George you could always do this.

A: Machine it to take Tracy's parts. Load Tracy's parts
from the rear like a auto transmission.

B: Accept Tracy's gear box as a trade in and install the parts.
C: Sell the raw castings to me and let me doit.
D: Sell the machined castings to Tracy for new installations.
E: Sell the raw castings to Tracy and let him machine it.
F: Buy the parts yourself and sell the complete gear boxes.

Paul Lamar

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Guys,

.....I knew this was coming sooner or later, since experience has always
taught me that "Good Ideas are IMPOSSIBLE to bury by politics", no matter how
deep or how much crap you pile up on top of it, it ALWAYS sooner or later
winds up getting unburied :)

So Ladies and Gentlemen, what you're witnessing here, is the perfect example
of that Phenomena......Behold, the "ULTIMATE" Bellhousing of 2 YEARS ago, has
arisen. So you see Paul there's nothing NADA new in your suggestions of
today. The same identical things were proposed to Tracy long ago, and I
didn't see him offering any "PSRU Guts Only Kits".......So this leaves 2
choices: (1) Let's dig a much DEEPER hole and Bury the F----R again, and pile
up a lot more S--T on top of it, (Maybe 4 years worth of it this time).....Or
(2) Let's move on and kick up the technology a few notches period....So to
put it into a good old english quoted perspective for the benefit of the
proper english challenged individuals, "Let's S--T or get-off the Potties.
......I obviously vote for moving on.

                                                             Butch

"F----R"????  "S--T" I know :)
Exactly what do you mean by moving on? 

We don't expect Tracy to offer a guts kit. We will however be able to 
convert his existing psru's already in the field to a lighter overall weight 
configuration at low cost by taking them in trade. We will do this by 
installing Tracy's parts in a light weight one piece housing. We will 
also offer to sell the machined casting to Tracy for use in new psru's.

I feel we can get at least 13 pounds out of the current PSRU 
and 1/2 inch thick motor plate design while still providing a place to
bolt on motor mount brackets on each side of the bell housing.
I also think the cosmetics will be a lot more professional looking.

Here is a rendering of the "ULTIMATE" Bell housing referred to above
by Butch. Note the simplification and improvement in the new design.
The starter is raised moving the rectangular section up,  making the
part easier to cast and lighter weight. I also think this idea of George's
will make the bell housing stronger as well.

Paul Lamar
 
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