i put on a polished and cut valve cover today and was wondering if running a cut valve cover increases risk of damage to any internal components

 

No not really. Lots of people run cut valve covers for the cam gears with no problems.

 

I would try to find a used valve cover for a decent price and cut the cam gear covers off and use it for tuning purposes. If you're not tuning, use a regular intact valve cover, unless you simply HAVE to show off your blingin cam gears.

 

well i picked this one up cuz i got it already cut and polished for $60...plus i needed to check my timing belt which looked great and change my v cover gasket

 

I had a polished & full cut valve cover. It was alittle more noisier than before but...no real problem.

 

Increases risk but not by much.

 

yeah ive noticed it is a bit noisier but not like i really care

 

Valve cover? You mean my JDM see thru one?

 

^^^ Just dieing to show the pic werent you?

I have a cut valve cover, but you cannot cut off the entire portion of the cam gear cover of the valve cover off. It will not have any rigidity if you do, you can only do a moon type cut.
gmoore

 

haha i saw a company once selling see thru hoods lol

 

Most people will try only to use a cut valve cover when they know they are going to be tuning quite a bit.

I really haven't seen any adverse effects to running them daily, but I myself would try to have a cut one and a non-cut one, just to keep it safe.

JP

 

Where did you get that cover?

 

dude its not a real cover...photoshop fake

 

you are a master at stating the obvious

 

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Where can I get a see-thru VTEC solenoid???

 

wow, wish it was real, would make it soo much easier to show people how cars work etc.

 

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He's MOTO: Master Of The Obvious

 

I drove with mine cut for a year. Nothing ever happend, but I didn't like worring about it. So I bought a used one. Then i started weeing my seatbelt again.