For those wondering what the discussion was all about regarding the trimming of the bell housing for use with the bellcrank tower, here is a picture of the trim line to the bellcrank tower, as well as a reference template that shows the holes in the head and the profile of the blowproof bellhousing flange. Jim and I talked about modifying the tower to pick up the upper third hole rather than the one covered up by the flange. This will save some messy, tedious work for others retrofitting a bellcrank tower while using a blowproof bellhousing in the future.
Also, here is one of the most artistic pieces of the whole set-up. This is the FIA comp fuel log that I will be modifying to implement a coolant bypass circuit port as done by Rick Parker and others. This is a "belts and braces" approach for those of us running the duel outlet weber manifold combined with a thermostat. I'll detail this a bit more later.
- Allen.