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Blackwater:
Found a shop that I think can do my TiG work for me!! I'll cut down the two covers I'm using to make the adapter, tomorrow. Got a doctor's appointment Thursday, so I'll take it over there Friday.
Blackwater:
I got to spend some time in the shop today!! YIPPEEE!! Cut out the pieces to adapt the SBC valve cover to my little Nova 4 banger!!
I cut the flanges off of one aluminum SBC cover and used some of the flat sections to make filler panels for the ends. The Mercruiser valve cover is considerably shorter in length so I had to make up the difference. Both covers are basically the same width. The bolt holes on the straight side of the 153 valve cover even line up with the small block bolt holes, but the other side of the 4 banger cover is real wavy and has three bolt holes where it attaches to the head. That side will take some filling material to finish it!
I'll have the welding shop fill the holes in the SBC flange and then I'll drill and tap for studs to bolt the actual cover to the adapter. I'm also planning to stud the head so that locating the gasket will be simplified!! Once it's all done, I'll probably epoxy the outside of the seams to be sure it doesn't leak.
t think it'll look ridiculously cool with the intake and header and all the other little touches!!
PICS!!!
Blackwater:
Got the piece back from the welding shop yesterday afternoon!! Needs a little dressing up to clean up some of the welds, but it rings like a bell and there are no signs of potential leaks. I ground down a couple of welds that were a little too thick and got it all deburred and prepped for drilling and installing studs for the actual valve cover.
A little more sanding and a couple of good coats of black wrinkle finish paint and it's ready to install.
Pics to follow...
Blackwater:
Finished up the rocker cover adapter today. Sanded the rough and sharp edges, cleaned it with solvent, drilled and tapped the flange for studs and nuts, and installed those studs. Heated it up a little, (it was about 29 degrees in the shop when I went out there this morning) and laid on a couple of good coats of wrinkle black engine paint.
I put the cover and a gasket on it to be sure it was all correct and took a few pics.
Blackwater:
I set up t the valvetrain on my 4banger to see if it would all fit and work with the adapter and the SBC valve cover. The adapter can be removed and installed so long as the stud girdle is removed. Looks like it will all work great!
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