FE valve cover adapters for the small block Ford head are now available. These valve cover adapters are intended to adapt Ford FE valve covers to standard Ford 289/302/351W cylinder heads. Bolting on a pair of FE pentroof valve covers will greatly enhance the appearance of the engine compartment of your Cobra replica. These adapters have been produced from quality aluminum plate and CNC machined to close tolerances. These adapters have been designed to work primarily with cast aluminum Ford Motorsports FE valve covers and have been tested successfully with cast covers available from T. Branda and others. Roller rockers on standard cylinder heads should clear nicely. These adapters may also be used with the chromed stamped steel pentroof valve covers available from T. Branda and others but in certain cases the bolt holes in those covers may need to be slightly elongated to fit the mounting studs. This is a problem with the stamped steel covers, not the adapter plates. Non-standard heads like Twisted Wedge have not been tested. Also, these adapters have not been tested with stud girdles or on EFI equipped cars.
A cast aluminum FE valve cover was measured with adapter on a small block engine and found to have an approximate installed height of 5-5/8". This adapter and FE valve cover setup would probably not clear an EFI intake unless you installed a spacer between the upper and lower intake halves. If anyone purchases these adapters for use on an EFI engine they do so at their own risk.
These adapter plates are now available in limited quantities. The selling price is $100 per set plus actual shipping charges. If any of the readership might have an interest in purchasing a set, please contact me via E-mail for more information. Of course, these adapters will be guaranteed to perform as stated.
If there is any interest in this product please feel free to contact me via E-mail. Thanks.
Rupert Hartmann