valve cover fitment issues

[dvw]

My motor using Indy -1 heads, Indy 440-25 crossram, Indy valve covers, 440 Source distributor. I ground the intake, head, and the lip of the distributor cap. It has maybe .060" clearance. You can see here with the intake lid removed. The valve covers come off easily with no distributot removal. It gets lashed every 20 passes. My old Max Wedge had Indy -1 heads and indy valve covers. It had the bottoms of the outer carb fmounting flanged trimmed to allow cover removal. Fitting stuff is just normal Hot Rodding.
Doug

 

[dvw]

The Max Wedge.
Doug

 

[not so famous bob]

He said he can't see how any head is different from another.. indy, Victor, rpm, stock, B1, trickflow, .. they're all from the same cast mold.

Its clear you never messed with a victor type head and a fast 2.0 distributor , heads are not the same !, fast dist. is short , puts the actual dist housing at the same height of the corner of the "UNMACHUNED" victor head ...!

 

[RemCharger]

Its clear you never messed with a victor type head and a fast 2.0 distributor , heads are not the same !, fast dist. is short , puts the actual dist housing at the same height of the corner of the "UNMACHUNED" victor head ...!

I assume you meant to quote gkent.
But personally no, I'm running a stock distributor with Victor MW CNC 's.

 

[thehemikid]

...grind, ...file,...or

 

[417guy]

I got mine from Marsh Performance and they fit fine with an MSD distributor and a Holley Sniper2 Hyperspark. I did have to drill the holes for the PCV and the oil filler cap: MOPARTS@PTMC.NET

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VERY nice engine compartment. ! Great colors . Never saw a tan engine, did I miss something about the 426 wedge ???

 

[coloradodave]

417guy: I originally built the engine as a 440 with a factory original 426 max wedge top end. Over the years I got tired of seeing a bunch of max wedge tribute cars at the events I attend, so I decided to do something different. I sold all the max wedge parts as one lot and went with a set of Indy aluminum heads, Indy Modman intake, and DUAL FiTech EFI throttle bodies. When Holley came out with the Sniper2 I decided to try that for awhile, and it's still there. Will be going back to the FiTech duals in the spring, as I like the way it looks plus the mid range and top end rush is better.
As far as the color, when I was mixing the Hemi Orange and Daytona Yellow Urethane, my wife and best friend stopped me and said "That's it!". We all liked the color, which most certainly isn't tan, and now I am "one of one". lol.