coozer
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:22 PM |
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How to make a bellhousing! and other things...
Came across this interesting thread on Turbosport where a guy has done loads of fabrication, including a bellhousing!
TOP WORK!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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eddie99
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:25 PM |
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Good find, Some interesting ways to do things there and some nice work!
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:27 PM |
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wow, very good work, but that bell housing looks a little er, heavy
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Stuart_B
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:29 PM |
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wow that is a great find.
like the metal work
stu
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
wow, very good work, but that bell housing looks a little er, heavy
The standard cast iron Ford one is ridiculously heavy though, don't suppose this weighs any more and at least it's nice and strong 
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blakep82
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 09:44 PM |
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^ yeah, true enough, i've only ever handled aluminium ones. never had the pleasure of lifting a cast iron one
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 10:10 PM |
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How the hell did a MK1 Escort end up in Serbia back in 1989, I cannot imagine that it was an export market that Ford wanted to chase, or was allowed
to!
Saying that, I do have a photo somewhere, of a very tidy MK1 Cortina being used as a mobile advertising board in Prague. This pic was take on my stag
wekend about 7 years ago.
Cracking ideas on show !
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DIY Si
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 10:15 PM |
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And he's doing it all in slippers too!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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marcjagman
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 10:18 PM |
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Maybe this is sort of a Mk1 version? Now everyone has seen it there will doubtless be ideas on how to make it lighter.
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James
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 10:38 PM |
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At school I made a base for a mini wind turbine project I was doing.
Cast in aluminium from a wooden shape I'd made. Then set it in sand to make a mold, removed the wood and poured in liquid aluminium!
The CDT department used to get us all to bring in old Coke cans etc. to melt down for the aluminium! lol!
I'm not sure how DIY-able the melting down/casting process is. But would it be a reasonable way of making a bell housing your self but with the
weight of ali instead of steel?
Make it out of steel/MDF/whatever then cast it yourself? Wouldn't take *that* much ali...
Or atleast make the model yourself and find an engineering place that would do the ali cast for you?
Any thoughts in if it's possible?
Cheers,
James
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 5/1/11 at 10:40 PM |
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Love it. Very talented guy.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Dusty
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 12:26 AM |
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Always wondered how you line it all up when making a bellhousing so the input shaft is centred and parallel to the crank. If it was that easy many of
us could join any engine to any RWD box by knocking one up.
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 12:53 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
Always wondered how you line it all up when making a bellhousing so the input shaft is centred and parallel to the crank. If it was that easy many of
us could join any engine to any RWD box by knocking one up.
It is that easy as long as you can match the gearbox input shaft to a spigot bearing and find/make a clutch combo that works! My Mate made one up to
put a V8 Rover into a Hilux! Piss of the proverbial. Just made the plates up for the engine and the box using a plasma cutter, then stick welded
pieces of plate in a bit at a time. Rotate the gearbox shaft to make sure that it does not bind in the spigot bearing evey time you make a new tack.
If it binds adjust with the big hammer technique Lots of little stiches all over untill it is fully welded up. If you want to get tecnical, which
he isn't, you could even use a dial gauge and clock the shaft, but he did it without
[Edited on 6/1/11 by Strontium Dog]
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2cv
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 07:47 AM |
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quote: wow, very good work, but that bell housing looks a little er, heavy
My thoughts entirely until I remembered that the standard bellhousing is cast iron. He does actually say that both weigh the same.
This is a really good example of what can be done with no more than hand tools and without spending a fortune; you can imagine his satisfaction at
what he has achieved. It looks like he doesn't even have a hole say to bore out the manifold flanges so he's obviously not daunted by
chain drilling and lots of filing. A fascinating read.
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The Black Flash
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 03:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 2cv
quote: wow, very good work, but that bell housing looks a little er, heavy
My thoughts entirely until I remembered that the standard bellhousing is cast iron. He does actually say that both weigh the same.
This is a really good example of what can be done with no more than hand tools and without spending a fortune; you can imagine his satisfaction at
what he has achieved. It looks like he doesn't even have a hole say to bore out the manifold flanges so he's obviously not daunted by
chain drilling and lots of filing. A fascinating read.
Indeed, inspirational stuff
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coozer
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 03:25 PM |
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And, like buses, two come along at once!
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/engine-conversions/45832-alfa-bmw-alfa-motor-e30-body.html
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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owelly
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 04:38 PM |
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I had more than a small part in the Xworks Alfa/bmw project!
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