Help with Gurney Eagle valve covers

[Pat]

Looking for some help with my Gurney Eagle valve covers. My engine from prestige has another set of valve covers on the with a breather on each cover with the Borla 8 stack EFI. I am looking to put on the Gurney Eagle valve covers and want to make them look period authentic but not necessarily an exact copy. Should I just drill out holes for breather caps or lines for an oil catch can or ??? Looking for any suggestions or pictures.

Thanks!

 

[Rob Klein]

This works, but the dead giveaway is on a GW motor the carbs are at an angle

 

[Rob Klein]

These type of VC might look better for your build.

 

[Clayton]

Not finished yet, but similar covers and went with 1” tube to catch can.
Added baffle inside cover and press in filler cap on the other

Clayton

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[Pat]

Not finished yet, but similar covers and went with 1” tube to catch can.
Added baffle inside cover and press in filler cap on the other

Clayton

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Nice! Did you fabricate that or buy it somewhere?

 

[Jean-Marc]

I bought filler cap of this type to Torques in UK

 

[Clayton]

Nice! Did you fabricate that or buy it somewhere?

Purchased the filler from Speedflow and made the adapter to fit the cover.
Fabricated the breather and baffle.

Clayton

 

[Rod Dittmar]

Pat,
Not much help for you now, but I had Prestige install the Rocker Covers that I sent to them. They modified them as necessary including, if memory serves me, having to take some metal out of the insides for clearance to the rockers. My engine is a Dart blocked 363 w/AFR heads.
Rod

 

[Pat]

Pat,
Not much help for you now, but I had Prestige install the Rocker Covers that I sent to them. They modified them as necessary including, if memory serves me, having to take some metal out of the insides for clearance to the rockers. My engine is a Dart blocked 363 w/AFR heads.
Rod

That’s the same block and heads I have from Prestige. I should have sent the the valve covers when I was getting the engine built! I tried dry fitting them and didn’t think there was any clearance issues but maybe I was wrong.

 

[Jean-Marc]

Pat, I you have clearance issues, you will hear the noise immediatly; and if you look inside the valve cover you will see some scratches.
To be sure, put some medeling clay on top of your rocker, compress the gasket with the valve cover, turn the engine by hand (2 turns) and check the track on the modeling clay. If its gone, you will get problems.