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easydean 
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 Topic: Lakewood bellhousing on 6 cylinderPosted: May/11/2021 at 8:41am |
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Do the late model V8 and 6 cylinder engines share the same bolt pattern for the bellhousings??? They both use the same tranny???
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Posted: May/11/2021 at 9:00am |
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72 and up 6 share the same pattern as the 67;and up 8
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Posted: May/12/2021 at 1:55pm |
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Almost absurd to blow money on Lakewood scattershield for AM inline six. Expensive enough just to build engine for 6000 rpm (good luck) -Stock flywheel is good for at least 6500. If the engine was external balanced 6500 might be cause for concern but AM inline six is internal balance.
Moreover, the 1/4" thick steel scattershield are 3x heavier than stock cast aluminum & will depreciate power to weight ratio. You'll be needing a Scat crank & rod set & forged pistons before you'll come close to needing a scattershield. Plan on spending the money just to properly build the engine for 6000+ rpm. First thing to buy is AM's book "Performance American Style" to learn the basics of building a higher rpm race engine. |
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Posted: May/14/2021 at 6:22am |
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The six cylinder manual transmissions have a shorter input shaft than the V-8. That said, with the matching bell you can swap six and V-8 trannys. AMC typically used V-8 trannys on HD six cylinder cars -- usually fleet cars such as taxis (HD trans was an option, not all fleet/taxis would have it). The six cylinder bell is used with a mid 80s Mustang 5.0L T-5 conversion due to input shaft length of the T-5. Scattershield may be required for a racing class. Other than that, I'd say it's not needed as well.
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