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Originally Posted by peterpjb
....I am involved in vintage and race cars for about 30 years especially alfa romeo and have never heard about such an issue before...
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Peter - I have an Alfa with a 1779cc engine. It's a road car, but its ability to rev to the moon always amazes me (and its original clutch and flywheel are now 41 years old). Just maybe....those Alfa engines and transmissions were so well designed - and balanced - in the first place, and then even more so for the endurance racing that the TZ excelled in, that failures were uncommon.
If you consider the length of a Cobra's footboxes, it's easy to see how vulnerable the driver's legs are if a bell housing
doesn't contain a shattered clutch of flywheel
Cheers,
Glen