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What valve covers do I need to use with roller rockers and vortecs.

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Old Feb 6, 2001 | 08:14 PM
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Car: 83 Z-28
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What valve covers do I need to use with roller rockers and vortecs.

I am going to order roller rockers for my vortec heads and am wondering which ones will work for those heads. Also do I need tall valve covers.
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Old Feb 6, 2001 | 08:40 PM
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Crane's Gold Race roller rockers are the only ones I know of that are made for centerbolt valve covers. You should be able to get away with the stock valve covers (I did).

-Mark W.
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Old Feb 6, 2001 | 08:47 PM
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Are they 1.6's? Does that matter?
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Old Feb 6, 2001 | 09:28 PM
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I used Proform rockers with the stock covers and all they needed was a little dent in that oil seperator for the PCV. These rockers are the same size as any of the other brands (Harland sharp, Blazer...) and they are cheap ($140) and made of the same good materials (Billet)

Anyone else ever had trouble with clearance??? I don't see it possible unless stud girdles and junk are in the works.

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Old Feb 6, 2001 | 11:01 PM
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Yeah, mine are 1.6's...I'm not sure if it matters either.

Joel: Do you have the centerbolt valve covers? If it's that easy to make regular rocker arms clear on the centerbolts I sure wish I hadn't forked out $300...
-Mark W.
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