George, I believe we're both saying the same thing (Maybe)????

I'll iterate further:

PART OF CASTING---------It's do-able to cast this support in place as

part of

the o/a Bellhousing, by casting the Standoff up to the Channel and

machined

down to proper height in conjunction with Starter snout clearance hole
procedure/set-up....As far as the webs, they can be casted to a dead end
knife edge approx 50% higher, and filed/ground down to size....
Do you agree or am I missing something??

Butch, I believe you are looking at this in the opposite of what it is!
The inside has to have a draft -so too does the reinforcing rib in question
i.e. thick at the bottom (inside) thin on the top (outside)  - this must of
course start at the bottom (inside). So all the weight is where we don't
want it and bugger-all where we do want it!!
I had the same problem with the prototype!!
Unless of course it's a separate piece.

NOT PART OF CASTING-----This is what I originally had in mind to pick up

the

mounting hole regardless of scenarios, but unfortunately the Starter's

snout

penetrates much too deep and leaves no room, nada for the thickness of

the

bolt head/plate....However it can still be employed if the Starter

position

is not being utilized (same scenario as the cast in place)..See 195 Mtg

hole-2

As you can see I too, have been giving this a lot of thought :)

Paul/Guys, I mislabeled the previous Bellhousing .jpg (270 Mtg.hole),

it's

the 195 mtg hole......Please replace with attached 195 Mtg hole-1

Butch

In relation to separate piece, I really like what you have done with that -
missed that entirely!!

However I did think of bracing it to the MM bolt holes - my concern there
was a levering effect it may have being only one bolt on the inside.

The other option I thought of was to have a separate U piece (same as your
design) but bolted to the starter bolt holes.
George (down under)

 
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