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PostPosted: May 19, 2021, 11:19 pm 
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Want To Buy, "Lotus" or other interesting alloy valve cover to fit a Kent 1600.

Putting a Kent 1600 into my Locost, need a lower profile valve cover and most of the alloy ones should work.

Lotus would be ideal but open to other possibilities. Original tin version has a very tall breather extension.

In the USA Kent 1600 was most common in early Pintos and Formula Ford racers.

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PostPosted: May 20, 2021, 11:15 am 
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I gave up trying to find an aluminum valve cover so I cut my fill tube (breather extension) down to clear my bonnet on my Kent motor. I also had it powder coated yellow to match the yellow stripe down the middle of my Locost. Russ

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PostPosted: May 20, 2021, 12:33 pm 
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You could fab one out of plate aluminum and TIG weld it.

I just did a search and found two interesting ones. The Ford Racing part : $105

https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6582-16K

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Or maybe this Cosworth one? $131

http://davebean.com/NewProd.htm

Sorry if it doesn't fit. I don't know all the various details of a Kent engine.

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Cosworth looks like the winner if they are in stock.
I had seen them before but lost track of the source.
EDIT, of course they are NLA. :BH:

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The Ford part is cheapest but fairly mundane.

I may get a blank one of these and have it engraved to my liking.
http://www.wilcoxengines.co.uk/xflow_parts.htm
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Listed at £108.00 plus shipping.

EDIT: Looks like Burton Power sell the same part for a little more.
Pretty certain they post to U.S.

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The final answer?
Custom with up to eleven characters.

http://jrcast.com/?page_id=155

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PostPosted: May 21, 2021, 10:37 am 
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$150 plus shipping not too bad. Cool find. Russ

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