Continuing to refine the valve cover baffle... Decided it didn't really need to be the full length, so left it with only using 2 of the valve cover holes and started working on the end caps. I still need to shift the openings around the valve cover bosses and tighten them up some.


When the valve cover is installed, the 1/8" wide slots will be vertical.


The plate on the exit side still needs some work. It was shaped to fit, so the 1/8" spacing from the end of the slots to the end of the plate were lost. The next iteration will also start having some bent up tabs along the bottom to help hold the baffle material in place when the valve cover is lifted off.


Once I get something I am happy with, I might try cutting it out in 16ga aluminum, as it would be lighter.

I am pretty much done with the fab work on the valve covers.



This shows all the spacers between the adapter plate and the head.


Here is a picture with the installed baffle. I ended up making the air path slots larger so they cut better on the plasma.


Better picture of the baffle area. The 2nd baffle plate will be riveted in place on final install.




At the bottom is the final part. The rest are just progress pieces for the scrap pile


Now I just need to find a 5/8" hose connection 90 and a cool oil fill cap.