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Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« on: August 04, 2018, 03:54:35 PM »


A fella on another forum (in Melbourne, AUS) found the following shown parts at a swap and purchased them and hasn't been able to find any information about them or when they were manufactured.   Both the valve covers and the intake strike me as possibly being for 'Trans Am' type cars.   Have any of you fellas seen such? Or have any information about them?

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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2018, 12:10:49 AM »
It looks like an Edelbrock SY1 Smokey Ram intake manifold that has had the lettering ground off the lid prior to polishing it.  I have never seen Moroso valve covers in that style before.  Kind of an interesting look.
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2018, 03:57:33 AM »
Those Moroso covers are indeed something I have never seen before either.
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2018, 03:54:28 AM »
That fella hit the jackpot, those valve covers are really something else!
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2018, 11:35:32 PM »
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/323117771969_/Vintage-Edelbrock-Sy1-Sbc-Intake-Manifold-2850-Smokey.jpg

 Edelbrock SY1 intake (stands for Smokey Yunick)...... looks like the edelbrock casting has been removed

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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2018, 06:20:36 PM »
The valve covers kind made me think vintage but the height and width makes me wonder. Most old ones were the small style. I remember seeing spacers for roller rockers in the day. Which was the 70,s.
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2018, 10:28:14 PM »
I think the valve covers have a FORD look to them.
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2018, 10:18:18 AM »
Quote from: maroman on October 05, 2018, 10:28:14 PM
I think the valve covers have a FORD look to them.
That's the first thing I thought, too. I've never seen a set or those covers, either. Maybe a foreign market thing?
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2018, 06:02:31 PM »
Intake sure looks like a Smokey-Ram, minus the logos. The valve covers remind me of the Ford 'finned' covers from an FE or a Boss 302.
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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2018, 06:24:08 PM »
It appears that the valve covers have been swapped from side to side....to clear the intake it would seem.

They resemble slightly the GMPP covers on my old '56:



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Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2018, 01:42:12 AM »
If they were swapped side-to-side then the Moroso lettering would be upside down.
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