The regulation on scatershields came into effect in the late sixties and was
also a surprise to everyone then. We used a length of steel reinforced belting
that was approx. 1/2" thick. This stuff was tested ( not by choice ) and worked
well. We made cold rolled steel brackets to hold the belting to the bell housing
and under the trans cover. Covering a little more than the top half of the bell
housing and about 9" wide. Worked then, why not not??
Jack Wheeler wrote:
> I can relate to your story! When I got my TR-4 to my first driver's school
> at M.A.R. (old track West of St. Louis) in the spring of 1974, I had a
> similar experience. Apparently the scattershield rule was not too
> prominently displayed in the GCR (or I was concentrating on other things).
> Anyway, when I got to the tech line, the tech inspector asked me what I was
> using for a scattershield. I said 'A what?' (obviously not aware that a
> scattershield was required).
>
> He sent me over to a local gas station to look for a worn out steel belted
> tire to wrap around my bell housing. I can't remember if we found one or
> not, but it was immaterial because before my group was scheduled to be on
> the track it started to snow. It kept it up all day and we had about 10"
> on the ground by evening.
>
> When I got back to school I ordered a 'flak jacket' type mat which I laid
> on the floor over the transmission tunnel and under my feet. This was a
> temporary measure, but it got me through the driver's school which was
> rescheduled for the following weekend. Eventually, I got around to
> fabricating a scattershield out of 1/4" steel plate. It wrapped around the
> 1/3 of the bell housing which was near my feet and bolted to the top of the
> transmission. This design seemed to work well (althought I never tested
> the effectiveness of it in stopping clutch/flywheel parts). It was also a
> lot lighter than the flak jacket!
>
> Good luck.
>
> At 07:16 AM 5/23/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > F.O.T. Is there another rule hidden among
> >the sacred scrolls allowing the stretching of one rule inorder to comply
> >with another manditory rule? '75 EP
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