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What do you think of these clear valve covers?

Those clear valve covers are cool!  You can see your high tech rockers, stands, and pushrods, tell the condition of the oil, and check for problems under the valve covers without unbolting anything!
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Those things suck!  I wouldn't be caught dead with those on my engine.  Throw 'em in the trash, along with the Popeil Pocket Fisherman, the Veg-a-matic, and the Ginsu steak knives!
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No opinion
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Chad D

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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #45 on: August 26, 2013, 09:37:44 AM »
Thanks for the update.  I'm quite curious to see how temperature cycling, crankcase moisture, and oil pH will affect them over time.  Will you be running crankcase vacuum on this engine, or just a simple PCV/breather setup?
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jayb

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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #46 on: August 26, 2013, 12:39:47 PM »
I'm just going to be running breathers on that engine.
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #47 on: October 17, 2013, 10:26:07 AM »
Hey jay, wondering if you ever did find time to work on those clear valve covers? If you would be interested I have a set of tall pent roof mercury lightning bolt valve covers you could use as a pattern.
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #48 on: October 17, 2013, 03:26:24 PM »
Are we to infer that after this whole idea is proven, the next in line will be a similar product for a...wait-for-it...CAMMER?

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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #49 on: October 17, 2013, 07:25:58 PM »
A set of clear valve covers for the SOHC would really be cool, all right, but it would also be a lot of work, and I wonder if they would have sealing issues around the spark plug tubes.  That is a big question mark for me on those.

Thanks for the offer on the pentroofs, but I already have a set that I will be using for a pattern.  Haven't gotten too far on the clear valve cover project since this summer; been tied up with the intake adapter instead.  But I will definitely get to it soon...
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Jay Brown
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #50 on: February 12, 2014, 09:04:31 PM »
 cool!!!.
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #51 on: February 20, 2014, 10:10:21 PM »
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #52 on: February 20, 2014, 10:30:18 PM »
I'd buy at least a set just for dyno development
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #53 on: February 21, 2014, 03:54:04 PM »
Yep, I'd like to have a set for my test/break-in stand
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #54 on: February 22, 2014, 10:53:20 AM »
One can clearly see the advantage of these for the every day engine builder/Dyno guy!
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #55 on: February 22, 2014, 12:44:37 PM »
Quote from: Bad Byrd on February 22, 2014, 10:53:20 AM
One can clearly see the advantage of these for the every day engine builder/Dyno guy!

Yes, very 'clearly'  ;D
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #56 on: February 22, 2014, 02:41:25 PM »
Quote from: cjshaker on February 22, 2014, 12:44:37 PM
Quote from: Bad Byrd on February 22, 2014, 10:53:20 AM
One can clearly see the advantage of these for the every day engine builder/Dyno guy!

Yes, very 'clearly'  ;D

That was good! LOL
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #57 on: October 12, 2014, 07:54:58 PM »
your going to be busy making alot of parts this winter lol
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #58 on: February 08, 2017, 02:57:20 PM »
Jay, I know your super busy with all the cool stuff you have made. Just wanted to give the clear valve covers a bump , to see if there was any progress . Hope that's ok, and all is well.  Look forward to seeing them soon!
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Re: Clear Valve Covers
« Reply #59 on: February 08, 2017, 04:43:39 PM »
At this point my only issue with them is that I haven't proven them out on the street, in underhood conditions.  They work fine on the dyno.  Sad to say that I did not have a wedge FE in a drivable car last summer, so I couldn't test them.  For sure this year, and assuming they pass muster I will make them available.

I saw the set of clear pentroofs on the FE forum the other day (link below), but I don't know whose they were (or are).  Anybody know?  I don't think they are PSE, because the PSE catalogs I have show clear valve covers that don't look anything like those... 

http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/message/1486364535/Clear+valvecovers
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- 1964 Ford Galaxie, Drag Week 2009 Winner Modified NA (9.50s @ 143), 585" SOHC
- 1969 Shelby Clone, Drag Week 2015 Winner Modified NA (Average 8.98 @ 149), 585" SOHC

   
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