Valve Cover for a straight 8

[clownpuncher]

Anyone know of any type of dress up kits for a Straight 8? Valve cover, oil breather and engine parts?

[BigRivy]

You gotta make your own. You can send your parts to a chrome shop or have some one fabricate a valve cover out of sheet aluminum or carve parts out of billet. Their are no "kits" available. Get creative, your only limitations are your imagination and your wallet.

[stonecoldcars]

I had mine valve cover chromed, but i was able to use a off the shelf oil breather

[nali]

Someone on the 1937and1938Buicks Yahoo group was planning to make and sell finned valve covers a few monthes ago, with cast alu IIRC , but not sure he really did it .

[Spatacuulous]

I took my parts to a sandblaster which was $150 for everything. Then I took it to a pro chromer in South Philadelphia. I had the fan Chromed, The oil filter cover, valve cover, Oil filter brackets, plugs cover for $400. they ship too (http://www.frankfordplatinginc.net/)

The filler neck chrome was $13.95 (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G3802/)

Chrome alternator from Speedway ( http://www.speedwaymotors.com/search-910-67150.html) Get the pigtail wiring harness too ($18 - pn 910-64100) saves about 3 hours of labor.

Chrome Power steering pump (if you have PS) Speedway-(pn 910-32908-CHR)

Coil bracket chrome Cars inc ($9.50 CB350C) Chrome coil ($29.95 IC539C) (www.oldbuickparts.com)

SUMMIT- Louvered Air filter Chrome (CAL-187147) $9.95 each (shown in pics below)

SUMMIT- Chrome Oil breather cap (SUM-G3401) $1.95

[BigRivy]

Engine looks great! I would caution you to look up a term called "Hydrogen Embrittlement". It is something that happens to metal when it is chrome plated. Cooling fans that have been chromed have a tendency to eventually come apart. The chances that your fan will fail are small but every so often I would have it magnafluxed around the bolt holes. Needless to say, fans never come apart at an opportune time and rarely without causing damage to something else. Just a cautionary note.