[QUICKTIME]

Just to clear up previous posts regarding the QuickTime bellhousings: The reason we do not have some FE bellhousings available yet in the SFI version is economics and volume. Originally the FE housing was developed for street applications where the SFI certification was not required and ground clearance was the main criteria. The issue with making our models of the FE housing SFI certified is that most of our original requests did not need it and they did not want to have the ground clearance issues with the lower lip required by SFI. The housing design as is has passed the 29# flywheel exploding @ 10,000 RPM test and is safe as is. To add the lower lip would require the end users who need the clearance to cut the lower lip which would void any certification. The cost difference is also an issue which would be approx $40 additional. At the time it did not make sense to penalize the majority of the people for adding the additional material, bolts, and testing every 2 years on our part. There is not enough volume in the FE models at this time to have both SFI and non-SFI versions available, which we have done on the SBF's (RM-6060 and the RM-6065) (RM-6080 and the RM-6081)which are the same housings-one has the lower lip and 8 3/8" grade 8 bolts/full engine plate and the other does not. In this case they are both high volume items and warrant 2 seperate models. We may change our thinking at some point and either offer only the SFI model in the FE's or add seperate models. The FE to a T56 currently is SFI certified, our logic was that a transmission capable of the horse power rating will probably be raced so we built it to SFI specifications from the start.

Our housings are spun and work harden to over 85,000 psi, more than twice the strength of any other steel housing available.

As far as the accuracy, the QuickTime bellhousings are drilled both on the engine flange and trani flange in one setup on a 3 axis machine center. We can typically hold machine tolerances of .001. The accuracy of the block that our housing is bolted to is out of our control.

Thanks for all of the interest in QuickTime bellhousing
Ross McCombs
President
QuickTime 4-22-08