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Old 02-19-2018, 12:13 PM
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Default Bell Housing Trim

I have a Quicktime bell housing behind an FE. I didn't trim the lower flange when I originally installed everything, but it worries every time I see a speed bump with grooves in it from cars hitting it. I have the bell housing off the car right now and can trim it easily.

It looks like I could take about 1/2 inch off at the most. Currently the bottom of the bell housing is almost 1 1/4 inches below the frame rails.

My question is 'Have you guys with Quicktime bell housing trimmed yours?'.

Lakewoods have a much larger flange and would obviously need to be trimmed.

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Old 02-19-2018, 12:54 PM
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My question is 'Have you guys with Quicktime bell housing trimmed yours?'.

Lakewoods have a much larger flange and would obviously need to be trimmed.

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This has come up many times, like here: Bellhousing and I believe the most common answer is that the SFI flavor of the QT bell housing needs to be trimmed for the street. The non-SFI flavor does not need trimming. Lakewoods, like mine, all need trimming. If it were me, and my QT was hanging low enough to catch a speed bump, then I would absolutely positively trim it off.
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Old 02-19-2018, 02:44 PM
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Thanks Patrick. I did not search for this, my bad.

My QT is SFI 6.1 rated. It has the sticker on it, but the bottom 90 degrees has no bolts.

Anyway, I just cut it off. I angled the cut to get deeper into the leading side but still stayed in the flange radius on the trailing side. The front side has 1/2 inch more ground clearance than it had before.

I feel better now.
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Old 02-19-2018, 02:59 PM
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Trimming the QT will void the SFI rating, but since you are not racing that probably is not a concern.
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Trimming the QT will void the SFI rating, but since you are not racing that probably is not a concern.
Just put the sticker back on.
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Old 02-19-2018, 03:51 PM
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Just put the sticker back on.
The sticker never came off.
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