Scatter Shields... Where are they?
#26
The blankets are no longer legal here in the us due to the 4.1 SFI rating. The fabricated shield above is what is needed now for 11.99 and quicker and for the really quick cars (9.99) depending on sanctioning body a full bellhousing with 6.1spec and above is the ticket.
CRISPEED I read one of your older posts about Lakewood possibly making a shield, have you heard anything new about that? There are quite a few rotaries below 11.99, so somebody must be making them.
#27
Originally posted by machinehead
That's what I thought. So basically you have to have someone fab one up for you or do it yourself...
CRISPEED I read one of your older posts about Lakewood possibly making a shield, have you heard anything new about that? There are quite a few rotaries below 11.99, so somebody must be making them.
That's what I thought. So basically you have to have someone fab one up for you or do it yourself...
CRISPEED I read one of your older posts about Lakewood possibly making a shield, have you heard anything new about that? There are quite a few rotaries below 11.99, so somebody must be making them.
The only other option for a true SFI. legal bellhousing would be to adapt one made for another vechicle.
crispeed
Last edited by crispeed; 05-13-03 at 01:53 PM.
#29
Originally posted by machinehead
Crispeed, if you don't mind me asking, what are you using or going to be using for your car?
Crispeed, if you don't mind me asking, what are you using or going to be using for your car?
Before I was using the factory bellhousing with an adapter plate between it and the tranny.
crispeed
#30
Crispeed,
I am trying to visualize this but its a bit fuzzy. So you are saying you have a mid plate with a sb chevy bolt pattern that the Lakewood bellhousing attaches to and that is bolted on the back of the engine... got that part. Then you attached your gearbox to the Lakewood bellhousing and throw out the stock bellhousing? How is the spacing between the gearbox and the flywheel? What about the slave cylinder?
I was thinking about getting a midplate and just cutting a big hole in the back of the lakewood bellhousing so it would slip over the stock gearbox but still cover the stock bellhousing and attach it to the midplate, making it just a scatter shield instead of using it for an actual bell housing. Does that make sense? Or am I making this way too hard?
Thanks,
I am trying to visualize this but its a bit fuzzy. So you are saying you have a mid plate with a sb chevy bolt pattern that the Lakewood bellhousing attaches to and that is bolted on the back of the engine... got that part. Then you attached your gearbox to the Lakewood bellhousing and throw out the stock bellhousing? How is the spacing between the gearbox and the flywheel? What about the slave cylinder?
I was thinking about getting a midplate and just cutting a big hole in the back of the lakewood bellhousing so it would slip over the stock gearbox but still cover the stock bellhousing and attach it to the midplate, making it just a scatter shield instead of using it for an actual bell housing. Does that make sense? Or am I making this way too hard?
Thanks,
#34
Originally Posted by machinehead
I was thinking about getting a midplate and just cutting a big hole in the back of the lakewood bellhousing so it would slip over the stock gearbox but still cover the stock bellhousing and attach it to the midplate, making it just a scatter shield instead of using it for an actual bell housing. Does that make sense? Or am I making this way too hard?
Thanks,
Thanks,
Technically, so does running the scattersheild without its front plate (which would be eliminated with an adapter plate).
Trying to use the front plate as an adapter would also void the certification, since you would need to drill new holes and thus modify it.
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