Jakson

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Well I was bolting on my valve covers tonight and noticed it was a pretty close fit with the Harland Sharp rockers. I torqued them down and then spun the engine over by hand and you could definitely hear the rockers nicking the covers. So i unbolted them and there were little marks where they hit. It wasn't hitting a lot just enough to make a mark on them. Can I just grind a little slot in the covers in the area they hit? I would like to stay away from dropping more money for valve cover spacers.

Jakson

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Bump. Has anyone took a grinder to the valve covers without any problems? Just as long as I don't grind a slot too far through. Do the rockers go up any higher at higher rpms than they do when just turning it over by hand?

teke184

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hitting the valve covers or are they hitting the inside of the head-to-valve cover gasket surface?

thats where mine touched on some of the rockers.

i took a file to the inside edge (was really thin anyway) and clearanced them.

circled the area ii'm talking about:

Jakson

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Nah, my heads are already clearanced there, so that is fine. The top of the roller end taps the valve covers. I might just try grinding some slots in the covers and see what happens...