Bellhousing question

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I thought the QT did not require trimming. I have the Lakewood, and it is trimmed. When you have a chance, snap a shot of your QT so I can see how low it hangs.

Patrick - there are several pictures of mine on page 1 of this thread. The pictures were taken when my headers and exhaust pipes were not installed. Mine is about like Lippy's - hanging an inch below the frame rails. But so is my oil pan. If I lay a straightedge on the bottom of my oil pan, extending back to the transmission, the bottom edge of the bellhousing will be above the straightedge - primarily because the bottom of the oil pan slopes down to the rear a little. But being further back betwee the axles there is a greater chance of hanging the bellhousing lip on a speedbump or something like that. On mine, exhaust pipes will hit first and probably push the chasis up enough to avoid the edge of the bellhousing (probably hopefully).

I had a Lakewood bellhousing on my Corvette for a time and it was a massive thing but I'm not sure it's really a lot smaller in diameter than a Quicktime. I think the more rounded appearance of the Quicktime just makes it look less massive. it would be interesting if someone were able to post the top to bottom dimensions of both for comparison.