Shopping around for a new set of centerbolt valve covers, not sure which ones to go with. Lets see some pics!

 

I have these on the 77 corvette, probably going to put them on the IROC also.

 

Man that air cleaner looks sweet, where did you get that?

Mine are just Proform "Bowtie" covers...

 

DeBoTech makes those. It's a nascar filter for 16" aircleaner elements. They are usually painted white on the outside but I liked the bare carbon better, even if it shows the marks from vacuum bagging (the perfect carbon is on the inside)

 

Here are some tall ebay ball milled.

 

those are sweet! did they come with bolts?

 

Not the best picture but Ive got polished Proform covers. They came with bolts but they were kinda cheapish. One snapped, I bought all new ones affter that.
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Matt

 

I also have these, same as the ball milled ones above, just not ball milled.

 

GM Peformance Parts Chevy Competition Valve Covers

 

Mine are just stock but i painted them to match the car.

 

I love them GM Peformance Parts Chevy Competition Valve Covers, however they are not centerbolt covers. What needs to be done to change them over? Centerbolt covers are ugly in my opinion, do you need to swap heads to have ones without centerbolt? TPI setup covers them up anyways though, i dont even know why i would consider.

 

You need a set of adapter plates. They are not cheap though.

 

And the adapter plates are known for leaks. I run them now and its a PITA.

 

I have 2 sets, they never leaked. One thing I do is use studs on the perimeter holes, that way you will not distort the pltes when you bolt down the valve covers. Also some permatex sealer works miracles.

 

I'll have to try the RTV. The studs I'm using on the perimeter don't hold onto the adapters very well, so when tigtening down the nuts, its almost spinning the studs in their holes.

 

I'm not using RTV, I'm using aircraft form a gasket, it's a thick black/brownish smelly goop that you brush one. It looks like condensated oil and comes in a white bottle witha twist cap with brush.

 

love these... to expensive though never again.

 

I have those too and they are porous, they started oozing oil so I stripped them bare and coated the inside with glyptal.

 

Hey Twin Turbo,

No problems with clearance? AC and all? I put those on the '68 but since the bay is a little more open, i had no problem. I wanted to put em on the Formula but i didnt think i had enough room.

 

They're installed on my 83 truck it has plenty of room for them, it doesnt have AC but a home made AC eliminator heater box. I don't know if they would fit with AC on an f body.

 

any front shoots of your engine with these covers?

 

just a bump o see some more good VCs.

 

2nd that!

 

Proforms, just like the ball milled posted earlier, without the ball milling....

....add silver metallic powdercoat....

...add gunmetal metallic vinyl graphics...

...add GM badge....

I think in the future though, i'm gonna go with these VC's, but with black crinkle.

 

My valve covers are the stock LB9 TPI ones and I just want to clean them and paint them to match the car

What do you use to to remove 18 years of crap from them and then what do you use to paint them?

 

Work in progress. It's dirty, and all the aluminum is smudged and finger printed. Once I get everything buttoned up, I will clean it all up.

 

Yes, but it's not a camaro. They will go on the camaro shortly though as I have carbon covers for the vette that go with the aircleaner. These are the most recent ones I have

 

I always dug the polished aluminum look even when it oxidizes... Mine are in dire need of a good polish job at this point... but I still think it looks way better than chrome.



I kinda wish they were the ones that said "CAMARO" across them, though, but whatever.

 

>My engine bay.....for now.

 

 

Alright! now ill post my stainless v6 covers! lol jk

 

Heres my cheap AZ valve covers, before I cleaned up my engine bay and made it look better.