I had a similar failure at Sears Point in March, on my series 1 Sunbeam
Alpine. In my case the flywheel bolts sheared. This was due to using the
'OEM' lock tabs on the bolts, which after a little wear allowed the flywheel
to move. Once that happened, well, I was turning 6000rpm when it went.
Following that, a friend built me a carbon fiber scattershield that is
bonded to an Alpine bell housing. Lou shot at it with a .45, and when the
round wouldn't penetrate he tried a .308. When that wouldn't penetrate, he
decided he had the right thickness and bult the final product for me.
Due to other comittments he is unable to build them commercially. Anyone who
wishes to reply off-net, I will send you a couple photos of what it looks
like. It adds 3 1/2 pounds to the bell housing, but I'd bet my life (well,
at least my legs) that an exploding flywheel or pressure plate won't get
through it.
Carl
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From: "MalcolmCox" <malcox@attglobal.net>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: IRP incident
> Several flywheel explosions have been reported over the last year or so.
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