- 1. Re: Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 15:00:26 -0600
- I weighed one of mine. It was 24 lbs. Want to trade? Larry bellhousing? I've just weighed one of the early alloy ones and it's an amazing 5lb 9oz, /// spitfires@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try
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- 2. Re: Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 16:59:34 -0500
- Cast iron is about 3x heavier than aluminum, so the aluminum model must be about 25% thinner than the cast iron ones. I can see why the old, thin aluminum bellhousings are considered a bit flimsy for
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- 3. Re: Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 22:16:10 -0000
- I was talking to one of the Triumph works drivers at the Stoneleigh Triumph Show earlier today. He suggested alloy bellhousings should be sold in pairs - this would provide a replacement for when the
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- 4. Re: Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <Spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 15:57:57 -0700
- I don't know what the problem is. As long as you use the thicker one you should not have any trouble. I have had 2 of them (still have one) and have never had any problems. Bob Totten now has one of
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- 5. Re: Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:40:02 -0000
- The bellhousing which caught his eye at the time was the thin wall type, so I don't really know if he was being specific about that type or the alloy bellhousings in general (I suspect the former). T
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- 6. Iron bellhousing - heavy or what? (score: 1)
- Author: "William Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:19:30 -0000
- Has anyone got a measured weight for the standard Herald/Spitfire cast iron bellhousing? I've just weighed one of the early alloy ones and it's an amazing 5lb 9oz, or 2.5Kg if you work in metric! I d
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