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Old 01-13-2003, 12:23 AM
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best looking valve cover?
what's your opinion of a good looking valve cover on a tpi engine..any pics?
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Old 01-13-2003, 01:01 AM
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RU QWIK's, the "Chevrolet" ones with the bow tie IMO. I have 'em. Look great.
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Old 01-13-2003, 01:11 AM
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ball milled with bow tie in the center
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Old 01-13-2003, 01:36 AM
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ball milled? is that like the above example...?
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Car: 1987 Camaro IROC-Z
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I have the GM chrome ones....
They look real nice in my engine bay (IMO)... they compliment the polished plenum...

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On the car (plenum isn't polished in this pic)
If you can imagine the plenum and runners polished to an almost chrome like shine... I will get pics soon....


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Old 01-13-2003, 10:20 AM
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the composite LT4 valve covers look great too, im pretty sure they fit our heads too since they are centerbolts
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Old 01-13-2003, 03:57 PM
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Cant see them that well, but this style matches the ridges in the plenum, and fuel rail.

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Chrome HeartBeat valve covers . . .

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Cant see them that well, but this style matches the ridges in the plenum, and fuel rail.
I actually had those before the ones I've got now. I liked them, but one of them broke right in the reinforced area around one of the bolt holes.
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Old 01-14-2003, 03:18 PM
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go to www.asaperformance.com

I got the flamed centerbolt aluminum valve covers for ~$72...I was pretty impressed when I got them...they aren't polished, but would look great with polishing and painting the flames...

For the price...a good deal.
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Old 01-14-2003, 08:55 PM
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i love these they look good too
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Old 01-15-2003, 07:53 AM
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Pics of my BOW TIE covers.

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Old 01-15-2003, 10:47 AM
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Hey Maverick...that is the shiznit I am talking about...

Can you snap a better pic of those valve covers? I don't have a digital camera, otherwise I would...and unfortunately, the pics on the ASA website aren't great either...

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Old 01-15-2003, 02:01 PM
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I'm partial to the non-descript look. These are from an LT1 Vette.



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Old 01-15-2003, 04:13 PM
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Where'd you get those bow tie covers?? They look really nice!!
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i must admit that looks nice, very clean....are they chrome or polished? what about those tpi runners that almost look like they match....what are they polished or chrome?

i pm'd you..looking good!
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I ordered the Valve cover from the GM performance parts catalog.
Yes, the valve cover are chrome.
The runners are the large tube polished units from AS&M, but they look just like chrome.
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88tpi here you go mine are exactly the same only short style
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Go here for the centerbolt ones with the red bowtie:

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/perform...ATID=1044.html

I can't find a price on their site so I'm waiting on a reply via
e-mail.
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Unpopular opinion of the day: Black painted stamped steel.
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Black crinkle painted cast aluminum:
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Old 01-20-2003, 05:24 PM
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Welded Aluminum...

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Re: best looking valve cover?
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B & M 2 piece aluminum. I have 2 sets, 1 stamped B & M one with no stamp, both are ribbed & look killer on a TPI engine.


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307 TPI in Jeep with M/T cover
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Re: best looking valve cover?
I dont have a pic, but i love my Corvette magnesium TPI valve covers. kinda hard to find, and i found out the hard way they dont hold polish. I spent a week doing it and after a year theyre going back to natural color magnesium
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I dont have a pic, but i love my Corvette magnesium TPI valve covers. kinda hard to find, and i found out the hard way they dont hold polish. I spent a week doing it and after a year theyre going back to natural color magnesium

I have a couple sets of these and like them as well
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