Silver seems to be teh way to go. But doing the VC's and intakes all in silver seems like a bit much. Would be nice to have a little contract.
I vote for Red Valve covers. Red is so sexy. Plus your engine is HOT, so it has to have something RED HOT!
My engine bay is dirty and disorganized, but here it is. It has been powdercoated black chrome on the VC, upper, TB, C&L tube, radiator supports, and a couple of other things. My buddy did it for the cost of the powder.
^, cant wait to get my upper and lower back from powder coating!
Looks good! Was the intake chrome to start?
Is Mustangboy doing it?? If so, I live right down the street from him basically....holler if you come out this way and stop by!
nope buddy of mine. if can afford to insure my car this summer ill be at the crusie in. economy sucks ass, everytime i get money saved something brakes in the daily. what a POS
off topic. Obama sucks. he wont do **** for our country.
end rant.
I didn't know you knew how to take your car apart doc..Factory valve covers might fit, but you'd have to take the baffle out of the passenger side.
Kind of off topic but... I was always curious as to why the Systemax has such oddly shaped ports.
Without the help of my buddy across the street, tearing that down would have taken me forever. Took us like 2 hours. I'm sure I could have done it by myself, but I'd have been labeling all the bolts and chit....he just knows it all by sight. Was a bit of a pain getting some stuff off with the STB still in place, but I had no interest in removing that thing!
See that's the issue with the valve covers....those rocker arms are huge! So they have to clear those, without being any taller or the intake won't fit without a spacer. And I'm afraid if I add a spacer then it won't fit under the hood.
Well, first off, what kind of rockers are they? They look like crane rockers to me. I have Harland Sharps on trick flow heads and they at least appear to fit under regular trick flow valve covers(or prob stockers if I remove the baffles). Not that I'm recommending trick flow vcs on holley heads. Also, I remember an article in MMFF or 5.0 mustangs where Rick Anderson was installing his hi rev kit with stock cvalve covers. AFM - Reach For The Sky Also, how much room do you have between the intake and hood?
I'd have to check. I saw it on the rocker but wasn't really paying much attention.
My bad....I meant intake and STB. I wish I had paid more attention and actually measured it when it was together. Its not much, that I know.
The VC's I have fit just fine, I was just thinking that if its gonna cost me to have them stripped and powder coated...it might not be much more just to get some new VC's that are already how I want them. But worse case I'll just have these powder coated.
Thanks man, as you can tell I don't know much about my Fox yet!
Cost me $100 to have an intake powder coated. I don't know about valve covers though, but I got my new ones for $115 I think? Clearances with strut tower braces? I wouldn't have a clue.. If you did get a set of ford efi covers, I'd assume they would fit with some modification.
This guy sells powder coated stock VC's for like $50 I think.....or will powder coat a set for $30. He's gonna do my upper and lower for $75....not sure how much for the TB and spacer, but can't be much. The valve covers he'd probably charge more since they'll need to be stripped.
I guess I need to find a set that I want and try to find specs on them. Most sites don't list the dimensions....maybe they're all pretty much the same, but I doubt it.
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