valve covers that won't leak - ??
I ended up buying a set of Holley Fabricated valve covers and using gaskets that were suggested by a local shop - and of course I don't remember the name of them.. I know they were expensive as gaskets go, somewhere around $50 for the set and they had a persons name - like Bob Smith's hardcore gaskets or some **** like that. I had to grind the valve covers on the inner (toward the intake) edges because the intake runners sit up high enough that the covers wouldn't sit flat to the heads. I also had to trim the gaskets just a tad, they had the positioning tabs on them, those had to go, and I had to "relief" the intake touching edge of each gasket to get them to sit flat. I used black RTV on the cover and not on the head and tightened the bolts using a "star" pattern to "good and snug" spec. :thumbsup: So far so good - not leaking, and I am happy with how they look.
I ended up buying a set of Holley Fabricated valve covers and using gaskets that were suggested by a local shop - and of course I don't remember the name of them.. I know they were expensive as gaskets go, somewhere around $50 for the set and they had a persons name - like Bob Smith's hardcore gaskets or some **** like that. I had to grind the valve covers on the inner (toward the intake) edges because the intake runners sit up high enough that the covers wouldn't sit flat to the heads. I also had to trim the gaskets just a tad, they had the positioning tabs on them, those had to go, and I had to "relief" the intake touching edge of each gasket to get them to sit flat. I used black RTV on the cover and not on the head and tightened the bolts using a "star" pattern to "good and snug" spec. :thumbsup: So far so good - not leaking, and I am happy with how they look.