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Old 09-16-2012, 04:55 PM
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Got my valve covers in from Holley, couldn't beat the price and they look really good. Designed some brackets to fit the stock coils on them, coming out great. I know some people were interested in them but were turned off due to the mount bolt spacing being 72mm, I said f*** it and made some aluminum brackets (low profile).
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Looks good. I'd polish the brackets
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Them look good and I myself was looking into getting these. Do they sell brackets for them since you can't you the stock brackets?
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@14K - yeah I'm thinking the polish would look trick as well.

@Benny B - man I have searched for months and could not find them, looked on damn there every forum dealing with LS engines, nothing. I'm gonna fabricate a whole bunch of them and find out how I could possibly sell them. There not expensive to make at all just time consuming. I'll have more pics up shortly after I clean the edges and polish them - then the final installation pics as well.
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@14K - yeah I'm thinking the polish would look trick as well.

@Benny B - man I have searched for months and could not find them, looked on damn there every forum dealing with LS engines, nothing. I'm gonna fabricate a whole bunch of them and find out how I could possibly sell them. There not expensive to make at all just time consuming. I'll have more pics up shortly after I clean the edges and polish them - then the final installation pics as well.
Yeah let me know man I might have to get some from you. My Holley valve covers should be here in the next couple days. Already got my Pcv ready to go to work with them
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What PCV did you decide to go with??? Yeah will do, I'll have the pics very very soon.
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What PCV did you decide to go with??? Yeah will do, I'll have the pics very very soon.
Single rubbe hose from drive side valve cover around back of intake then into the plastic stock pipe. I took off the y near back of intake and already had the back port on pass side head capped off. Then the fresh air hose from front of pass side valve cover to the tb. Really simple and I didn't have to hack up the stock Pcv setup if I ever decided to sell it or reuse it for something.
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What kind of coils are those valve covers designed to use?
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They are designed for the 72mm coils so the ls2 and truck coils
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"couldn't beat the price and they look really good"

I have been looking into buying them and have seen them for $149. Where did you buy yours and at what price? I am always looking to save a few bucks.
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I got mine off of ebay for 159.99 free shipping. Hinson Motorsports is who I went through. fast shipping.
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Yeah any valve covers with the 72mm bolt spacing, no need for brackets, LS1 is 65.2mm. I think LS3 and LS7 are 72mm as well.
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Thanks for the information.
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Do you those valve covers use the shorter ls1 plug wires or the longer truck plug wires?
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There's no good reason to go through eBay, I can match that price. I have two black sets in stock.

polished are about $35 more
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Originally Posted by speedtigger
Do you those valve covers use the shorter ls1 plug wires or the longer truck plug wires?


I am using the MSD wires, I can give you the exact part number if interested, but I will mount the stock wires and let you know the dimensions for sure.
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Originally Posted by speedtigger
Do you those valve covers use the shorter ls1 plug wires or the longer truck plug wires?
Originally Posted by Scoggin Dickey
There's no good reason to go through eBay, I can match that price. I have two black sets in stock.

polished are about $35 more

I agree completely Scoggin Dickey, I personally would have gone through you if I had known you carried them. Ebay is a who-when-where store for sure.
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Upon a good request, I went ahead and polished one out, looks bitchin, thanks for ideas.
Almost there.

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Originally Posted by Scoggin Dickey
There's no good reason to go through eBay, I can match that price. I have two black sets in stock.

polished are about $35 more
Myself, I am looking for the plain un-polished as cast ones.
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Originally Posted by GormanRacingZ28
I am using the MSD wires, I can give you the exact part number if interested, but I will mount the stock wires and let you know the dimensions for sure.
Excellent. Thank you for sharing the info with us.


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