OK, I replaced my factory valve covers with some Ford Racing Tall valve covers to give room with my 1.6's, but mainly because I got a crack in my factory passenger side valve cover and it was leaking oil. Long before I added heads/cam/RR's I installed a TFS intake with a 1" spacer in anticipation of getting the tall valve covers someday. Well I got them, put them on and even with the 1" spacer it is a tight fit, but it does fit. Well at least I thought everything fit till I went to put my throttle body cable back on.
As you can see, the bracket is hitting the valve cover and making the holes for the screws about 1/4 off from being even. Is this a common problem? Any suggestions on how to fix it? I don't know of bigger spacer than a 1". Should I add a 3/8's with it? That seems like overkill to me. Can I just attach the cable itself and not worry about the bracket, or will it be too free moving to do that? I thought I had covered all my bases, but I didn't ever give thought to this bracket before I started. Any help would be appreciated.
As you can see, the bracket is hitting the valve cover and making the holes for the screws about 1/4 off from being even. Is this a common problem? Any suggestions on how to fix it? I don't know of bigger spacer than a 1". Should I add a 3/8's with it? That seems like overkill to me. Can I just attach the cable itself and not worry about the bracket, or will it be too free moving to do that? I thought I had covered all my bases, but I didn't ever give thought to this bracket before I started. Any help would be appreciated.