identification · FF-0393

What does the valley cover do on an ARDUN engine?

It covers the valley where the lifters are. There are no intake passages there anymore, so it is really just a cover, but it also carries the mount for the generator and the oil fill and breather at the back. Steve adds that these heads follow the postwar 24-stud layout, before the 8BA, with the water outlet in the middle.

Expert

Steve Coppock

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

valley cover

Applicable scope

Ford Flathead V8 with Don Ferguson reproduction ARDUN heads