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Originally Posted by Morris
Every Racing Organization that I've been involved with (Trans/Am, IMSA, SCCA and others require a Scatter shield or a approved Bell Housing other then stock.
So you just learn to build your vehicles accordingly.... based on the Safety and Rules of the organization.
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Right, and if not required I will use the best FUNCTIONAL bell housing. I am not aware of one for an FE, but a small diameter racing bell housing that relocates the starter and uses a small diameter flywheel like Transam cars would be fine. Running my car up in the air to clear a scatter shield flange is not something I am willing to do. Trimming the flange negates the function of the scatter shield so since the organizations I run with don't require it I don't run one. I have not seen nor heard of a modern small diameter clutch or flywheel blowing up although I am sure there are some examples. I have however, seen cast iron flywheels blow up and take out toes, feet and in one case a spectator when the factory bell housing could not contain the explosion. That is where the rules came from initially and a 30 pound 12" flywheel or large diameter clutch assembly has plenty of stored energy at 6500 rpm. Light weight small diameter components do not have the stored energy or the tendency to heat crack like the old junk that people used to and sometimes still run. I have run my car at an NHRA track, Vintage event, SAAC events, SCCA autox and Goodguys events with the current set up and passed tech at all of them.