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Originally Posted by Jeff Alton View Post
Billet does not need to equal big bucks for something as simple as a valve cover. With the right equipment valve covers can be made pretty inexpensively....

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Fair point, but it seems that the set up costs and machine labor get translated into retail sales at a pretty high markup on billet parts. I just can't see spending $600 on valve covers, when a retainer plate can be made cheaply with the addtional advantage of looking relatively stock when compared to something like this:


Imagine Auto Re-Releases Billet Valve Covers - 6speedonline.com Forums

Although beautiful, they are flashy. The RothSport units are IMHO, kinda ugly, to boot.
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