This is why SCCA has required a containment on the flywheel for a long, long
time. Usually, it meant a Lakewood Scattershield for those with separate
bellhousings. Those with bellhousing/transmission in one piece usually had
to come up with a bolt-on containment of some sort, although many used a
metal shield inside the transmission tunnel. The shield inside the tunnel
is really insufficient, as you can tell by the damage in these pictures.
With a scattershield, you really need to use the block plate with it, as a
friend who didn't discovered a 35 lb Chevy flywheel can literally rip the
entire back of the block off of the scattershield.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jari Tabell" <jari.tabell@pp.inet.fi>
To: "vintage-race mailing list" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 5:35 AM
Subject: Flywheel Explosions
> Greetings from Finland,
>
> To remind what can also happen. These photos are from our last race in
> June and the car in case is a Ford Lotus Cortina:
>
> http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/ex1.jpg
> http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/ex2.jpg
> http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/ex3.jpg
> http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/ex4.jpg
>
> Luckily no-one was hurt, except maybe a bit mentally...
>
> Jari Tabell
> http://personal.inet.fi/koti/jtabell/
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