LEB Ben
Arrogant A-hole At-Large
Hey fellas...decided I wanted to get a new set of 351M/400 valve covers. However, I'm not too thrilled with the selection available. I like the finned design, but I don't like Edlebrock products and it's hard to find the old MT covers. So that leaves me with the Ford Racing polished aluminum finned covers. However, I equate having Ford Racing involved with a vehicle that doesn't actually race to ricers with fart cans or somebody who plasters stickers all over their rig.
Anyway, I've decided I'm gonna get the Ford covers (when the funds allow). I also decided I'm gonna mill out the word 'Racing' on the covers so it's flush. I always liked the covers for SB's that had the blue oval and said '302 Powered' or simply had the Blue Oval and the displacement. I'm thinking I'm going to get '400' cut and then put those where 'racing' was.
Here's a set similar to what I'm looking at:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FMS-M-6582-A342R/?rtype=10
The set I want has the text and oval stretched across almost the whole top of the cover.
My questions:
1) Anyone have suggestions on the font for '400'. And should it be slanted?
2) If these are aluminum covers, the numbers should be aluminum also, right?
3) How in the hell should I attach the numbers to with stand the heat?
Anyway, I've decided I'm gonna get the Ford covers (when the funds allow). I also decided I'm gonna mill out the word 'Racing' on the covers so it's flush. I always liked the covers for SB's that had the blue oval and said '302 Powered' or simply had the Blue Oval and the displacement. I'm thinking I'm going to get '400' cut and then put those where 'racing' was.
Here's a set similar to what I'm looking at:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FMS-M-6582-A342R/?rtype=10
The set I want has the text and oval stretched across almost the whole top of the cover.
My questions:
1) Anyone have suggestions on the font for '400'. And should it be slanted?
2) If these are aluminum covers, the numbers should be aluminum also, right?
3) How in the hell should I attach the numbers to with stand the heat?