FWIW....
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182...pection+plates...
A forum member weighed both bellhousings....Q/T bell was 23lbs. Lakewood bell was 46.
I don't mind a good design study as long as objective data is qualified for each side. That's absolutely fine that someone doesn't like Quicktime, doesn't wanna use Quicktime, thinks Ross McCombs' wife is ugly....etc. However, there's a lot of biased or unqualified data floating around: talking to salespeople who have never dealt with QT stuff before, getting shipping weights instead of actual bellhousing weights, etc. I like dealing with actual data and apples to apples comparisons.