad plate them, or iridite them, so they'd stay real stiff.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

I don't care for the fabricated valve covers. You simply pay a ton of money to look like the Pro Stock guys. Half of them hold oil in the rail and make a mess when you take them off. We have a set on the Super Stock engine, I get the urge to find a trash can for them every time I pull them off.

I'd just as soon have a decent set of die cast aluminum valve covers, they don't warp, and they don't leak. The only draw back, if it is one, is a couple of pounds of weight. If weight is a problem, stamped steel or stamped aluminum, with load spreaders, is the way to go. Just throw the load spreaders away every year or so, because they make them out of cheap steel, and then when they chrome them, they bake the heat treat right out of them, so they end up soft. It'd be great is some one would make some load spreaders out of spring steel or cold rolled steel, and just coat them, cad plate them, or iridite them, so they'd stay real stiff.

I believe the original OEM load spreaders were Corvair items. Find some Chevrolet p/n for a Corvair, I'd imagine they are much better parts.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I believe the original OEM load spreaders were Corvair items. Find some Chevrolet p/n for a Corvair, I'd imagine they are much better parts.

Jeff, that is indeed correct. The problem is that they work well for a small block Chevy, and some other engines, but they don't work well on most big block Chevy valve covers.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Jeff, that is indeed correct. The problem is that they work well for a small block Chevy, and some other engines, but they don't work well on most big block Chevy valve covers.

They do work on stamped steel valve covers on the bottom and that's where most of leakage problems occur. The best stock stamped valve covers came on marine engines; heavier guage and precision fit. They do not warp, clear most rocker arms including T&D, Jesel. They's just not glamorous enough for the up to the fence people.

[nickh]

Terry I got a couple pair of tall stamped steel chrome moroso valve covers no baffles and has grommets in place both pair are nice if your interested let me know.