[Cobra4B]

I learned my lesson having a bare floorpan at VIR a few weeks back... very very hot feet. Also, we had a hell of a time with our composite valve covers seeping. No matter what I did I couldn't make them stop. I ended up cracking on and had to epoxy it. One of the real PITA things was that the bolt holes run the length of the valve cover necessitating long bolts and making installation w/ gasket and not crossthreading tedious.

The hot feet fix: Got a few sheets of DEI reflective stuff and lined the floor pan under the driver. On our car everything else allready has some heat reflective stuff allthogh not as fancy as the DEI stuff I put on today. Also made a new floor pan insert. Being 6'4" I took the one that came w/ the car out becuase it took up valuable leg room. I had a rubber mat in but it came loose last time out so I removed it and went bare floor... bad idea... hot heels. Floor pan consists of 1/4" piece of plywood w/ the DEI stuff stick to the bottom and spray on truck bedliner on top. The part I took out when we first got the car in 2007 used thick plywood and had an air gap of about 1/2" underneath.






New tall Ford valve covers: Got these from a local guy for $40 (they could use some polishing but who cares) went with new Fel-Pro rubber gaskets and an ARP stud kit. Wow the head studs make things 1000x easier. I had to grind more off of my alternator to make it fit, but all is well now. Just need to get the right fittings to plum them to my catch can and punch an oil fill hole. No more leaks or BS at all. Going to get a proper wire loom setup to keep the wires off the covers as they get way hotter than the composite ones. Plus I've noticed the aluminum heads turn the heat up vs. the stock iron ones. Oh, also put a K&N in becaues we found the wix paper one burnt to shit from a few months back when the car war back firing and dieseling.