Author Topic: Changed out the valve covers (Read 350 times)

RustyRed · « **on:** September, 18, 2010, 08:09:23 PM »

Last night I traded out the valve covers. The chrome ones were a pita to keep clean and they had developed a haze of something on them about the time I had a radiator leak prior to ditching the old stock radiator.

Pictoral progress of yesterday evening:

Started with this:

In progress

Done

I elected to go with the wire clips that were built into the valve covers. Need to get some new plug wires in the next couple of weeks...the ones I have will work for the short term but there are a couple of them that are too short, especially on the passenger side.

janschutz · « **Reply #1 on:** September, 19, 2010, 05:01:11 AM »

Looks nice. Great improvement. The old valve covers look like the aluminum one I am currently using. They are a pain to keep polished nice.

cmayna · « **Reply #2 on:** September, 19, 2010, 06:02:15 AM »

Nice pick of valve covers.

tarafied1 · « **Reply #3 on:** September, 19, 2010, 06:38:38 PM »

Quote from: janschutz on September, 19, 2010, 05:01:11 AM

Looks nice. Great improvement. The old valve covers look like the aluminum one I am currently using. They are a pain to keep polished nice.

very nice, I agree with John, mine are the polished Ford Racing and they look like crap. I've tried all kinds of stuff to clean and/or polish but they still look bad. Those should stay nice for a long time

RustyRed · « **Reply #4 on:** September, 20, 2010, 05:30:06 AM »

Thanks guys...I am hoping they will be easier to keep clean. Sure can't get any worse. The old ones got a haze of something on them and I couldn't get them clean to save my life.

Now I need to figure out what wires to run. Currently, I have 8 mm Accel wires. The Accel ones are a pita...they have a straight end but a 90 degree boot? I believe I read somewhere that the MSD's you put the end on and then can bend it to match the angle of the boot.

Also thinking about going with 7 mm wires when I replace them. Part of my problem with getting the wires looking organized is it seems pretty crowded at the distributor. Wondering if a little bit more skinny of wire wouldn't help....

fordrule · « **Reply #5 on:** September, 20, 2010, 05:55:33 AM »

looks really good red.

are you planning on keeping the ones you replaced as a back-up or are you looking at getting rid of them?

Badass70 · « **Reply #6 on:** September, 20, 2010, 06:33:44 AM »

Looks good.. I just picked up the air cleaner that matches those.. I'll be getting those or the ones that say 302 on them

RustyRed · « **Reply #7 on:** September, 20, 2010, 08:18:09 AM »

Quote from: fordrule on September, 20, 2010, 05:55:33 AM

looks really good red.

are you planning on keeping the ones you replaced as a back-up or are you looking at getting rid of them?

I assume you mean the valve covers and not the wires? LOL!

Not sure, I put them under the workbench at the moment but haven't decided what I'm going to do with them. I have an air cleaner that goes with them / matches them but I've never run it on my car since I preferred the chrome Holley one.