Valve Covers..The Next Learning Curve

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Well. I purchased a set of tall OEM style center bolt valve covers.
Center bolts won't line up with the holes in the heads.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Looks **** the old style flange bolt valve covers for me.
 

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Well. I purchased a set of tall OEM style center bolt valve covers.
Center bolts won't line up with the holes in the heads.....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Looks **** the old style flange bolt valve covers for me.
Do you have vortec style heads?
 

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I have aftermarket Brodix clones....
I just read in an article on Super Chevy that wide body roller rocker arms are for perimeter bole valve covers only.
Looks like an exchange is in the near future....
Like I said...learning curve!
 
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Yeah, to run centerbolt covers you need to run the narrow style roller rockers.
 

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I needed tall valve covers to clear the roller rockers on my Blueprint heads, and the Summit tall aluminum perimeter bolt valve covers fit really well (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-g3302).

However, by the time I bought longer studs and the high quality rubber gaskets with steel reinforcement (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CMCXYC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), I had a lot more into it than just cheap valve covers. They fitdo well and do not leak.

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Thanks!
I really want valve covers with the provision for adding oil.......
 

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So you want a set with two holes in one of the covers (my OEM steel ones had that)? Those are hard to find in aftermarket.

Most of them have one hole in each valve cover (like the Summit covers), and you just use the PVC or breather hole to pour in oil. I did have to buy a set of valve cover grommets, but they were the same size used on the OEM covers. The stock PVC valve and breather tube fit without any problem.

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