Valve cover spacers?

68stang351

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Back in April I put TFS Twisted Wedge heads and a cam on my 351w in my 68 Coupe. I have M/T valve covers and I really like them and have no desire to change them but I had to remove the baffles for the roller rockers to clear. But now they're pushing oil out of the breather cap. I know that the baffle will stop this, but to run it I with these valve covers I will need a spacer. I've seen them before but for some reason I can't find them now.

Does anyone know where these can be found?
 
I'm going to have the same issue with my CalCustom VC
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but the baffles attach with 4 screws so I'm going to fab some from thin metal contoured to clear the one rocker that contacts it to avoid raising the covers as I fear 2 gaskets are twice as likely to leak.
Jon
 
Nevermind, after a quick search I found these Stef s Fabrication 63940 - Stef's Valve Cover Spacers - Overview - SummitRacing.com.

I would like some a little less tall and expensive if anyone knows of some.

I bought a set on ebay, something like 1" tall (don't recall the exact height offhand) for my 331. These are the best things I've never regretted buying. :nice: Had the same issues with the 83-85 Stang HO covers hitting the baffles. I made a set of studs for em from 1/4" threaded rod. Bolted em down using only Permatex Ultra blue sealer (no gaskets) and let the sealer cure overnight. Then next day, removed the nuts from the studs, then bolted the Stang covers down using cork gaskets. End result was loosing the persistent oil leaks at the rear of the covers (figured that was from the oil pooling at the rear) and cut the oil leaking from the baffle-less covers by about 90%. Still get some oil pushing up from the filler cap, but not much. One day I'll figure out how to reinstall the baffles in the covers. Might have to rivet em in thru the sides, never could get the factory rivets out.