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426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/09/10 02:01 AM
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Anybody have pictures or opinions on which fabricated valve covers are good/bad?
I think the covers "nitromikee" on Ebay had for sale (Williams MFG?) looked the best from what I could tell, but there seem to be so many now it's hard to tell what's what.
Anybody have fabricated valve covers on a gen2 Hemi?
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/09/10 08:11 PM
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I was going to chime in, but you stated fabbed, so I kept quiet. I will mention, not that I will personally support them, but I like the Indy CAST covers I have for a couple of reasons. On each cover, one front and rear bolt are eliminated and replaced with a stud the cover slips over when installing them. The rear ones happen to be the ones you can never reah anyways, and the studs hold the gaskets in place when putting the covers on. Plus, you put what ever breathers in them you want, and they clear everything. So if clearance isn't an issue, I guess the fabbed ones are ok, but I would build them the same way Indy did on the cast ones. I would also recess the bolt heads, but that's me I guess. 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/09/10 11:54 PM
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I have Barton covers right now, which I think are StageV (?) and I like the look of a cover with no name, and I'm leaning towards the fabricated covers as far as looks go. It's an old car with a Hilborn. I don't mind the Indy covers, I'm just not sure it's the look I'm wanting... Here's the Barton covers... just not my cup of tea. 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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I don't mind those, and I know a few older sets with the fins look nice too... I sold a set of aluminum finned covers about a year ago, I should have kept them and tried them...
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 12:27 AM
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I'm thinking of switching to something like these.... Hoping to get me interested in jumping back on my project! 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 12:28 AM
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Quote:
I'm thinking of switching to something like these....
Hoping to get me interested in jumping back on my project!
If you ask me.....which you didn't of course  those look too modern for the rest of the engine/car... 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 12:34 AM
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I like them because they don't really have a "date"..?
They seem to be big expanses of sheetmetal. I find my Barton covers to look a little too "polished"....?
Here is mmissile's B body, it's the only pic I have of a car with the fabbed covers...
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 12:19 PM
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Nothing badder than a stroked efi injected street hemi
One with Hilborn stacks is pretty close. 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 06:54 PM
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Welll..... ...... I'm gonna buy a set of fabricated covers, try them, and if I don't like them somebody will get a slightly used set of covers cheap!
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 07:22 PM
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Quote:
Welll..... ......
I'm gonna buy a set of fabricated covers, try them, and if I don't like them somebody will get a slightly used set of covers cheap!
GREAT! What song do you want me to sing to ya??? 
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Re: 426 Hemi fabricated valve covers
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09/10/10 08:48 PM
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Welll..... ......
I'm gonna buy a set of fabricated covers, try them, and if I don't like them somebody will get a slightly used set of covers cheap!
How cheap ?
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