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 Post subject: Fabricated Valve Covers
PostPosted:Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:27 pm 
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Car Details:1986 Camaro, bought into Spain by me in 1993.
305 replaced by a 355, 750 Demon carb, RPM AirGap intake, Brodix heads, Hedman Hedders, 3" Flowmaster exhaust.
Wheels are Summit aluminium 5 spokes, tyres are 245 rear 225 front BF Goodrich.
B/M transmission, battery relocated to the rear, GoodMark 4" cowl steel hood.
Location:Spain East Coast
I was quite happy with my Summit polished tall valve covers until I found these.
$58.95 a pair with oil baffles and fastners. :thumbup:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/370833105925?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

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They´ll be with me end of March. :thumbup:


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PostPosted:Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:14 pm 
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Car Details:79' camaro road & track day toy. 383 stroker, 5 speed TKO trans, lots of suspension stuff, 13" Vette brakes, 18" wheels.
Location:Luton
ooooh. sexy !!! :D

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PostPosted:Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:40 pm 
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Car Details:1986 Camaro, bought into Spain by me in 1993.
305 replaced by a 355, 750 Demon carb, RPM AirGap intake, Brodix heads, Hedman Hedders, 3" Flowmaster exhaust.
Wheels are Summit aluminium 5 spokes, tyres are 245 rear 225 front BF Goodrich.
B/M transmission, battery relocated to the rear, GoodMark 4" cowl steel hood.
Location:Spain East Coast
Yeh, but now I´ve been reading skipwhite is an iffy dealer especially on shipping, takes his time and you´re lucky if you get all you wanted.

He´s got loads of other kit I´d like, so this´ll be a test run for me.


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PostPosted:Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:34 am 
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Very nice but also very cheap! Probably drop shipped from china for that kind of money which would explain shipping issues maybe?

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PostPosted:Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:38 am 
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Car Details:1986 Camaro, bought into Spain by me in 1993.
305 replaced by a 355, 750 Demon carb, RPM AirGap intake, Brodix heads, Hedman Hedders, 3" Flowmaster exhaust.
Wheels are Summit aluminium 5 spokes, tyres are 245 rear 225 front BF Goodrich.
B/M transmission, battery relocated to the rear, GoodMark 4" cowl steel hood.
Location:Spain East Coast
Apparently the issues are on crate motors and rotating assemblies, not so much the "small" stuff.


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PostPosted:Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:45 am 
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I have odered a lot of parts for my 4th gen from the USA and they have all been made in China! Even my powerstop brake discs were in a box from china

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PostPosted:Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:43 pm 
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Car Details:79' camaro road & track day toy. 383 stroker, 5 speed TKO trans, lots of suspension stuff, 13" Vette brakes, 18" wheels.
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Loadsa stuff allegedly US made comes from China..

I deal with alot of music equipment from a big US manufacturer called 'Peavey', who started outsourcing some of their cheaper models to China in early 2000's, and whilst the US made stuff proudly displayed 'designed and made in the USA', the chinese gear still said 'designed in the USA'.... but somehow didn't mention China :lol:

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PostPosted:Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:40 pm 
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Car Details:68 pontiac firebird coupe project car,my aim is a street friendly,lightly modified pro.touring style.
Lowered ,mild body mods,400 cu in SBC engine, Muncie 4speed, 10 bolt posi axle,disc front drum rear.
68 firebird convertible ( long term project) Stock resto/mod style ,400 pontiac th350
Don't you just hate the sly, deceptive way they give these products shamelessly American sounding names like "Patriot" and "Eagle"...they must think we are all stupid :thumbdown:
I see it as trading with the enemy, building their economy and exporting industry and wealth creation .
We all try to save money but sometimes the cost of the " saving'' is greater than we imagine ... :evil:


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PostPosted:Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:50 pm 
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Car Details:1986 Camaro, bought into Spain by me in 1993.
305 replaced by a 355, 750 Demon carb, RPM AirGap intake, Brodix heads, Hedman Hedders, 3" Flowmaster exhaust.
Wheels are Summit aluminium 5 spokes, tyres are 245 rear 225 front BF Goodrich.
B/M transmission, battery relocated to the rear, GoodMark 4" cowl steel hood.
Location:Spain East Coast
I see Pirelli is going Chinese.

Italian tyre maker Pirelli to be bought by ChemChina..... :thumbdown:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32015529


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PostPosted:Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:44 am 
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Car Details:'79 Camaro, 350 V8
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I see it as trading with the enemy, building their economy and exporting industry and wealth creation .
Yep, i see it the same way. A level of import & export is good for all countries but when EVERYTHING comes from China it's a bit much. We are slowly exporting everything overseas - raw materials, manufacturing, even jobs. Then, we're wondering why our economy can't recover... if we don't have jobs how are we supposed to spend money to keep the economy going. When we do spend money, it goes straight over seas (the government collecting it's 20% on the way), so it doesn't get recycled into our own economy.

And ye, saw that about Pirelli too, looking forward to seeing those soon to be cheap plastic tyres underperform :( Let's see how long F1 stays with Pirelli!

I find this funny / ironic. I work for a U.S company and there was some literature the other day about how we (a U.S company) can't trade with communist countries i.e North Korea, Cuba etc. But China.. oh that's ok, we can buy materials from there, we can trade over there. But err, communism bad (unless there's profit involved). :crazy:

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