'68 390 Mods

I had the valve covers off last spring, the seals looked good. Great idea on checking the cam, thanks. As for the manifolds, I have already picked up a good used set of free flows, that, and a new exhaust system are up next on the to-do list.

Blue68SST wrote: Hi Ken. Thanks for the reply. There is obviously no way to tell what gasket was used unless I pull the intake, which may be worth doing. The PVC valve is routed to the front base of the forward Carter carb. I will try to post a picture. Yes we have met at both the Milton and Mississauga CC cruises. I have the gold AMX, used to have a blue 68 Javelin.

Not true. All you have to do is look at the ends of the manifold flanges and you can see the edge of the gasket. You may also be missing the baffle plate. Take out the PCV valve and drop a long screw driver down the hole. a tin clank sound means the baffle is there, a dull thud means you hit cast iron and neither the baffle or valley pan are in place.

iirc the functional intentional oil-deflecting shape of the stock AMC valve covers is / was / may have been

Edited by PHAT69AMX - Sep/01/2018 at 10:31am

As we know, Edelbrock makes excellent ($$$) aluminum heads and valve covers. The Eddy classic cast aluminum valve covers tend to be mostly square at the top. This implies the curvature of the top of the OEM valve cover may not offer needed help in lubricating the rockers, otherwise Edelbrock would have incorporated this feature into their rocker covers. Obviously the jury is still out on this. This myth has been going on for decades.