Can anyone tell me the weight of the end plates.  I am guessing less than 50lbs for both.  I just weighed  an intermediate housing and was surprised to find it weighed only 26 lbs.  The end plates are narrower

so probably weigh less.  My end plates are presently in
bolted up assemblies so I can't get to them.   Thanks,  Jerry

The only one I have here at the office is a center housing and it weighs
26.5 pounds confirming what you said.
In aluminum it would weigh about 9 pounds.
The front and rear housings are the porkers. 50 pounds for both is too

lite.

Here too is the rotor housing at 13.5 pounds.

I'll get some more housings from the hangar soon.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Paul,
According to my balance beam scale, the rear housing ('89 six-port)
weighs
27 lbs, 3 oz. (including bearing carrier).  The front housing weighs
27lbs,
2 oz. (including bearing carrier, oil pump and oil pump gear).

Mark St.

Lighter than I thought. Going strictly on the density differences then
one can save over fifty pounds by going aluminum.
--
Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

I'd love to go aluminum... That Turbo I have is heavy and going aluminum
on the housings would help a lot with reducing the weight that I'm going
to need to move forward to get the CG in.  There was a lot of talk a
while back about building aluminum housings.  What is the status... Is
someone doing it?  If someone would build a reliable aluminum housing
I'm sure they would sale very well... I know I'd buy them.

Mike C.

Well you can get them from Racing Beat. Not cheap :)