bellhousing

[RICK LAKE]

Cobraholic What tires are you looking to run, what size are they? Alot also depends on the roads in your area.
I have run Lakewoods for the last 30+ years on my cars, trucks, race cars and Jeeps. Never had a failure. Have blown a few clutches in my time. At this time I am running a lakewood on my Shelby motor. When you buy them they are not centered on the motor. If the motor is outside the car. you can adjust them and center them in 1/2 hour in the car, 2.5 hours. Weight of this bell housing about 45 pounds. You will have to check, but Cutting or modifing of the bell housing VOIDS warranty. The odds of you blowing a flywheel are very slim. If you are running an Aluminum one, most are SFI certiflied, stamped and tested. Steel ones are a different story. IF you limit them to 6,500 rpms, I have not heard of a failure in many years. Hard Abuse is a different story. I have 3.5 " of clearance under my ERA from bottom of bellhousing to ground. I have hit a mancover once, it bent the lip of the bell housing. No damage done to rest of car. I am building another motor for my car and this one is getting a Quicktime bell housing.
Last year there was an issue with them and how there advertisement was done about passed test for certified but not stamped. The price for the company to do a test for each bellhousing was about 20K to be approved. Quicktime didn't have the money to have each beelhousing tested. Over the last year, they have gotten all the SB and BB ford bellhousing tested and stamped SFI certified. Guys that have Quicktimes have said they bolt up to the block perfect. They are also about 20 pounds lighter than a lakewood with the same protection. The Quicktime is tighter to the flywheel and gives more room to work on the car under it. I don't know the price on them but weight savings if worth something with the safety been equal. The bottom of the Quicktime is squared off for a higher ground clearance. If you talk to Brent Blykins, he gives about the best prices you can find. Rick L.