Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears
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Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears
I have a set of cam gears and cams that i will be putting in this winter, but i'd like to see/hear any suggestions on how to cut the cover near the cam gears so i can tune them. anyone have some digital pics of that? Thanks
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (Scary1109)
im curious too... whats the best way to do this. i dont see a need to buy a new vavle cover just to adjust cam gears easier.
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (Scary1109)
if you got one of those air powered impact wrenches, you can get a real abrasive wheel that will cut through that no problem, even a machine shop could do this...should be cheap
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When I got my red valve cover I cut my black one with a hack saw. I used a ruler and drew a line then I slowly cut the valve cover. The saw was only $10 at the hardware store and it took about 15 mins.
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (Mugenblkgsr2000)
dont cut it???!?!? you know they charge you hourly on dyno's! ok, lets make a run, take off valve cover, adjust, put cover back on, make run, take cover off..etc etc etc. i used a recipricating saw on mine. i traced 2 circles slightly smaller then my cam gears so the valve cover still covers the belt. came out good. just go slow.
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (jdmotorsports)
What kind of gain did you make with the 404 crower cams? I am looking at cams and think I am going to give the 404's a try, but I was wondering how the idle was. Is it REALLY rough and lope(?) like a v8? Thanks
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (Pb_Foot)
I cut mine with a large band saw I have a work I left the part to cover the top the timing belt used a scribe to mark the line and cut it off and finished it off by using a large belt sander too smooth the edges worked great
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (dohcvtec16)
Ive seen a few cars that had the cover cut slightly smaller than the cam gears and it looked really nice. Way better than just hacking off that whole section.
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (nfn15037)
when i've seen shops do it they usually have one of those saws with a huge band saw's.
I like the 2 circle look my self.
Why cut the valve cover???? come on everybody knows the awnser to that!!! Weight Reduction Baby
I like the 2 circle look my self.
Why cut the valve cover???? come on everybody knows the awnser to that!!! Weight Reduction Baby
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (jdmotorsports)
whats up jdmotorsports, im from ct and i have a 2nd gen teg and in your avitar you do too. we should meet up sometime!!!!!
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (RICEBURNER1406)
I dont like cutting valve covers just because it doesnt look good. I rather prefer the sleeper look and also, I feel much safer if something was covering the cam gears from anything that might drop into the timing belt cavity. If I were you, I would just ask a shop if they already have a valve cover cut already and just put it on for just to dyno. After you are done, just put back your old one. I do that instead of cutting my valve cover. Once you cut it, you cant go back.
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Re: Cutting Valve Cover for cam gears (mingchi96)
I dont like cutting valve covers just because it doesnt look good. I rather prefer the sleeper look and also, I feel much safer if something was covering the cam gears from anything that might drop into the timing belt cavity. If I were you, I would just ask a shop if they already have a valve cover cut already and just put it on for just to dyno. After you are done, just put back your old one. I do that instead of cutting my valve cover. Once you cut it, you cant go back.
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