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Originally Posted by vclune
Wondering why ground clearance to bell housing is an issue for you? Maybe I should go out and measure mine, but I never even considered it being low, maybe because my headers are way lower.
After measuring, my bell housing is 3/4" lower than my front engine cradle. The bell housing also is the same distance off the ground as the rear of the transmission, neither of which are my first concern when dragging things on the ground.
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We have used the QuickTime bells on 6 different build and its always been the low point of the car. I love the way the stock bell sits flush with the oil pan. I just like the look of a clear underside. This current build will be very low.
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Originally Posted by wiedemab
My concern with a bellhousing from a failure perspective hasn't ever been the ability to support the power, but more of a safety concern related to flywheel or clutch failure - ie: containing the shrapnel.
It could be that I've never had anything with enough hp to warrant a concern about the bellhousing being the weak link.
Anyway, my gut feeling is that the bellhousing could handle that type of power, but again -- I always worry about the safety aspects.
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We recently had a Camaro in with an LT style T56 and the bell housing had 3 cracks in in.
The current build in question will not get as beat up as that last car with the broken bell but I haven't heard of any LS T56 bells breaking. This car is more street cruising and will be very low.
I agree on the safety aspect in relation to clutches or flywheels coming apart but I believe that would relate to drag racing where you are going through a high RPM launch from a stop. And I believe the clutched being built with that in mind.
On top of that I could always build a blast pan for the drivers foot well. Which is what I do for a lot of track cars anyways.
Thanks for the input guys!!!