The invention relates to a high-performance steam cylinder cover for a large low-speed diesel engine and a manufacturing process. According to the high-performance steam cylinder cover and the manufacturing process, after steam cylinder cover forge pieces are produced, the phenomena of segregation, loosening, uneven grain distribution and the like cannot occur inside, the performance difference in the same plane is extremely small, performance is stable, and the material utilization rate is high. The high-performance steam cylinder cover is prepared from, by mass percent, 0.17%-0.22% of C, 0.45% of Si or less, 0.95%-1.1% of Mn, 0.03% of P or less, 0.03% of S or less, 0.9%-1.1% of Cr, 0.4%-0.5% of Mo, 0.4% of Ni or less, 0.08%-0.12% of V and 0.005% of Nb or less. The high-performance steam cylinder cover has the beneficial effects that the workpiece structure is uneven, and internal stress is extremely small; production cost increase is effectively controlled; the subsequent workpiece cutting machining amount is small, and time and labor are saved during machine tool machining; and after ultrasonic testing, the internal grains are stable in state, and no coarse grain phenomenon exists.