'68 Steel Valve Covers?
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They ought to. I'm running the 83-85 stock aluminum Stang covers on Canfield heads with 1.7 Comp Cams roller rockers with the baffles, only had to "dimple" one baffle to clear the rockers. The covers you're talking about are a little taller and have more room under them. At best you might have to "dimple" one baffle also. I believe most of the aluminum heads have taller valve cover rails just for that reason
I have the original style cobra finned covers on my Edelbrock Perf-RPM heads. The heads have 1.6 ratio roller rockers and the cam is a 0.506 lift unit. I took the oil baffles out of the covers, put extra thick gaskets on, and still have only about 0.125 inch of clearance. I can tell how close because I put some clay inside the covers and hand cranked the engine to measure.
I was going to say no they would not fit. But I've learned to trust D's advice as well, so I'll say YMMV. Maybe the rocker stud architecture is different on those heads or total valve list is less.
I was going to say no they would not fit. But I've learned to trust D's advice as well, so I'll say YMMV. Maybe the rocker stud architecture is different on those heads or total valve list is less.
What's that stand for?
HistoricMustang
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Should work but you will have to get the small hammer out to "dimple" the baffle, as others have said.
One side note to everyone. Next time the covers are off your motor put some "threadlocker" on the screws holding the baffle in the valve cover. They will come loose. Not to long ago I found one of mine while changing the oil!
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One side note to everyone. Next time the covers are off your motor put some "threadlocker" on the screws holding the baffle in the valve cover. They will come loose. Not to long ago I found one of mine while changing the oil!
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Hehe!
The IIRC comment is just a disclaimer used by old guys that lost much of their short-term memory capacity during the late 70s
Rumble, you might be suprised how cheap a box containing a pair of valve covers would be, particularly if you sent them ground with a low insurance value...just saying it aint THAT bad.
The IIRC comment is just a disclaimer used by old guys that lost much of their short-term memory capacity during the late 70s
Rumble, you might be suprised how cheap a box containing a pair of valve covers would be, particularly if you sent them ground with a low insurance value...just saying it aint THAT bad.
bnickel------- you can find the 83-85 finned aluminum ones on ebay. There's actually 2 different variations. I've a set of each type. One has built up bolt bosses and is cast to use cork/rubber gaskets, the other has the bolt boss area the same thickness all the way around the gasket surface, and has an "O" ring groove for the rubber-steel permanent gasket, but this gasket works with both types. I'm using the bolt boss types on my 89 Ranger, the other set is on my "spare" 5.0. I'd sell you these but they lack baffles, and using a PCV valve, the oil consumption is rather excessive. 
Drove the Ranger on a 350 mile round trip last year and the PCV sucked down 4 quarts of Pennzoil. 
Drove the Ranger on a 350 mile round trip last year and the PCV sucked down 4 quarts of Pennzoil. 
Great68
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I highly reccommend ARP valve cover studs instead of the regular bolts. It's one of those things that makes lining up the gasket SO much easier that you wonder why you hadn't used them before.
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