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kinda pissed....but its my own fault (rant)

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  • Start date Start date Jan 6, 2007

dragnazz5.0

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well ive been looking for a set of valve covers but i wasnt willing to spend big bucks to get a set. so i saw the trickflow ones that summit had on sale. so i ordered them, not thinking at all. i get them and they are what i ordered but they look like they are stock height. the only reason i got them was because they had baffles...which i need for my pcv and breather. but on my stock valve covers i had to take the baffle out for the 1.7 rockers to clear. i guess im just gonna have to try it and see if they work. it not ill just have to cut the baffles out and get a baffled grommet (which isnt what i want).
 

poneypower89

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If you bought them from summit you can return them for store credit and get what you needed/wanted in the first place.
 

dragnazz5.0

My "0" key d0esn't w0rk, s0 I have t0 use the zer0
Nov 19, 2005
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yeah i know. i probably will return them. its just a pita.
 

poneypower89

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dragnazz5.0 said:
yeah i know. i probably will return them. its just a pita.
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yeah, its a pita... but not the end of the world.
 

dragnazz5.0

My "0" key d0esn't w0rk, s0 I have t0 use the zer0
Nov 19, 2005
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yeah i know. i just wanted to get this **** done this weekend. but i guess that aint gonna happen. i am getting a set of c9oe heads on monday. so i guess its not that bad.
 

poneypower89

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actually.... it would be MORE of a PITA the be grinding down the baffles for your set up... kinda counter intuitive really.

Returning it would be less work ya know?
 

GT_Rich

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Hey - sorry to ask a tech question in your rant post, but....

I'm looking for valve covers that will clear 1.7 RR's as well. I have TFS TW heads and a Cobra intake with a 1/2" spacer that I need to clear. What have you been looking at that you think will work? I was thinking of the Ford Racing cast black wrinkle style for non-efi cars, but I'm not sure.
 

dragnazz5.0

My "0" key d0esn't w0rk, s0 I have t0 use the zer0
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GT_Rich said:
Hey - sorry to ask a tech question in your rant post, but....

I'm looking for valve covers that will clear 1.7 RR's as well. I have TFS TW heads and a Cobra intake with a 1/2" spacer that I need to clear. What have you been looking at that you think will work? I was thinking of the Ford Racing cast black wrinkle style for non-efi cars, but I'm not sure.
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moroso sells a set of valve covers that will work for my setup. im not sure if they will fit under the cobra intake.....but with the spacer it should. youd have to plug one of the openings in the valve cover.
 

millhouse

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The trickflow cast valve covers do not have a baffle...nor do they have provisions for them. They also do not come drilled for breathers/fill tubes. With that said, they clear my 1.7 trick flow rr's with ease...and I epoxied some mountain dew baffles which work great. They should also have no issues clearing any type of intake...assuming it's stock height or greater.
 
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