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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 03:08 PM
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Does anyone on the site make valley cover. All the big brands are on up there in price curious if some on the forums did them and I could give them my money instead
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 05:10 PM
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What gen motor? If you are on a budget you could just polish the factory piece to a nice shine. It is made of soft material and basically flat so it wouldn't even take that long. Instead of buying something fancy I would invest in a polishing wheel for a bench grinder or a grinder with a polishing wheel already on it..maybe $50 at Harbor Freight and 10 mins of polishing? I think you just figured out my Saturday evening reason to have a few beers in the garage for me- since I am too lazy to pull that past 4 bolts and yank the old motor tonight.

Or am I missing some peripheral benefit of the typical aftermarket pieces?

OFF TO THE FREIGHT!

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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 06:55 PM
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It's a gen III 5.3. The reason I ask is I'm going carb'd
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 07:57 PM
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Gotcha. So you are looking to eliminate the knock sensor holes or is there some other need I am not thinking of? I'd just leave the sensors and the plugs in there and save the $$ otherwise.
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Haven't seen any (that delete the knock sensor holes) below ~$120.
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Yeah basically just wanted to eliminate the holes
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 10:18 PM
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For 120 I'm just gonna leave the plugs in
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