What type valve covers should my 85 have?

Rarecat · Post by **Rarecat** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:26 pm

Soooo..... to summarize this, my 85 AOD CFI vert could have the finned PBF VC's if it's an early car or more likely black stamped steel w/Ford Oval? Do we have an idea of the possible cutover date range?

A previous owner put crome Moroso's on this car and it makes me sick to look at it...he also painted the intake red, that too shall be fixed.

MHISSTC · Post by **MHISSTC** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:55 pm

Maybe other folks with '85 cars can check their valve covers and build dates so we can narrow this down a bit. From the prior exchange, it appears the change from the finned cast aluminum "Powered by FORD" rocker covers to the stamped steel ones was made some time between October '84 and February '85.

Check this out. Click on the following link and scroll down the page to the March 1985 Popular Cars article about the 1985 Capri RS.
http://www.ascmclaren.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1449
"Powered by FORD"!

svo413 · Post by **svo413** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:41 pm

My vert. with CFI, 5.0 & auto has black stamped steel valve covers. Not sure of the buld date. I think it says 2/14 or 2/19 in yellow in on the fender. The Special Equipment list says 2/13/85 and the incomplete vehicle manual say 3/85 for VIN 612205.

Post by **negusm** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:42 pm

MHISSTC wrote:Maybe other folks with '85 cars can check their valve covers and build dates so we can narrow this down a bit. From the prior exchange, it appears the change from the finned cast aluminum "Powered by FORD" rocker covers to the stamped steel ones was made some time between October '84 and February '85.

Check this out. Click on the following link and scroll down the page to the March 1985 Popular Cars article about the 1985 Capri RS.
http://www.ascmclaren.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1449
"Powered by FORD"!

ALL 5 speed 5.0 1985 engines got the powered by Ford covers.

We are ONLY talking automatics here! The car in the mag article is a 5 speed!

-Mike

MHISSTC · Post by **MHISSTC** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:09 pm

negusm wrote:The car in the mag article is a 5 speed!

DOH!

How did I miss that?

Rarecat · Post by **Rarecat** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:09 pm

Got a set of the Power by Ford covers, will look better than the Morosos even if it's supposed to have the stamped steel ones. I'm all about incremental upgrades. My car was modified by ASC in Feb 85....

S · Post by S » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:13 pm

mine has finned ones that say POWERD BY FORD if that helps

S · Post by S » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:14 pm

oh and its a manual car too. but its been modified a lot so ... could not be factory

Post by **negusm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:25 pm

Shaine wrote:mine has finned ones that say POWERD BY FORD if that helps

That is correct for your car. It is a carbed 5-speed car and they all got those.

S · Post by S » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:59 am

sweet! something on the engine thats original

thanks

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