Cant decide on valve covers, help me.

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Apr 6, 2011 | 02:36 PM

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Those look great for the price...I wonder how they would look powder coated glossy black...Hmmm

Apr 6, 2011 | 03:47 PM

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I went with these "tall" ones on ebay. They cleared my rockers no problem. I moved my alternator so no notch here!

Apr 6, 2011 | 03:49 PM

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Not going to lie that green intake looks SWEEEEEET!

You could always do what I did wet sand the stockers and give them a nice polished finish
But there is also the Ebay ones that are pretty cheap

Apr 6, 2011 | 03:52 PM

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Awesome! $50?

Lol, yep, $50.
If I remember correctly, they were $390.

Apr 6, 2011 | 11:19 PM

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Sweetbmx. Your motor looks exactly like mine.

Apr 7, 2011 | 10:32 AM

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Sweetbmx. Your motor looks exactly like mine.

If it runs half as good as yours, I'll be happy

What's up with that 5.7 badge too?

Apr 7, 2011 | 10:44 AM

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Tricky guy wity the 5.7 badge haha

Apr 7, 2011 | 11:27 AM

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That was way back in the day, circa 2004, taken off of a GTO. Obviously it lies!

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Apr 7, 2011 | 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by luckyou03

I ran edelbrock elite covers and the were a pita. You have to cut out all the supports inside the covers becauses your rocker arms will hit them. But they did blend extremely well with the intake manifold.

More valve cover pictures..

now that is what I'm talkin about

Apr 8, 2011 | 12:31 PM

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Those CF ones look awesome. I went with the ebay ones aswell, they also cleared my 1.6's.

They powder coat well too.

Apr 8, 2011 | 08:39 PM

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The Ebay ones clear the alternator too? From the pic on the website, it doesn't look like its notched for it.

Is anybody running CC Pro Mag 1.6's with the Ebay VC's?

Apr 9, 2011 | 11:31 AM

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The Ebay ones clear the alternator too? From the pic on the website, it doesn't look like its notched for it.

Is anybody running CC Pro Mag 1.6's with the Ebay VC's?

A buddy of mine (94Z28Rag) runs the Ultra Pro Mags with the eBay covers and they clear fine.

They are also notched for the alternator.

Apr 9, 2011 | 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

I went with these "tall" ones on ebay. They cleared my rockers no problem. I moved my alternator so no notch here!

Never seen a translucent opti cap like that one before, it is just the camera angle or what?

-Dustin-

Apr 9, 2011 | 10:39 PM

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Never seen a translucent opti cap like that one before, it is just the camera angle or what?

-Dustin-

looks just like my ACdelco opti i had on my car.
which is for sale now,

Apr 9, 2011 | 11:07 PM

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looks just like my ACdelco opti i had on my car.
which is for sale now,

Hm, I've never seen one that you could see the leads through the cap like that :shrug:

-Dustin-

Apr 10, 2011 | 09:20 PM

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Yup, just an ac delco cap.

Apr 10, 2011 | 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by qc97z

Carbon fiber! Fits stock alternator, no bracing inside. can clear any rocker that doesn't require extra valve cover height.
www.scootersperformance.com

those my friend, are some sexy covers...