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Model Specific Discussions => Trans-Am Camaros => Topic started by: 69Z28-RS on August 04, 2018, 03:54:35 PM

Title: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: 69Z28-RS on August 04, 2018, 03:54:35 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180804/b51eab7ff85fdf55b2c6715940aab3fb.jpg)

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?

Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: Jon Mello 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.
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: bcmiller on August 05, 2018, 03:57:33 AM
Those Moroso covers are indeed something I have never seen before either.
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: Trans Åm on August 07, 2018, 03:54:28 AM
That fella hit the jackpot, those valve covers are really something else!
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: 369 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

Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: Kelley W King 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.
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: maroman on October 05, 2018, 10:28:14 PM
I think the valve covers have a FORD look to them.
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: buenymayor on October 06, 2018, 10:18:18 AM
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?
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: crossboss 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.
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: vabeach56wagon 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:

(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL15/632342/10352424/180426182.jpg)

paul
Title: Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??
Post by: Jon Mello on November 30, 2018, 01:42:12 AM
If they were swapped side-to-side then the Moroso lettering would be upside down.