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    11/26/2021 11:30 AM  #26

    Rudi
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    Re: MTGW on steroids

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    11/26/2021 11:31 AM  #27

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    11/26/2021 7:56 PM  #28

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    Thank you MS for the info. on how you blended the two pieces together. My spacers were painstakingly  polished to match the heads. Valve covers are crinkle black Ford Racing. Different combination to blend two colors together on mine. Looks like you are just using hex head bolts. I like that idea better.

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    11/29/2021 8:37 PM  #29

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    MS wrote:

    I will be using 1/2” spacers, not the 1-3/8” spacers in the pictures. I will JBWeld the spacers to the valve covers and then blend the valve cover edges with the spacers so they appear as one piece. I did that on my 427 and on Al’s 408. The valve cover flange and the top of the spacers get ground with 36 grit to make them really rough, leaving some gaps for the JBWeld to fill.

    So where does a person procure the 1/2 in valve cover spacers? The only thing I can find is 1 3/8. 

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    11/30/2021 8:21 AM  #30

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    Medice Mfg
    They only sell on ebay. Prices have gone way up. The last pair cost $194 shipped with tax.

    I have a set of 1-3/8” spacers. If anyone had a metal-cutting band saw with a rip guide, they would easily be made into two or maybe even three sets.

    If I had a lathe, I would cut down the four offending rocker arm nuts so they cleared the baffles, eliminating the need for all this extra effort.

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    11/30/2021 8:29 AM  #31

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    Re: MTGW on steroids

    Could you just rework the baffle instead?  I did that on the pair I used on the 331 for my '89 GT. 

     

    11/30/2021 9:37 AM  #32

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    TKOPerformance wrote:

    Could you just rework the baffle instead?  I did that on the pair I used on the 331 for my '89 GT. 

    Here is what I did ... 


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    11/30/2021 9:43 AM  #33

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    And...if you are running Ford EFI you can remove the baffles, as I did, since the Ford PCV is at the rear of the lower intake manifold and fresh air enters the crankcase through the valve cover.   No suckem' out of the valve covers.

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    11/30/2021 1:46 PM  #34

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    I have that same power steering pump for my Unisteer rack.  I had a hell of time making it fit my 5.0 serpentine belt system.  

     

    11/30/2021 3:19 PM  #35

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    MS wrote:

    Medice Mfg
    They only sell on ebay. Prices have gone way up. The last pair cost $194 shipped with tax.

    I have a set of 1-3/8” spacers. If anyone had a metal-cutting band saw with a rip guide, they would easily be made into two or maybe even three sets.

    If I had a lathe, I would cut down the four offending rocker arm nuts so they cleared the baffles, eliminating the need for all this extra effort.

     
    Seems like a legit reason to purchase a lathe.  I’ve had one for nearly 20 years and couldn’t imagine not having it.

     

     

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