Ooops...It just dawned on me 8(  ....Paul, is George refering to

clearance for

the hex heads of the engines long assy bolts which fall inside of the

Housing's

ID. If so, wouldn't a little localized filing do the trick? Sounds too

simple,

so again I guess I'm not getting it..........Shhhhhhit George, make my

DAY, at

least post a FREEHAND SKETCH.......Don't make me have to fly down there

and

CHOKE you to death :)
                                            Butch

BTW George, I agree,......The Housings will sell here like: "Pancakes in

the

middle of a Blooming cold ass-ed Blizzard" ;)

I'll go with you Butch and hold while you do it :)

Paul Lamar

Paul /Butch,
OK,OK - no choking  please!
I might have to do a couple of two bellhousing styles -no problem.
I will also do a drawing as soon as I can -in the next couple of days.
The majority of the housing is in fact 13mm, the mounting section to the
engine is a 15mm thick flange.
The foundry material is quality AA 061(or 601)  which can be heat treated to
T6 (same or similar to the 6061 -T6)
The foundry manager is ex-racing and knows bellhousings.
I initially wanted to have the mountings on the sides as you suggested but
as it had a taper and there weren't a stiffening flange (like the top
section) I felt it wasn't stiff enough - I will look at this again.
Drawings soon - thanks for the feedback/input.
George (down under

TOO HEAVY GEORGE. Only make the front panel 13 MM. Everything else 4 mm max.
Where the mounting and starter bolts go beef it up. If it is all 13 mm it will
weigh a ton and be useless for our purposes. Same goes for the 13B auto tx flex
plate. IT MUST FIT THAT FLEX PLATE!

Paul Lamar
 
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