New 8v valve covers

[theman53]

I am not a fan of BFI but this maybe of interest to some that have an old valve cover that is warped...

http://store.blackforestindustries.com/bfi8vvaco.html

[TimpanogosSlim]

hm, costs more than i paid for a G60 valve cover.

The fittings look handy but i wonder if i can just put a weldless bulkhead fitting on the G60 cover. Which is to say a close nipple, a close union, a washer, and a carefully selected high temperature o-ring or gasket. the stainless 1/2 NPT fittings that home brewers use on boil kettles may even fit.

[wolf_walker]

Cool, but damn I think if I was going to have new ones stamped I'd have tried to uprate em a little to be less likely to warp.  That sort of thing can't have been cheap.

[TimpanogosSlim]

Out of curiosity, what's not to like about BFI? I've never done business with them.

I was tempted by the USRT SmartShift for my Mk1, and did not want to do business with them based on my bad customer service experience with some parts i ordered for my Mk5, which were backordered three times, then partially shipped.

Good thing it turns out that the SmartShift kit is junk and i like the look of the MissingLinkz linkage better anyway. There are basically no usable bushings on the jetta's linkage.

[theman53]

I just don't like any transaction that I have done with black forest industries. I don't do much, or none in the last 3 years with them, as in my opinion there stuff is high priced and the service isn't what I would like. To each his own though. If I needed a valve cover that didn't leak and wasn't warped I would check this out, but I too have a G60 cover so I don't need this. I would much rather buy this around 100.00 then buy a stock one that is all bent up and I lose oil everywhere.

I agree, they should have made it so it never would warp again...

[mystery3]

There was that thing with the guy who designed/built a brace or crossmember for them and they cut him out of the loop a while back, there were many disgruntled folks on whoretex but that site is drama filled and sometimes it's hard to know exactly what's going on. G60 cover from the junkyard is where it is.