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Zilla's 2007 winter work:

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Old 11-17-2007, 08:33 PM
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Neither. Raw aluminum (for now).
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What
You got raw cast aluminum covers for $66 a pair. :?:
Old 11-17-2007, 08:43 PM
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OEM painted pair for $15... then stripped.
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No, they were 16 bucks plus shipping (another 10 or so).

I'm sending them out for coating myself. Quoted at $40, expecting a little more maybe just in case.
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i really like those f body valley covers bill. those will look sweet.

im gonn have to keep an eye out for those at my next JY trip.
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The only downside to them is that you lose the sparkplug wire retainers on the front bank. Hopefully Bill comes up with a better solution than what I did :?
Old 11-18-2007, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sandrock
The only downside to them is that you lose the sparkplug wire retainers on the front bank. Hopefully Bill comes up with a better solution than what I did :?
i was thinkin about those chrome wire loom kits you can find in the sbc/sbf "performance section" at murrays. zone may have them too. they bolt to the vc bolts. and kit has loose ones too.
Old 11-18-2007, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by sandrock
The only downside to them is that you lose the sparkplug wire retainers on the front bank. Hopefully Bill comes up with a better solution than what I did :?
I haven't run stock retainers for two years. With the frequency that I pull and check my wires, they're not practical.

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Old 11-18-2007, 04:29 PM
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Ready for coating:

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Bill how did you get them looking like that so fast?. my were rough as all hell, and took forever to get smoth


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