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 hopped-up Spit engines.
On the other hand, the iron bellhousing is the most over-designed
part of the car. I bet that 95% of all Spits go to their grave
with a perfectly good one...
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 03:00 PM 2/2/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I weighed one of mine. It was 24 lbs. Want to trade?
>
>Larry
>
>>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,
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