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Old 01-18-2011, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by D-CEL View Post
Some will argue that removing 3 or 4 of the lower containment bolts (to improve ground clearance) while negatively affecting the strength, is not enough to cause a containment failure as there are still 4-6 large fasteners below the mid line, bolting the housing directly to the block plate.

I for one would love to see that tested!
Yes, after trimming the Lakewood, kgs365 would still have six 1/2 - 13 x 1" Grade 8 Bolts below the block line, as you can see from my photo.
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