Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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I got them for $40 from a local guy. Seemed like a good deal? I dropped them off this morning to get bead blasted. I figure I'll shine up the fins after that. They don't appear to have any markings. I think I have seen them on ebay as 'speedway' make? Does anybody know who made them, when they might have been made, and if they are rare or common? Thanks
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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they look like a pair of Cal Customs I used to have...
1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod **SOLD!*** 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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Look similar to brand new CP products set I got last year. I also got a used set of Cal Custom, and while similar, they don't look to be the same. Ran
"Hey mister, something's wrong with your car, it idles roughly" - number one comment I got in Israel when daily driving a 70 Barracuda with a lopey cam.
Currently working on - 1966 Dodge A100 van 318/auto Finally - disc brakes on the front. In the plans - rear disc brakes, B&M 250 blower
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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they look like a pair of Cal Customs I used to have...
,....Bought a set of those manymanymany years ago, when Cal Custom was about the only manufacturer making stuff for Mopars
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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I was the one that posted about the CP products some time ago, and we all determined that they were probably the same as Weiand. I have Cal Customs also, and these are probably not Cal Customs. Ran
"Hey mister, something's wrong with your car, it idles roughly" - number one comment I got in Israel when daily driving a 70 Barracuda with a lopey cam.
Currently working on - 1966 Dodge A100 van 318/auto Finally - disc brakes on the front. In the plans - rear disc brakes, B&M 250 blower
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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wasn't sure about the cal customs, I sold mine 5 years ago.
1976 Spinnaker White Plymouth Duster, /6 A833OD 1986 Silver/Twilight Blue Chrysler 5th Ave HotRod **SOLD!*** 2011 Toxic Orange Dodge Charger R/T 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland 2014 Jeep Cherokee Latitude (holy crap, my daughter is driving)
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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Update: Man these things needed a ton of work to work on my motor! I wanted a pcv so I found a early '70s ford style canister/baffle that has a port for a pcv in the top of it. The reason for the ford parts is the bayonet style opening wouldn't fit a stock chrysler grommet. Then the pcv was sucking oil so I had to baffle the hole- drilled and tapped 8/32" and bent up a little sheet. Then every time I went for a drive I would get about a mile away or less and smoke would start pouring off the headers and out of the hood scoop and sides! I couldn't figure out why, and I was actually starting to eye up the expensive MP covers when I found the problem. My air-gap was interfering with the covers, hitting metal to metal on the edges of the intake runners. I don't think the eddy heads helped the situation either. I had to get out the grinder and clearance them. Now I'm back on the road! Way too much work for some valve covers that were supposed to be cheap, but I'm happy with how all the raw aluminum looks on the top end.
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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03/08/10 10:08 PM
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ALL aluminum valve covers need to be clearanced where they butt up to the intake manifold. There should be a knockout hole on the opposite end of the valve cover from the screw-on cap (look on the underside of the cover). A stock Mopar PVC can be used there along with a standard Mopar screw-on cap on that valve cover, and a standard screw-on oil breather cap on the opposite valve cover. I never thought either of these issues amounted to a "ton" of work.
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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03/09/10 12:57 PM
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Hey man gimme a break I came late to the party. I started out wrenching on harleys and just got hooked on cars a couple years ago with a /6 dodge swinger. I don't know anybody that wrenches on mopars, didn't grow up wrenching, and I have lots to learn in general- that's why I come here to read and ask questions.
This is the first v8 motor I ever built. It had M/T covers on it before that fit fine with no grinding.
The actual amount of work is no big deal- I just didn't understand why I kept having leaks from the breathers and gasket area, especially since these came off a running motor. It was also confusing because the leak didn't show up until I drove it- I could run her all day in the driveway and there was no leak until I went for a drive. Also the gasket leak was only on the passenger side, the drivers side just barely sealed.
It was learning the hard way that made this take two weeks of fiddling instead of an hour of fitting.
There are knock-outs but stock oil caps didn't fit the bayonet holes (came w/ 2 breathers that did fit, but the pass. side poured oil out when running). I was afraid to make more holes when I still couldn't plug these. I was considering tig welding.
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Re: Can anybody tell me about these SB valve covers?
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03/09/10 01:42 PM
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ALL aluminum valve covers need to be clearanced where they butt up to the intake manifold.
Not all should be clearance. All should be checked if they need to be clearance I have installed many different types some need it some don't. It is what make this hobby fun and sometimes a headache
To the OP this is just one of this things you laern as you go anytime you deal with any aftermarket parts you might have to to get it to work. Glad you solved the problem
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