Haven't been able to find this in a dedicated thread crawl, sorry.
Scored a '99 Y8 cheap, which of course means missing bits.
Are valve covers unique or which head covers will work? TIA. H-T rocks!

 

The valve cover you use on the y8 must be a valve cover from a SOHC VTEC as the spark plug location differ from VTEC and non VTEC.

VTEC valve covers have the spark plug holes towards the front of the engine.
Non-VTEC is just the opposite. The plug holes are toward the back of the motor.

 

haha there you go your question is answered

 

not exactly true - the D16Y7 (non-VTEC) valve cover has spark plug holes on the front and will fit the D16Y8 (D16Y5 VTEC-E will also work)

this is a D16Y7:

 

this is a D16Y7:

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notice the shock by cam gear?

What are these called?
Can you get the to work on a shell with a engine swap?

 

that is an engine torque damper

 

no one makes these for the EF chassis, however you can modify the EK engine damper to fit the EF chassis with a d series engine. i do not know if it will work with the b series swap.