1971 Ford Thunderbird Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads

Essential 1971 Ford Thunderbird Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads

Spartan – Engine Cylinder Head; Ford 400/351M 71-82 Head (Part No.2F21)

Engine Cylinder Head; Ford 400/351M 71-82 Head

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$378.99
Remanufactured Cylinder Heads are complete rebuild & include new valve stem seals, soft plugs & verified camshafts. All threads are checked and repaired if necessary. Cylinder Heads are packaged in heavy plastic to protect the unit.

Product Features:
  • All cylinder heads are both vacuum and pressure tested to verify valve seating, & integrity of water passages.
  • All cylinder heads are packaged in environmentally safe and recyclable containers that are the perfect size for returning your original core
  • All threads and machined surfaces are and repaired with technology that exceeds the original metal
  • Non-sealing iron surfaces painted to prevent oxidization
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Spartan – Engine Cylinder Head; Ford 302 87-96 Cyl Head (Part No.2F94)

Engine Cylinder Head; Ford 302 87-96 Cyl Head

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$329.99
Remanufactured Cylinder Heads are complete rebuild & include new valve stem seals, soft plugs & verified camshafts. All threads are checked and repaired if necessary. Cylinder Heads are packaged in heavy plastic to protect the unit.

Product Features:
  • All cylinder heads are both vacuum and pressure tested to verify valve seating, & integrity of water passages.
  • All cylinder heads are packaged in environmentally safe and recyclable containers that are the perfect size for returning your original core
  • All threads and machined surfaces are and repaired with technology that exceeds the original metal
  • Non-sealing iron surfaces painted to prevent oxidization
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Felpro – Cylinder Head Gasket Set (Part No.HS 26361 PT-1)

Cylinder Head Gasket Set

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$533.99
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • DESIGNED FOR IMPERFECT SEALING SURFACES – Engineered and manufactured specifically for the repair environment to help seal imperfect sealing surfaces
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Felpro – Cylinder Head Gasket Set (Part No.HS 9280 PT-2)

Cylinder Head Gasket Set

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$77.99
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • PROPRIETARY COATING — Nonstick anti-friction coating seals small surface scratches and imperfections
  • SEALING TECHNOLOGIES — Exclusive sealing innovations and technologies with proprietary materials and unique design features to ensure a superior seal for your repair
  • NO RETORQUE DESIGN — Steel core helps eliminate the need for retorquing head bolts
  • STRONG AND DURABLE — Features graphite or reinforced fiber facing material and steel armor for strength and durability
  • DESIGNED FOR IMPERFECT SEALING SURFACES — Engineered and manufactured specifically for the repair environment to help seal imperfect sealing surfaces
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Dorman – Pipe Plug C.S. Square 3/8-18 Npt, Head Size 5/16 In. (sold by each) (Part No.090-019)

Pipe Plug C.S. Square 3/8-18 Npt, Head Size 5/16 In. (sold by each)

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$2.99
This engine cylinder head plug is designed to match the fit and function of the original part on specified vehicles. Made of quality materials, it is engineered for reliable performance.

Product Features:
  • Direct replacement – this engine cylinder head plug matches the fit and function of the factory part on specified years, makes and models
  • Ideal solution – this plug is a reliable replacement for an original part that is missing or has failed due to fatigue
  • Durable construction – this part is made from quality materials to ensure reliable performance and long service life
  • Trustworthy quality – backed by team of product experts in the United States and more than a century of automotive experience
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Dorman – Pipe Plug C.S. Hex 3/4-14 Npt X 5/8 In. (sold by each) (Part No.090-072)

Pipe Plug C.S. Hex 3/4-14 Npt X 5/8 In. (sold by each)

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$3.49
This engine cylinder head plug is designed to match the fit and function of the original part on specified vehicles. Made of quality materials, it is engineered for reliable performance.

Product Features:
  • Direct replacement – this engine cylinder head plug matches the fit and function of the factory part on specified years, makes and models
  • Ideal solution – this plug is a reliable replacement for an original part that is missing or has failed due to fatigue
  • Durable construction – this part is made from quality materials to ensure reliable performance and long service life
  • Trustworthy quality – backed by team of product experts in the United States and more than a century of automotive experience
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Sealed Power – Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper (Part No.VK-138)

Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper

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$0.30
Sealed Power parts provide innovative designs, use leading-edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Unsurpassed quality that you can trust
  • Uses leading edge materials
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Meets or exceeds OEM specifications
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Sealed Power – Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper (Part No.VK-115)

Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper

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$0.43
Sealed Power® parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Unsurpassed quality that you can trust
  • Uses leading edge materials
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Meets or exceeds OEM specifications
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Felpro – Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts (Part No.8548 PT-2)

Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts

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$34.99
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • PROPRIETARY COATING — Nonstick anti-friction coating seals small surface scratches and imperfections
  • SEALING TECHNOLOGIES — Exclusive sealing innovations and technologies with proprietary materials and unique design features to ensure a superior seal for your repair
  • NO RETORQUE DESIGN — Steel core helps eliminate the need for retorquing head bolts
  • STRONG AND DURABLE — Features graphite or reinforced fiber facing material and steel armor for strength and durability
  • DESIGNED FOR IMPERFECT SEALING SURFACES — Engineered and manufactured specifically for the repair environment to help seal imperfect sealing surfaces
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Felpro – Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts (Part No.8857 PT-1)

Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts

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$26.49
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • SEALING TECHNOLOGIES – Exclusive sealing innovations and technologies with proprietary materials and unique design features to ensure a superior seal for your repair
  • NO RETORQUE DESIGN – Steel core helps eliminate the need for retorquing head bolts
  • STRONG AND DURABLE – Features graphite or reinforced fiber facing material and steel armor for strength and durability
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Sealed Power – Engine Rocker Arm Kit (Part No.R-855)

Engine Rocker Arm Kit

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$8.49
Sealed Power® parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Complete rocker arm assembly
  • 1 Arm
  • 1 Pivot
  • 1 Arm
  • Utilizes ISO & QS certified manufacturing
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Sealed Power – Engine Rocker Arm (Part No.R-1096)

Engine Rocker Arm

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$20.99
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.
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Sealed Power – Engine Rocker Arm Kit (Part No.R-879)

Engine Rocker Arm Kit

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$18.79
Sealed Power® parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Complete rocker arm assembly
  • 1 Arm
  • 1 Pivot
  • Stamped steel
  • Bolt type mount
  • Utilizes ISO & QS certified manufacturing
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Felpro – Engine Cylinder Head Bolt Set (Part No.ES 72160)

Engine Cylinder Head Bolt Set

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$30.49
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • Meets or exceeds all original equipment specifications
  • Application specific design to ensure a perfect fit
  • Avoid risk associated with re-use of T-T-Y (torque to yield) head bolts
  • Validated for fit, form and function
  • Unsurpassed quality you can trust
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Felpro – Engine Cylinder Head Bolt Set (Part No.ES 72155)

Engine Cylinder Head Bolt Set

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$33.49
Fel-Pro gaskets offer 100% vehicle sealing with application-specific materials to give you sealing solutions with the performance and durability professionals trust

Product Features:
  • Meets or exceeds all original equipment specifications
  • Application specific design to ensure a perfect fit
  • Avoid risk associated with re-use of T-T-Y (torque to yield) head bolts
  • Validated for fit, form and function
  • Unsurpassed quality you can trust
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Mr. Gasket – Ultra Seal; Cylinder Head Bolts (Part No.950G)

Ultra Seal; Cylinder Head Bolts

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$30.99
These grade 8 alloy, longer length bolts allow increased torque and clamping.

Product Features:
  • Cylinder head bolts
  • Longer-than-stock
  • High quality grade 8 alloy
  • Increase torque settings
  • Higher clamp loads on gasket
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Sealed Power – Engine Push Rod (Part No.RP-3209)

Engine Push Rod

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$2.49
Sealed Power® parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exceptional material quality
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Heat treated tips
  • Stock or mild modified replacement
  • Made in USA
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Sealed Power – Engine Push Rod (Part No.RP-3167)

Engine Push Rod

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$2.49
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.
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Sealed Power – Engine Push Rod (Part No.RP-3172B)

Engine Push Rod

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$2.99
Sealed Power Vintage parts provide coverage for applications over 35 years old, restoring classics with like-new performance. Leading-edge materials and ISO & QS certified manufacturing ensures performance and longevity for treasured engine rebuilds.

Product Features:
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exceptional material quality
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Heat treated tips
  • Stock or mild modified replacement
  • Made in USA
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Sealed Power – Engine Valve Lifter (Part No.HT-2271)

Engine Valve Lifter

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$10.49
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Unsurpassed quality that you can trust
  • Uses leading edge materials
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Meets or exceeds OEM specifications
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Sealed Power – Engine Valve Lifter (Part No.HT-2012)

Engine Valve Lifter

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$8.29
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Unsurpassed quality that you can trust
  • Uses leading edge materials
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Meets or exceeds OEM specifications
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Sealed Power – Engine Valve Lifter (Part No.HT-2205)

Engine Valve Lifter

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$15.79
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.

Product Features:
  • Unsurpassed quality that you can trust
  • Uses leading edge materials
  • State-of-the-art manufacturing
  • Exacting tolerances
  • Meets or exceeds OEM specifications
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Edelbrock – Performer Series Retainer (Qty 16) (Part No.9736)

Performer Series Retainer (Qty 16)

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$89.99
Product Features:
  • Use W/ Valve Springs Part #5797, 5845, 5712
  • Use W/ Locks Part #9611
  • 1.50 in. Outside Diameter
  • Steel Material
  • Black Oxide Finish
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ARP Auto Racing – For Use With Chevy Small Block, 1.895" Stud L, Black Oxide, Chrome, Set Of 16 (Part No.134-7104)

For Use With Chevy Small Block, 1.895" Stud L, Black Oxide, Chrome, Set Of 16

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$59.99
If you have ever installed a rocker stud into a cylinder head and watched it wobble as it screwed in, you knew from the beginning that the rocker geometry was going to be inconsistent all over the place. ARP rocker studs are concentric within 0.005 T.I.R. thread pitch to thread pitch. They run in straight and true. Lengths are exact designed to provide positive seating every time. An extra large radius base offers greater resistance to flex. Available in both High Performance and Pro Series models. To be used with ARP patented Perma-Loc(TM) adjusters.

Product Features:
  • Made Of 8740 Chrome Moly Forgings
  • Heat Treated To 180,000 Psi
  • Excellent For Elapsed Time Bracket Racing, Limited Rule Oval Track Competition And Street Use
  • Lengths Are Exact Designed To Provide Positive Seating Every Time
  • Set of 16
  • 1″ Adjuster Thread Length
  • 3/8″-24 Shank Diameter and Thread
  • 3/8″ Typical Small Block Application with Roller Rockers
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ARP Auto Racing – 1.895"Oal Stud, 1"D Adjuster Thread, 3/8"-24, 7/16"-14 Thread, 0.71"D Screw-In (Part No.134-7124)

1.895"Oal Stud, 1"D Adjuster Thread, 3/8"-24, 7/16"-14 Thread, 0.71"D Screw-In

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$7.99
If you have ever installed a rocker stud into a cylinder head and watched it wobble as it screwed in, you knew from the beginning that the rocker geometry was going to be inconsistent all over the place. ARP rocker studs are concentric within 0.005 T.I.R. thread pitch to thread pitch. They run in straight and true. Lengths are exact designed to provide positive seating every time. An extra large radius base offers greater resistance to flex. Available in both High Performance and Pro Series models. To be used with ARP patented Perma-Loc(TM) adjusters.

Product Features:
  • Made Of 8740 Chrome Moly Forgings
  • Heat Treated To 180,000 Psi
  • Excellent For Elapsed Time Bracket Racing, Limited Rule Oval Track Competition And Street Use
  • Lengths Are Exact Designed To Provide Positive Seating Every Time
  • Sold As A Pair
  • 1″ Adjuster Thread Length
  • 3/8″-24 Shank Diameter and Thread
  • 3/8″ Typical Small Block Application with Roller Rockers
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Sealed Power – Engine Rocker Arm Ball Stud (Part No.MR-1847)

Engine Rocker Arm Ball Stud

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$1.49
Sealed Power« parts provide innovative designs, use leading edge materials and utilize ISO & QS certified manufacturing in order to deliver top quality products that meet the rigorous demands of today’s modern engines.
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1971 Ford Thunderbird Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads

Maybe you’re in the middle of a full rebuild of that 1971 Ford Thunderbird. Maybe you just need a couple of Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads. Either way, Advance Auto Parts has 15 different Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads in our inventory ranging from $0.43 to $1,338.99. That means you can find the exact parts or products you need to keep that 1971 Ford Thunderbird running smoothly.

Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads are only as good as their brand. We stock 4 different brands to make sure you have plenty of trusted parts to choose from for your 1971 Ford Thunderbird. Sealed Power, Felpro, and Dorman are just some of the brands we stock. Search for brands you know or compare prices and reviews to help you decide!

We know you’ll find the perfect Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads for your 1971 Ford Thunderbird, but don’t take our word for it – read our customer ratings and reviews and buy with confidence.

So if you’re in the market for aftermarket Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads to keep your 1971 Ford Thunderbird rolling for years to come, look no further. Shop online and have your products shipped direct to your door, or pick up at the nearest Advance Auto Parts location today!

Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads Brands To Make Your 1971 Ford Thunderbird Last

Simple repair, complete replacement, or a full rebuild. No matter the job, your 1971 Ford Thunderbird demands trusted brand parts and products to keep it running. Many trusted brands of Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads make up Advance Auto Parts’ inventory, and all are ready to help make your Thunderbird the best it can be. Be sure to browse some of our top Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads brands and parts.

Popular Sealed Power Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads

We carry Sealed Power parts in our stock across Engine Valve Locks and Engine Valve Lifters categories, plus more. For a 1971 Ford Thunderbird, our most popular Sealed Power Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads include:
Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper
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Engine Valve Spring Retainer Keeper
Engine Valve Locks
Engine Valve Lifter
from $9.79
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Engine Valve Lifter
Engine Valve Lifters

FAQs for 1971 Ford Thunderbird Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads

What are the most purchased Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads for the 1971 Ford Thunderbird?

Out of 15 Valve Cover and Cylinder Heads for the 1971 Ford Thunderbird, the most popular in our inventory are:
Engine Push Rod
from $1.99
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Engine Push Rod
Push Rods
Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts
from $41.49
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Cylinder Head Gasket: Composite, Without Head Bolts
Cylinder Head Gaskets
Cylinder Head Gasket Set
from $55.99
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Cylinder Head Gasket Set
Cylinder Head Gasket Sets